Malaysia on Sunday deported Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari, who was wanted in his home country after his tweet about the Prophet Mohammed sparked calls for his execution and prompted top clerics to brand him an "infidel".
The member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council -- Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates -- have agreed to expel their Syrian ambassadors and recall their own envoys from Damascus, a statement issued Tuesday said.
No sooner had the last American soldiers left Iraq than a major political crisis erupted, once again, along sectarian lines. Now the government coalition that took ten months to build is on the brink of collapse: the Sunni party is boycotting Parliament and a Shiite party loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr is calling for new elections. Can Iraq avoid breaking up?
No sooner had the last American soldiers left Iraq than a major political crisis erupted, once again, along sectarian lines. Now the government coalition that took ten months to build is on the brink of collapse: the Sunni party is boycotting Parliament and a Shiite party loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr is calling for new elections. Can Iraq avoid breaking up?
The ongoing protests in Syria against Bashar al Assad;
Christian Bale assaulted in China, drawing widespread reaction online;
And an online gallery of abandoned amusement parks.
Moncef Marzouki, the new Tunisian president, demanded the extradition of ousted leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali from Saudi Arabia in an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and warned against the dangers of extremism in his country.
With fears growing over Iran’s nuclear intentions, Turki Al-Faisal tells Marc Perelman that Saudi Arabia may need nuclear weapons to protect itself from Iranian and Israeli threats.
Hamadi Jebali, the secretary general of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party Ennahda, spoke to FRANCE 24 on Wednesday as he was officially named the country’s new prime minister. He is now tasked with forming a government.
This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.
Is it the end of the line for Ali Abdullah Saleh? Or could the Yemeni president still have a hand in his country's future? Despite signing over power to his deputy, and despite Yemeni protesters wanting to put him on trial, the man hailed as the great survivor of the Arab Spring may still be able pull strings in his country's political future.
