Chinese authorities turn brutal at any sign of 'Jasmine protests'
Obama backs Bahrain king's pledge
US President Barack Obama expresses his support for the King of Bahrain's affirmed commitment to reform after two weeks of anti-government protests.
What next for Libya with Gaddafi defiant?
The BBC's Frank Gardner analyses what the future may hold for Libya, as Col Gaddafi clings to power despite mounting international pressure.
After days of firing on unarmed protesters, Moammar Gadhafi's regime has turned its fury on those it blames for stoking the anti-government uprising: Libyan youths who spread revolution on Facebook and Twitter.
Libya: thousands pour across border into Tunisia
Thousands of Egyptians poured across the border from Libya into Tunisia on Sunday saying they had fled brutality inflicted by Col Muamar Gaddafi's loyalists.
Armed Gaddafi opponents head closer toward Tripoli
Armed rebels opposed to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were in control of Zawiyah, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, on Sunday and their red, green and black flag flew above the town.
Gaddafi unflinching as rebel city fears counter-attack
Rebels awaited counter-attack by Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Monday, after the Libyan leader defied calls for him to quit in the hardest-fought of the Arab world's wave of uprisings so far
Gaddafi's alleged lover flees country
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's personal Ukrainian nurse and alleged lover has fled violence-torn Libya and returned home.
Oman burns as Yemeni tribal chiefs join forces with opposition
A police station and a government building were on fire on Sunday in the Omani town of Sohar after police clashed with more than 2,000 protesters demanding reforms in the Gulf Arab state, a Reuters witness said.
Sultan Qaboos Appoints New Ministers and Officials
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos has issued five Royal Decrees. Royal Decree No 13/2011 appoints Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal al Busaidy
Egypt to call March referendum next month
Egypt’s ruling military council plans to hold a snap referendum next month on constitutional amendments, a lawyer who helped draft them said on Sunday.
Arab League boss Moussa to run for Egyptian president
Arab League chief Amr Moussa said Sunday he plans to run in Egypt's presidential elections expected later this year.
Four people have died in new unrest in the Tunisian capital between stone-throwing protesters and police on the sidelines of demonstrations against the interim government
Israeli Panel Finds No Crime in 2002 Assassination
A panel said an assassination of a Hamas leader that killed at least 13 civilians was flawed but the deaths “did not stem from disregard or indifference to human lives.”
Iraqi prime minister gives government 100 days to improve
Iraq's prime minister on Sunday gave his ministers 100 days to improve their performance or risk being fired — an apparent response to a string of deadly anti-government protests against poor public services.
Veteran Juppe named new French foreign minister
Veteran politician Alain Juppe was appointed France's foreign minister on Sunday after Michele Alliot-Marie quit over a series of gaffes that damaged the government at a crucial time for relations with North Africa.
Clash over Cuba dissident march
Cuba's dissident "Ladies in White" are confronted by supporters of the communist government as they demonstrate in Havana.
Hondurans march against violence
Thousands of people join a march against violence in Honduras, which has one of the world's highest murder rates.
Incoming Irish leader Enda Kenny has a busy month ahead of him
La Paz mudslide destroys 400 homes
Heavy rains caused a hilltop to collapse in a poor neighbourhood of the Bolivian capital on Sunday, cracking roads, destroying at least 400 homes and burying people's belongings under mud and debri
Berlusconi fraud court case resumes
Italian PM no longer immune from prosecution as sex life and business practices put under spotlight
Nine dead after gunmen with machetes attacked presidential residence.
Kremlin's Plan to Prevent a Facebook Revolution
Recent events in the Arab world have sparked renewed optimism with online social networks. Many in the West are now convinced that Internet technology can create something previously impossible under authoritarian states - a strong opposition that can seize power through either elections or street demonstrations
Spanish tourism boosted by Arab unrest
Spain is getting a boost to its hugely important tourist industry as northern European sunseekers shun popular resorts in Egypt and Tunisia because of upheavels there.
Zuma launches new mining company
South Africa launches a state-owned mining company, the African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation
Over 20,000 Chinese evacuated from Libya
More than 20,000 Chinese nationals out of the estimated 33,000 had been evacuated from unrest-wracked Libya as of Sunday morning, according to latest figures from China's Foreign Minist
Sun storm may be 'global Katrina'
A space storm could cost the world trillions, says top UK scientist.
Nuclear pioneer was a national hero
Zhu Guangya, a nuclear physicist and one of the key scientists engaged in the development of China's first atom bomb and first hydrogen bomb, died on Saturday at the age of 87.
Welsh town overrun by 250 gypsy horses
A town is being overrun by a pack of 250 wild horses abandoned by gypsies who can't afford to feed them.
Prohibition fight in India's villages
Grassroots movement invokes little-known law in effort to tackle alcohol abuse in dozens of Punjab villages
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