#anti government protests

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Iran readies domestic Internet system, blocks Google

Iran plans to switch its citizens onto a domestic Internet network in what officials say is a bid to improve cyber ...

Iraq closes major border crossing point with Syria

Iraq on Wednesday closed a major border checkpoint with Syria in the country`s western province of Anbar, a source ...

Iran ex-president sees Facebook as a "blessing"

Facebook is a "blessing" that helps freedom-seeking movements challenge tyranny, a former president of Iran -- which ...

news focus: RI concerned over violence in Syria, calls for peaceful solution

The anti-government protests in Syria and the harsh responses by President Bashar Al-Assad`s regime has reportedly ...

Kidnapped aid workers released in Yemen, 5 militants dead

Six kidnapped foreign aid workers have been released in Yemen, the defence ministry said on Thursday, and a military ...

UN security council meets on Syria draft

The UN Security Council on Friday met behind closed doors to discuss a Western-Arab draft resolution on Syria with the ...

Canada backs Arab League plan on assad departure

Canada supports the Arab League plan for an immediate departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and urges the UN ...

U.S. insists on Syrian president`s ouster

The United States remains steadfast in its call for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, even as the Arab ...

UN urged to take Saleh to criminal court

An opposition MP on Friday urged the UN Security Council, which is to meet on Yemen, to refer President Ali Abdullah ...

SecurityCcouncil to put new focus on Yemen crisis

The UN Security Council will on Monday discuss the refusal of Yemen`s President Ali Abdullah Saleh to hand over power ...

Six militants killed in south Yemen clashes - official

Six militants were killed in clashes with Yemeni government forces in the southern province of Abyan, a local official ...

U.S. welcomes efforts to calm situation in Syria

The United States on Tuesday welcomed efforts to calm the situation in Syria, but stuck to its demand that Syrian ...

9 killed in fighting north of Yemen capital: tribal source

Nine people were killed in two days of clashes between tribal fighters who are opposed to Yemeni President Ali ...

Berlusconi and Obama deplore crackdown as death toll keeps rising

United States president Barack Obama and Italy`s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi have condemned the violent crackdown ...

U.S. supports arrest warrant for Gaddafi

The United States said on Monday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has spoken about the need for "justice ...