Palash Ghosh

State security officers in the Yemeni capitol of Sanaa have fired at a large number of student protesters outside the university, resulting in at least 98 wounded and injured people.

Moammar Gaddafi is in a hotel in Tripoli filled with foreign reporters and will speak to them sometime tonight, according to CNN.

Amidst the growing pains of a revolution that will hopefully one lead to democracy, a scar from the past reared its ugly head in Egypt when a clash between Coptic Christians and Muslims in Cairo led to the death of one Copt.

U.S. stocks rallied on the back of strength in financial shares are a drop in oil prices on reports that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi may be negotiating an exit from the country.

About three dozen mobsters were arrested across Italy and Germany following police raids in those countries.

Former New York Giant Tiki Barber has informed the NFL that he plans to play in the 2011-2012 season, according to media reports.

If Moammar Gaddafi steps down from power within the next 72 hours, rebels in Libya will not seek to prosecute for crimes they believe he has committed, according to a report in Al Jazeera.

The newly-elected governor of Pennsylvania has presented a budget that contains no new taxes, but provides for steep spending cuts, particularly in education.

The following is the prepared text of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett's budget address:

General David Petraeus, commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan, was caught on microphone “joking” with Defense Secretary Robert Gates about taking military action against Moammar Gaddafi and bombing Libya.

Nomura Holdings (NYSE: NMR), Japan's number one securities firm, has appointed a woman to be its chief financial officer for the first time ever.

The Danish Immigration Minister Birthe Roenn Hornbech has been fired after her department wrongly refused citizenship to three dozen stateless Palestinian youths.

One of the most powerful political figures in Iran, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has lost his position as chief of an influential clerical body, according to media reports.

Officials in Saudi Arabia have freed a popular Shia cleric whose earlier arrest had prompted protests and calls for a day of rage demonstration on Friday.

Youth activist groups are planning to hold a rally to demand the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah and to call for democratic reforms and greater freedoms.

Confusion reigns in Libya over whether Moammar Gaddafi offered rebel leaders a peace deal or not.

The six Persian Gulf states have expressed their support for the establishment of a no-fly zone over Libya, while the U.S., U.K. and France try to hammer out an agreement with the United Nations for just such a measure.

Sarah Palin’s planned trip to India this month raises speculation that it might be in preparation for her 2012 Presidential campaign (i.e., as a way to enhance her foreign policy credibility in the world’s most populous democracy).

A famous documentary about the Nazi Holocaust, Shoah, will be broadcast on a Satellite TV channel which shows programs in Iran.

For most outsiders, Libya means just two things: oil and Moammar Gaddafi. But Libya is much more than that.

President Barack Obama said the U.S. and its NATO allies are weighing wide range of potential options (including military intervention) to pressure Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi from committing any further acts of unacceptable against the opposition rebels.

Yemeni riot police have reportedly fired warning shots and used night-sticks to beat back prisoners in the central jail of the nation’s capital, Sanaa, after they demanded the overthrow of Ali Abdullah Saleh, according to a security official.

The United Nations said it will be sending a team of specialists to assess the humanitarian crisis in Libya, as thousands of foreigners remain trapped in the country and fighting intensifies between forces opposed to and loyal to Moammar Gaddafi.

Tunisia's interim interior ministry has said it will dissolve the State Security Department, the nation's once feared secret police service.

Anti-government protests are escalating in Bahrain, as demonstrators have already marched on the U.S. embassy are now assembling before the main financial hub of downtown Manama.

Following a string of high-profile resignations, Tunisia's interim prime minister has named a new cabinet, amidst continued public outrage over too many top officials have close ties to the deposed former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Despite massive public indignation over bankers bonuses, the chief executive of Barclays plc (NYSE: BLS) will receive a £6.5-million bonus, according to reports, making him the highest paid bank boss in Britain.

Japan's beleaguered Prime Minister Naoto Kan has shrugged off calls for him to resign from office, soon after his former foreign minister quit as a result of a donation scandal after only six months on the job.

The trial of the former President of France, Jacques Chirac, on corruption charges has commenced in Paris.