The US government added Syria's al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant to the "foreign terrorist organizations" list, placing sanctions on two of its senior leaders.
Anuak children in Gambella, Ethiopia. Leaders of the Anuak indigenous ethnicity in Ethiopia’s southwest say their people are being dispossessed of their fertile, ancestral lands and forced into new villages under military control. The government is currently working to resettle approximately 1.5… Read moreEthiopia’s Anuak confront World Bank over ethnic cleansing
The Emirates Centre for Human Rights reports that the United Arab Emirates has arrested an 18-year-old blogger as part of a wider effort to crack down on government opposition.
Is a "false flag" attack in preparation to faciliate military intervention that would install the rebels in power? Or is Washington more afraid of WMD falling into jihadist hands?
A report by Amnesty International documents a "raft of gross and deeply disturbing abuses" committed by both Islamist rebels and government forces in the battle for southern Yemen.
Egypt’s Supreme Court indefinitely halted its operations amid pressure from protestors aiming to block the judges from ruling on the validity of the country’s new constitution.
With pitched fighting in Damascus, the Internet is down across Syria. Russia meanwhile protests NATO plans to place missiles along Syria's border in Turkey.
Clashes between opponents and supporters of President Mohamed Morsi swept Egypt, as protesters filled the streets to decry Morsi's decree granting himself sweeping powers.
Riots over rising prices exploded across Jordan, while the oposition held a mass rally in Kuwait to oppose an electoral law aimed at extending the power of the royal family.
Thousands held demonstrations in Ankara, Istanbul and Diyarbakir to show solidarity with Kurdish political prisoners who have been on hunger strike in Turkey.
An appeals court in Bahrain upheld verdicts against two members of the Bahrain Teachers’ Association for organizing a strike last year to support anti-government protests.
Egypt's prosecutor ordered an investigation into claims of fraud during the recent presidential elections after charges were made by ex-candidate Ahmed Shafiq.
