Palash Ghosh

While the Greek government seeks to establish closer diplomatic ties with Israel (in the wake of a cooling of relations between Israel and Turkey), incidents of anti-Semitism are rising in Greece, inflamed by the deepening economic crisis.

The son of Moammar Gaddafi has denied media reports that his father has fled Libya for Venezuela. Seif al-Islam Gaddafi said his father remains in Libya.

BP plc (NYSE: BP) has announced that it is suspending its drilling activities in Libya due to the rising tide of political violence in that country and also plans to evacuate non-essential staff and their families.

The British Prime David Cameron has arrived in Egypt, only ten days after the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak, making him the first foreign leader to visit the county embarking on a transition to a new government.

The president of Iceland has called for a referendum on a proposal to repay 4-billion euros to citizens of Britain and the Netherlands in connection with the collapse of the Icesave bank.

Perhaps wary of the unrest that has swept over his country’s Arab neighbors to the north, the president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir will not seek re-election in four years, according to Rabie Abdel Ati, a senior official of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP).

An astonishing 40 people (at least) were murdered in drug-related killings in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez over the weekend, according to the office of the state attorney general.

Anti-government protests in Libya have spread to the capitol of Tripoli, amidst rumors that the country’s dictator Moammar Gaddafi has fled into exile in Venezuela.

Political unrest in the Middle East has now spread to the westernmost outpost of the Arab world, in the North African kingdom of Morocco.

Amidst the deepening turmoil in the tiny Arab kingdom of Bahrain, opposition groups said they will not enter into negotiations with the ruling monarchy until some of their demands are satisfied.

Potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate Sarah Palin wrote the following letter on her Facebook page, expressing her solidarity with the union movement, but warning of the need to make sacrifices.

Reports have emanated of intense violence in the port city of Benghazi, Libya where security forces have killed many dozens of anti-government demonstrators, including women and children.

Security forces in the capital of Algeria have prevented an anti-government demonstration from taking place by forcibly dispersing opposition groups, including human rights organizations and trade unions.

In response to the escalating violence in Bahrain and reports of the local security forces shooting protestors, the British Foreign Office has revoked 44 licenses for the export of arms to the embattled Persian Gulf kingdom.

Clarus' nationwide study found that 64 percent of American people think state workers should not be able to join labor unions.

At least three people have died in clashes in Yemen as anti-government protests enter their second week, demanding the immediate resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

U.S. stocks rose Friday, marking the third straight week of market gains, as investors warily watch continuing unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, along with the start of a two-day meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Paris.

Group of 20 negotiators have failed to reach agreement on a list of indicators by which to measure imbalances in the global economy and will leave it up to their finance ministers to try and seal a deal on Saturday, a G20 source said.

Nicholas Sarkozy is urging G20 finance ministers gathering in Paris to offer their support for the transitional governments in Egypt and Tunisia as they gradually move toward democracy.

The unrest roiling through the Middle East and North Africa has now spread to the tiny nation of Djibouti, where thousands of people have gathered on the streets to demand the immediate resignation of President Ismael Omar Guelleh.

A draft statement by Group of 20 finance ministers lists four indicators including the current account for measuring global imbalances, Russia's deputy finance minister said on Friday.

Security forces in Bahrain have reportedly shot protesters attending a funeral for victims of yesterday’s clashes as anti-government unrest appears to be spiraling in the tiny Persian Gulf nation. Other reports sat that government soldiers fired tear gas at the demonstrators.

The ruler of Libya, Colonel Moammar Gadhafi, has deployed security forces throughout the country to quell further unrest in the country following the deaths of at least two dozen protesters in rallies across the count

International Business Times spoke with Douglas Yates, a professor of political science at the American Graduate School in Paris as well as The American University of Paris, about the Front National (FN) and its charismatic new female chief.

An Egyptian prosecutor has ordered the arrest of three former government ministers and a prominent businessman on suspicion they wasted public funds, in a bid to appease the outrage of ordinary Egyptians over corruption in Hosni Mubarak’s regime.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s prepared remarks at the Banque de France Financial Stability Review Launch Event, Paris, France, Feb. 18, 2011

Germany’s defense minister has found himself in a quagmire over allegations that he plagiarized portions of his doctoral thesis.

Dr. Paul Beran, the Outreach Director at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University is a researcher, writer and teacher on civil society in the Middle East. International Business Times spoke with Beran to discuss the current unrest in the region.

Reports are coming out of Libya of increased anti-government protests which have left at least sixteen people dead, as activists have called for a “Day of Rage” through social networking sites.