Palash Ghosh

Libyan rebels in Benghazi has rejected a peace proposal put forth by a delegation of African Union (AU) who visited them after they conferred with Moammar Gaddafi, who earlier endorsed the plan.

After several days of cross-border military attacks between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza, the Israeli government said it will observe a ceasefire as long as Palestinians agree to cease their rocket attacks.

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

The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan has apparently withstood the latest aftershock that struck off the coast of the battered nation on Monday, according to the plant’s operator.

The embattled president of Yemen who has faced several weeks of unrelenting protest demonstrations has reportedly agreed to a proposal by neighboring Gulf states to end the crisis in his poverty-stricken country.

A group of African Union (AU) leaders has arrived in Benghazi, Libya to propose terms of a peace plan to rebels groups battling against Moammar Gaddafi.

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.

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A delegation of African leaders, headed by South African President Jacob Zuma, are on their way to Libya in an attempt to mediate the crisis in that war-torn country, according to the South African foreign ministry.

Fighter jets from Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) have destroyed seven tanks near the Libyan cities of Misrata and Ajdabiya, according the UK Ministry of Defense.

Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa trapped in Libya are being forced to fight for soldiers loyal to Moammar Gaddafi against rebel groups in that country’s bloody civil war

A gunman entered a shopping mall in the Netherlands and at least killed six people and wounded a dozen more before taking his own life.

The Bahraini authorities have beaten and arrested a prominent human rights activist, in another sign the ruling royal family will increase its crackdown against any dissent.

Clashes have erupted in Cairo’s Tahrir Square between Egyptian soldiers and protesters, resulting in at least one death and dozens of injuries.

Israeli military forces have attacked Hamas targets for the third consecutive day in Gaza, hammering the Palestinian Islamist group with missile air strikes and tank shells Saturday, killing at least four Arab militants.

Once one of the most dangerous nations on earth, Jamaica has witnessed an astonishing decline in its murder rate, largely as a result of a police crackdown on gang activity.

A Royal Navy crewman was shot to death and another is seriously wounded inside the HMS Astute nuclear submarine docked at Southampton, England.

The population of Muslims in Western Europe has been steadily rising in recent decades, largely due to immigration from the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa.

U.S. officials knew about the Yemeni opposition deep discontent over their president at least two years ago, according to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.

Israeli missiles fired into Gaza has reportedly killed at least six Palestinians, including two women, despite a ceasefire brokered by Hamas.

Yemen’s embattled president, under pressure from virtually all sides to step down after more than three decades in power, has defiantly rejected a proposal by other Gulf Arab states to mediate his resignation.

Fresh protests in Syria have led to the death of at least four anti-government demonstrators in the southern town of Deraa, the focal point of unrest against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

A high-ranking NATO official said he will not apologize for a missile attack near Adjabiya in eastern Libya that accidentally killed at least four rebels in a tragic case of “friendly fire.”

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza said it has declared a ceasefire and will cease from firing missiles at Israel, after a recent escalation of attacks between the two parties.

The tit-for-tat battles between Israel and Hamas has intensified as Israeli military strikes on Gaza kill five people in retaliation for an anti-tank missile the Palestinians hurled into the southern Israel.

The prime minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he is working on a roadmap to end the bloody civil war in Libya, after Turkish officials have held discussions with both members of Moammar Gaddafi’s government and officials of the rebel faction.

The tiny nation of Lebanon, squeezed between Syria to the east and Israel to the south remains untouched by the spirit of revolution sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa.

At least 13 people have been killed and more than 20 wounded after a gunman opened fire in a school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Japan’s NHK World TV reported that all tsunami alerts in the country have been lifted, following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck off the ruined northeastern coast.