The supreme court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced democracy activist Ahmed Mansour to three years in prison on Sunday.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned to Yemen overnight from Riyadh, where he signed a deal to step down under which a new presidential poll is take place in February, state news agency Saba reported. Under the accord, the election is to b
Five political activists convicted on Sunday of insulting the leaders of the United Arab Emirates were sentenced to between two and three years in jail. The five-month-long trial of the activists has been seen as a gauge of how the Gulf state –the wor
The victory of the Justice and Development Party in Morocco’s first legislative elections after the new constitution was quite expected, yet euphoric celebrations in the party’s headquarters and all over the country still denote the element of surpris
Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has decided to form a panel to implement the recommendations of a probe which found police used “excessive force” against demonstrators, state news agency BNA said on Sunday. “The National Commission will e
Bahrain and Qatar on Sunday called on their citizens residing in Syria to leave the unrest-swept country, following a similar move by the United Arab Emirates which advised its citizens to stay away. The Gulf states issued the call on the day the Arab L
King Hamad announces national commission to "follow up and implement" policy after BICI report on crackdown on protests.
أفتى د.علي جمعة مفتي مصربأن الخروج والتصويت في الانتخابات البرلمانية المصرية شهادة شرعية وأن من يكتم الشهادة فهو آثم شرعا، جاء ذلك في بيان أ
محكمة في الإمارات تحكم على خمسة من النشطاء السياسيين من دعاة الديمقراطية بالسجن لمدد تصل إلى ثلاث سنوات بتهمة إهانة زعماء الدولة والدعوة إل
دعت البحرين وقطر الأحد رعاياهما إلى مغادرة سوريا بسبب أعمال العنف فيما نصحت الإمارات رعاياها بتجنب هذا البلد. وفي المنامة طلبت وزار
Egypt’s first post-revolution vote will shift the political scene in favour of Hamas, whether or not the Muslim Brotherhood wins, analysts and Hamas officials say. Despite a spike in unrest, Egyptians are to start going to the polls on Mo
Foreign ministers from Arab League countries will meet Sunday to discuss whether to slap economic sanctions against the Syrian regime for its part in a bloody crackdown on civilian demonstrators, a senior league official said.