China and Colombia are planning to build a railway linking the South American country’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The rail line will pass through the violent Urabá region.
Hundreds of protesters clashed with police and government supporters in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. Opposition leaders have called for a national “day of rage” tomorrow.
Tunisia’s government harshly condemned a suggestion by Rome that Italian security forces could be sent to the North African country to stem the flow of undocumented migrants.
A young man died in central Morocco after setting himself on fire in despair at his economic situation—recalling the incident that set off the Tunisian revolution.
Protesters were attacked by ruling-party goons in Sana’a as the US pledged to double military aid to Yemen this year to raise the pressure on the local al-Qaeda affiliate.
Security forces in Bahrain fired tear gas and bird shot on mourners gathered for a funeral procession for a man killed in the first Egypt-inspired protests to reach the Gulf.
The US State Department is sending Tweets to encourage Iranian protesters, who have taken to the streets by the thousands to battle security forces in Tehran and other cities.
Thousands of Egyptians still occupy Tahrir Square—but the military has been slowly pushing them into one corner of the square, while pledging to oversee a democratic transition.
Thousands of anti-fascists encircled Dresden to block a neo-Nazi “funeral march” commemorating the city’s 1945 bombardment, while fascists marched in Budapest to mark its fall to the Allies.
Japan is preparing to send 100 troops to Yonaguni, a remote island just south of the disputed Senkaku archipelago, where Tokyo accuses Beijing of drilling for natural gas.
Bolivian President Evo Morales retreated from the southern mining city of Oruro after protesters angered by rising food prices and shortages jeered him and set off dynamite.
Several thousand young Yemenis gathered in central Sana’a, calling for President Ali Abdallah Saleh to step down and follow the example of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.
