Bahrain denies hunger striker’s health is critical
By AP MANAMA: Bahrain is claiming that a jailed activist on a…
Iraq parliament approves rights commission
By AFP BAGHDAD: Iraqi MPs have approved the first independent human rights…
Islamist attack on Yemen army checkpoint kills 13
By Mohammed Ghobari / Reuters SANAA: At least eight Yemeni soldiers and five…
Libya violence puts poll timing at risk: analysts
By Dominique Soguel / AFP TRIPOLI: Violence in Libya risks escalating and could…
Syria violence endangers Annan’s ceasefire deadline
By Oliver Holmes / Reuters BEIRUT: Syrian troops bombarded two restive cities on…
ElBaradei to co-found new Egypt ‘revolutionary’ party
By Mennatallah Fouad Youssef CAIRO: Top Egyptian dissident and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei…
Britain can extradite radical cleric Abu Hamza to US: court
By Agencies STRASBOURG: Britain can extradite jailed radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza…
Army ‘neutral’ towards candidates for president
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's ruling military is not fielding a candidate in…
Riot police fire tear gas, charge protesters in Tunis
By AFP TUNIS: Riot police fired tear gas and baton-charged protesters Monday…
Court hears case to bar Mubarak aides from presidency
By Sherine El Madany /Reuters CAIRO: An Egyptian court will hear a suit…