Gaddafi forces step up attack on western rebel town
Libyan government forces launched fierce attacks on the western rebel stronghold of Zawiyah on Saturday, while in the east, rebels advanced on Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte.
Libya's rebel army struggles to create order from chaos
Firing their guns in the air and driving wildly, Gaddafi's opponents looked as much a menace to their own side as to the enemy, writes Nick Meo.
Rebel National Libya Council sets up crisis Committee
The National Libyan Council said on Saturday it had named a three-member crisis committee, which included a head of military affairs and one for foreign affairs.
State security building torched in Cairo: sources
A state security building on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital was set alight on Saturday, a security source said, one day after some 200 protesters stormed state security headquarters in the coastal city of Alexandria.
Portraits of courage: Meet Egypt's revolutionaries
These are the faces of a generation that changed history, their grim expressions of defiance testament to surviving weeks of violent protest that were to result in the overthrow of one of the Middle East's most powerful dictators.
US must keep Muslim Brothers from Egypt gov't
Exclusive: House Middle East subcommittee chairman blasts Obama administration for not taking a tougher line on Hezbollah in Lebanon, Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
Women Seek to Maintain a Role in Rebuilding Egypt
The revolution included women, who upended traditional expectations of behavior. The challenge now, activists say, is to make sure they maintain their involvement.
Why an army coup might undermine Tunisia revolution
Bahrain moves to placate protesters
Bahrain's government has held a cabinet reshuffle and promised to open talks on the protests that have continued in the capital Manama.
Oman: Where Even the Hotbed of Revolution is Chill
There has been a brief spasm of violence but Oman's protesters are polite and loyal compared to the rebels in the rest of the region
Yemen President reiterates to stay in power until 2013
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday reiterated that he would remain in power until his term ends in 2013, rejecting an opposition plan for him to step aside this year.
Saudi Arabia imposes protest ban
Saudi Arabia bans all protests and marches in the country and warns police will use measures to prevent disruption.
No state with temporary border
The Palestinian president says he won't accept any Israeli peace initiative if it calls for temporary borders for a future Palestinian state.
Afghan security firms paid £29m
Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act confirm growing reliance on privatisation underpins Britain's war effort
Somali forces push back militants
Forces loyal to Somalia's transitional government capture a key border town and a district of the capital, Mogadishu, from militants.
Outdated Turkish law forces ministers to resign before elections
Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin, Interior Minister Beşir Atalay and Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım will be voluntarily handing in their resignations to the government within the next few days.
Le Pen more popular than Sarkozy
Far-right leader could gain a first-round election victory if the country were to go to the ballot box today
Fine Gael and Labour agree draft
A senior politician involved in negotiations to form an Irish coalition government has told the state broadcaster RTE that the largest two parties have a draft of a proposed programme for government.
PM Erdoğan’s integration remarks unwelcome in Germany
For the second time in recent years, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s address to the Turkish migrant community has caused outrage in Germany, where many felt that his comments sought to discourage Turks from integrating into German society.
Thousands join Wisconsin protest
Thousands of people join protests in the US state of Wisconsin against proposals that will limit the power of trade unions.
Republican race for 2012 hots up
The long-heralded race for the Republican presidential nomination is set to begin this week as a multitude of potential candidates for the job of taking on President Barack Obama in 2012 head to the first key battleground state of Iowa.
Cuba convicts US aid contractor
US aid worker Alan Gross is found guilty of crimes against the state in Cuba over illegal internet connections, Cuban television says.
LSE head resigns over Libya link
Conservative MP in UK calls on London School of Economics' council members to consider stepping down as well.
Venezuela radical Lina Ron dies
The Venezuelan political activist Lina Ron - one of president Hugo Chavez's most radical supporters - dies of a heart attack at 53.
Gaddafi asset freeze hit by name confusion
Attempts to freeze the overseas assets of Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi will be hampered as there are 115,000 potential spellings of his full name.
Peseta back in use in Spanish town
A small town in northern Spain reintroduces the old Spanish currency - the peseta - alongside the euro to give the local economy a lift.
Cuts take Greece to the edge of anarchy as people cry for change
Christos Anastasiou describes his café on Athens's Syntagma Square as "the heart of the war zone". On a quiet day like this, as his customers nurse cold coffees in long glasses in the sunshine, it sounds absurd.
Mid East turmoil is good news for money printers
Not since the collapse of the Soviet Union has there been a better time to be in the job of printing money.
Britons encouraged to join stampede for repossessed haciendas
These days, house buyers expect estate agents to try to sell them a mortgage as well as a property, but in Spain now it works in reverse.
Turkey’s Protestants concerned about attacks, demand legal status
Various attacks carried out against Protestants and their churches continued to occur in 2010, stated a report prepared by the Association of Protestant Churches based in the Aegean province of İzmir.
Che's motorcycle companion dies
Alberto Granado, the travel companion of Ernesto Che Guevara made famous in The Motorcycle Diaries, dies in Cuba at the age of 88.
The cheating epidemic at Britain's universities
Exclusive: Thousands of students caught plagiarising, trying to bribe lecturers and buying essays from the internet.
Money, power and politics in Mumbai's slum battle
A controversial project to bulldoze Dharavi, the giant shanty town that formed the backdrop to Slumdog Millionaire, is reviving the fortunes of extremist parties
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