Egypt

Clashes between Coptic Christian protesters and Egyptian security forces killed at least 24 people and injured 200 in Cairo Sunday, authorities said.

Oct 10, 2011

The United States Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has openly and bluntly criticised Israel's foreign policy by blaming the Benjamin Netanyahu's government of being partly responsible for its growing isolation in the region.

Oct 04, 2011

With criticisms against the U.S. efforts to block the Palestinian statehood bid and the UN Quartet's unwillingness to directly tackle the settlements issue growing, many accuse those leading efforts to renew peace negotiations of being biased in favour of Israel, leading to the country becoming more and more regionally isolated.

Oct 03, 2011

Saudi Arabia plans to spend over $100 billion to build 16 nuclear reactors in an effort to meet its growing domestic energy needs, the kingdom's former Saudi intelligence chief and former ambassador to Washington said in a recent speech.

Sep 29, 2011

Just two days after Saudi King Abdullah's announced that Saudi women would be allowed to participate in elections, two Saudi women were punished for breaking the ban on female driving with one being sentenced to 10 lashes by a court in Jeddah while another was detained in Riyadh, leading rights activists to question the King's apparent new reformist tendencies.

Sep 28, 2011

Reports that Syrian Christians are throwing their support behind President Bashar al-Assad, despite months of a brutal crackdown on civilians protesters that call for an end to the regime, have emerged since the beginning of the uprising.

Sep 28, 2011

In a recent report, 43 percent of the sexually active teenagers in Britain, aged between 16 and 19, have confessed to unsafe sex without adequate protection with new partners. This is far more than 36 percent of teenagers who responded the same way in 2009.

Sep 26, 2011

Two Mexicans were recently accused of terrorism and sabotage for using the internet to spread false rumours about drug-related violence and, after much debate, the charges were dropped but the case is still causing an upheaval, as once praised for instigating change and helping revolution, governments are now accusing social networks of helping to spread violence.

Sep 22, 2011

Anonymous has joined the thousands of individuals and organisations still convinced Troy Davis was innocent, promising a series of revenge attacks for what it and many others take as an unjust, state-sponsored killing.

Sep 22, 2011

Anonymous has joined the thousands of individuals and organizations protesting Georgia's execution of Troy Davis, promising a series of revenge attacks in a number of statements issued via its AnonymousIRC Twitter account.

Sep 22, 2011

Palestinians watched Barack Obama's section of the speech about Palestine en masse and as they listened the U.S. president telling the UN General Assembly that the Palestinians deserve their own state, but that this would only be achieved through talks with Israel, many still wondered why a country that supports change in Syria, Libya and Egypt, still threatens to veto their statehood bid.

Sep 21, 2011

Months after ousting Mubarak, the dictator who many called the Pharaoh, Egyptians are still living under emergency laws and are ruled by a military council full of the former president's old ministers and advisors while the economic and social situation has slowly continued to degrade.

Sep 16, 2011

After weeks of speculation, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki announced Thursday that the Palestinian Authority will submit its bid for full UN membership with the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Friday 23 September but Palestinian leaders are still questioning why the U.S. refuses to support what they call the "Palestinian Arab Spring".

Sep 15, 2011

Russia has announced it will support the Palestinian statehood bid, proving the country is gradually emphasising its opposition the U.S who supports Israel and has threatened to veto the move.

Sep 13, 2011

With Turkey's Prime Minister becoming more vocal against Israel, the Netanyahu government finds itself at the centre of a regional opposition and with Erdogan embarking on a trip to Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, analysts warn that the situation could further Isolate Tel-Aviv.

Sep 12, 2011

Check out Al Ahly striker Amir Sayoud's penalty miss. We thought Robert Earnshaw's open goal miss for Wales against England on Tuesday would take some beating but it turns out the real gold was happening over 2000 miles away in Egypt.

Sep 08, 2011

As Tel Aviv refuses to apologise for the deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish-flagged protest flotilla that killed nine pro-Palestinian activists last year, Turkey is "totally suspending" all trade, military and defence industry ties with Israel, the Turkish prime minister said.

Sep 06, 2011

Chris Jeon, a 21-year-old math major at UCLA, has apparently joined the rebel struggle against Colonel Gaddafi, becoming the latest internet sensation.

Sep 02, 2011

Hacker collective Anonymous has released fresh details regarding its forthcoming Occupy Wall Street sit-in protest, claiming the operation will be a "political breakthrough moment."

Aug 31, 2011

Tensions between Israel and Egypt refuse to die down as on Friday hundreds of Egyptians protested outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo to call on the government to expel Israel's ambassador following last week border's incident in which five Egyptian policemen were killed by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).

Aug 26, 2011

The collapse of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime has made the headlines for the last six months. An enemy of the West that went through a short rehabilitation period was seen in Africa as a Pan-Africanist. While Gaddafi had instated a real cult of personality in Libya, with statues and images of him adorning the streets, his attitude also made him a well-known figure throughout the continent.

Aug 26, 2011

As the 41-year-old regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi is falling apart, leaving space for the National Transitional Council to take over the country, analysts are already attempting to look at the consequences of the fall of the man that managed to cling to power for so many years.

Aug 22, 2011

Concern about the further decline of Israeli-Palestinian relations once again emerged after Gaza-based militants fired a fresh volley of rockets into Israel despite an informal ceasefire brokered by Egypt between the Jewish state and Islamist Hamas, following three days of violence.

Aug 22, 2011

Since it decided to intervene in March, NATO has been fighting in Libya on the rebels side but after months of stagnation, in the last few weeks, the conflict appears to have turned in their favour.

Aug 17, 2011

The international charity Oxfam has launched an initiative to get Africans and their governments to donate more towards the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa as it complained the donations given by African countries so far are too small.

Aug 16, 2011

Assad’s “Attack” on Palestinian Refugees : A History of Oppression ?

Aug 16, 2011

The Obama administration is hardening its position against the Assad regime and has announced new sanctions, in an attempt to increase pressure on the leader and his government's brutal repression of the opposition.

Aug 11, 2011

Following a series of revenge attacks against the world's law enforcement agencies, hacker collective Anonymous has targeted the Syrian Ministry of Defense, hacking its website and releasing an "official" statement clarifying its stance on the Syrian Protest.

Aug 08, 2011

The first day of the trading week in the Middle East did prove that the economic crisis, is clearly affecting the region as stock markets in Dubai and Egypt dropped about four per cent, while in Israel the market plunged by seven per cent, which analysts say is a consequence of the downgrade of the debt rating in the U.S.

Aug 08, 2011

As refugees from Libya desperately try to reach Europe at the cost of their lives, Italy -- the EU country the most affected by the influx of asulum seekers -- is struggling to cope with the new arrivals.

Aug 05, 2011