A Cairo appeals court overturned a decision that banned former leaders of Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party from running in Egypt's parliamentary elections.
Radical cleric Abu Qatada, whose detention in the UK was declared illegal by the European Court of Human Rights, was cleared of terrorism charges by a court in Jordan.
An Egyptian court confirmed the death sentence of 183 Muslim Brotherhood members in violence related to last year's protests. Of these, 73 were tried in absentia.
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria warned the UN that the continuing civil war has "reached a tipping point, threatening the entire region."
Kuwait's Supreme Court upheld the two-year prison sentence of opposition activist Hejab al-Hajeri for writing tweets found to be offensive to the country's emir.
An Egyptian court sentenced Alaa Abdel Fattah, a prominent activist from the 2011 revolution, to 15 years in prison for organizing an unsanctioned protest last year.
Afraid of war spilling across the border from neighboring Syria, Lebanon's government has halted cannabis eradication in the Bekaa Valley, allowing a dope-for-guns pipeline to flourish.
News that a suspect in the Brussels Jewish museum killings fought in Syria with the insurgent group ISIS comes as European police escalate their crackdown on Syria "returnees."
"Anti-war" voices in the West have called for International Criminal Court action in Syria as a substitute for military intervention. Will they protest now that Moscow has blocked it?
Thousands of Turkish workers went on strike to express their outrage over the mining disaster at Soma, where angry protests by local miners and their families continue.
Human Rights Watch says it has strong evidence the Syrian government used chemical weapons on three rebel-held towns in the country's north last month.
Contrary to regime propaganda, the fall of Homs to government forces comes amid rebel gains elsewhere in Syria. With the jihadists in disarray, the FSA prepares to open a new front.
