Oil prices fell on Monday in choppy trading, pulling back after surging to 32-month peaks last week when the dollar swooned and as investors warily eyed an African Union plan to halt Libya's conflict.
Two anti-government activists in Bahrain have reportedly died in police custody weeks after they were first detained, as the government’s crackdown against opponents appear to be ever-hardening
Bahrain accused a prominent activist on Monday of fabricating images of a corpse on the Internet and summoned him for questioning in an ongoing crackdown following pro-democracy protests the state put down by force.
Bahrain accused a prominent activist on Monday of publishing fabricated images on the Internet and summoned him for questioning in an ongoing crackdown following pro-democracy protests the state put down by force. The official Bahrain News Agency said Nabeel Rajab, head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, had published doctored images with links to social media site Twitter of one of two men ...
In his first public statements since he was toppled as president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak denies he and his family have engaged in corruption. He also denied that he kept money or other assets in foreign bank accounts.
Around 3 a.m. on Saturday morning, the army police force moved in Tahrir Square to disperse protesters. Two were killed and over a dozen were injured in the incident.
Clashes have erupted in Cairo’s Tahrir Square between Egyptian soldiers and protesters, resulting in at least one death and dozens of injuries.
Oil climbed to its highest level in 2- years on Friday as supply cuts stemming from attacks on Libyan oil fields offset demand concerns spurred by a major aftershock in Japan.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday called on law enforcement agencies to look into a cyber attack that took his blog offline for at least an hour a day earlier.
Global food prices measured by the U.N.'s food agency may have come off record highs in March after falls in grain prices, but supply concerns and soaring oil prices mean such a move could just be a pause before new peaks.
Livejournal, the popular blogging site, is has been reporting distributed denial of service attacks over the last week, and some are blaming the Russian government.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) says that the regime of Moammar Gaddafi planned to kill civilians even before the revolt in Libya commenced as a way for the government to stave off the kind of rebellion witnessed in neighboring Tunisia and Egypt.
I have noticed that the vast majority of people protesting in the streets of these strife-torn countries in the Arab world appear to be well-fed, well-clothed, with many carrying cell phones, riding on motorbikes, driving cars, etc.
A senior security official in Algeria claims that the Al Qaeda terrorist organization is taking advantage of the turmoil in Libya to purchase weapons, according to Reuters.
Brent crude rose over $119 a barrel and U.S. crude hit a 2-1/2-year high on Monday at more than $108 as unrest in the Middle East and North Africa triggered concern that supplies could be dented while economic growth bolsters demand.
According to Amnesty International, as many as 527 people were executed in 2010. A staggering number of 17,833 people are counting their days in the death row in various countries. Following is an overview of the system of death penalty in China, Iran, the United States, Saudi Arabia, North Korea and Yemen which top the chart of executions worldwide.
Rebel forces in eastern Libya have received covert military training from US and Egyptian special forces, according to a report in Al Jazeera.
Three Hamas militants travelling in a car between Khan Younis and the Deir al-Balah refugee camp in Gaza were killed when missiles fired by the Israeli Air Force struck them.
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has awarded the Tor Project for championing Internet by protecting Anonymity in an era of social media revolutions in Middle East and the North African country Libya.
Most of the countries have withdrawn their travel restriction recommendations against Egypt, which went through a phase of political turmoil and social unrest early this year that ousted Hosni Mubarak.
Thousands of Egyptians gathered at Tahrir Square in Cairo to demand that former President Hosni Mubarak and some of his associates be put on trial.
Nothing is proven yet, but there are strong signs that Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi is looking for a way out.
