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Yemen to deport British journalists

Monday, 14 March 2011

Two British journalists are to be deported from Yemen today after entering on student visas.

Bahrain riot police fire tear gas at protesters

Sunday, 13 March 2011

Bahrain riot police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at an anti-government protest camp in the capital, eyewitnesses claimed today.

Three killed in protests against the government

Sunday, 13 March 2011

Three people died and hundreds were injured in Yemen yesterday when police used live ammunition, tear gas and water cannon against anti-government protesters in cities across the country.

Two killed as Yemeni police storm sit-in site

Saturday, 12 March 2011

Yemeni security forces fired live bullets and tear gas on two pro-democracy demonstrations today, killing two people - including a 15-year-old student - as the government clamps down on a growing protest movement, witnesses said.

Israeli settler family stabbed

Saturday, 12 March 2011

The Israeli military says it will "bring to justice" the Palestinian attackers who stabbed five members of an Israeli family to death as they slept in a West Bank settlement.

Police prevent protests in Saudi capital

Friday, 11 March 2011

Hundreds of police deployed in the Saudi capital today and prevented protests calling for democratic reforms inspired by the wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world.

Bahrain troops and protesters in standoff near palace

Friday, 11 March 2011

Security forces and pro-government vigilantes carrying clubs and swords faced off against protesters near Bahrain's royal complex today in a showdown that displayed that deepening conflict between Sunni Muslims backing the ruling system and Shiites demanding it give up its hold on power.

Abdullah forces fire on crowds ahead of planned 'Day of Rage'

Friday, 11 March 2011

Archie Bland: Absolutist monarchy uses stun grenades to carry out its threat against protesters.

Only some revolutions will be televised

Thursday, 10 March 2011

Another ‘million person march’ happened in an Arab state earlier this week. Headline news, you might think.

Protesters reject Yemen reform plan

Thursday, 10 March 2011

Yemen's embattled president has failed to pacify protesters with plans to draw up a new constitution.

Andrew's trip to Yemen was followed by arms deal

Thursday, 10 March 2011

Andy McSmith: The Government licensed the sale of �160,000 worth of bullets and body armour to the Yemeni government after Prince Andrew met the country's PM for trade talks.

Rodin statue stolen from Israel Museum

Thursday, 10 March 2011

A statue by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin has been stolen from the Israel Museum during renovations, the museum said yesterday.

Saudi foreign minister warns against protests

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said today that dialogue — not protests — is the way to bring reform and warned that the oil-rich nation will take strong action if activists take to the streets.

Fury at Omani sultan's cash for Cambridge

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Richard Garner: Cambridge University is at the centre of a row over ethical funding of universities after accepting a new donation from the Oman government to promote religious understanding.

Football finally comes home for Palestinian national team

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Mokhtar Tlili, the Tunisian coach of the Palestinian national football team, gave his players a pep talk yesterday as they prepared for the first official match played on their home turf.

Ex-president sacked for backing Iran opposition

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Hardliners have forced former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from his position as head of a powerful organisation of the clergy in charge of choosing or dismissing Iran's supreme leader.

Netanyahu peace move dismissed

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Palestinians have dismissed any attempt by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take interim steps towards peace now that the US-sponsored negotiations are frozen.

A new Iran policy in the new Middle East

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

The tide of change engulfing the Muslim world is getting bigger and more pervasive day by day.

Two thousand inmates in Yemen jail revolt

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

About 2,000 inmates have staged a revolt at a prison in the capital of Yemen, taken a dozen guards hostage and joined calls by anti-government protesters for the country's president to step down, a Yemeni security official said.

How Iran keeps revolution from flowering on streets of Tehran

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

After a week inside the Islamic state, Patrick Cockburn reflects on how Ahmadinejad's subtle game has kept regional unrest at bay

Will Saudi be the next to rise up?

Monday, 7 March 2011

It is strange to read in the news that the Saudi monarchy has "banned" demonstrations; as if such demonstrations were allowed in the first place.

America's secret plan to arm Libya's rebels

Monday, 7 March 2011

Robert Fisk: Desperate to avoid military involvement in Libya, the US has asked Saudi Arabia if it can supply weapons to the rebels in Benghazi.

Pirates captured aboard oil tanker

Monday, 7 March 2011

US commandos have captured four suspected pirates who boarded a Japanese-owned oil tanker off the coast of Oman.

Saudi Arabia bans all marches as mass protest is planned for Friday

Sunday, 6 March 2011

David Randall: Extra troops are sent to north-east to quash any Shia protest as King Abdullah's regime gets jittery and oil prices soar in response to continued unrest.