Lebanon's premier-designate Najib Mikati, who is backed by Hezbollah, on Saturday briefed the president on his talks on forming a new government, set to be boycotted by outgoing prime minister Saad Hariri. Mikati, appointed this week after the Shiit
President Mubarak expected to appoint new prime minister as he struggles to contain anger against his rule.
Beijing blocks searches for "Egypt" from microblogging site following protests there.
A Dutch-Iranian woman, arrested after taking part in anti-government protests in Iran in 2009, has been hanged for drug smuggling, Iranian officials have said.
The scale of Egypt's crackdown on the Internet and mobile phones amid deadly protests against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak is unprecedented in the history of the web, experts said. U.S. President Barack Obama, social networking
An al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader warned Sunni Muslims of a rising "Christian-Shiite alliance" against them in an audio message released on jihadist forums late on Friday. Abu Sufyan al-Azdi called the participation of U.S. Sec
Thousands of people have joined a Facebook group calling for anti-government protests across Sudan on Sunday, the day preliminary results are due out on the vote on southern independence. Entitled "January 30, a word to the Sudanese yo
توالت ردود الأفعال في الولايات المتحدة على خلفية الانتفاضة الشعبية في مصر المطالبة بتنحي الرئيس، حسني مبارك، منها إعادة النظر في المساعدات
دعا الرئيس اليمني علي عبد الله صالح أحزاب المعارضة "اللقاء المشترك" إلى وقف المظاهرات والحملات الإعلامية، واستئناف الحوار.
Crowds mass in major cities calling for President Mubarak to step down, as death toll from protests crosses 50.
قالت صحيفة أميركية إن الشركات متعددة الجنسيات والعاملة في مصر طلبت من بعض موظفيها البقاء في منازلهم بينما تدرس الآثار المترتبة على الأحداث