Libya protests prompt U.S. to evacuate diplomats

Growing concerns over protests roiling Libya prompted the State Department to begin evacuating some diplomats from Tripoli, as the Pentagon put troops stationed at nearby European bases on high alert. (more…)

Bomb found and defused on Bahrain-Saudi causeway

Bahrain police found a bomb planted on a causeway linking the island to Saudi Arabia, and four officers were shot and wounded late on Friday, officials said in the latest violence to rock the kingdom on the second anniversary of an uprising. (more…)

Egypt’s Morsi facing exactly same battle as Mubarak, report

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy is pushing forward with talks Saturday in an attempt to end a political crisis that threatens Egypt’s stability despite calls by the opposition to boycott the meeting. (more…)

Protesters surge around Egypt’s presidential palace

Tens of thousands of Egyptian protesters surged around President Mohamed Mursi’s palace in Cairo on Friday after breaking through barbed wire barricades and climbing onto army tanks guarding the premises.

“The people want the downfall of the regime” and “Leave, (more…)

Egypt’s army deploys around palace after deadly clashes

The Egyptian army’s elite Republican Guard deployed with tanks around the presidential palace overnight following clashes between supporters of President Mohamed Morsi and opposition protesters in which six people died.

The Republican Guard, whose job includes protecting the president, ordered demonstrators away from the perimeter of the palace, after more scuffles broke out Thursday morning. (more…)

Egypt’s stock market plunges after Morsi’s power grab

Egypt’s stock market plunged on Sunday in its first day open since Islamist President Mohammed Morsi’s seizure of new powers set off street violence and a political crisis, unravelling efforts to restore stability after last year’s revolution.
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Egypt: Morsi’s new powers greeted with fury

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s decree exempting all his decisions from legal challenge until a new parliament was elected has caused fury amongst his opponents, who accused him of being the new Hosni Mubarak and hijacking the revolution. (more…)

Jordan protesters call on the king to step down

Thousands of protesters chanted the Arab Spring slogan “the people want the downfall of the regime” in Jordan’s capital on Friday, as demonstrations against rising prices gather force in a country so far spared the brunt of Middle East unrest. (more…)

Kuwaiti police fire tear gas at protesters

Police in Kuwait used tear gas and stun grenades Sunday against anti-government protesters defying orders not to stage marches through the Gulf nation’s capital.

Demonstrators were allowed to gather outside parliament (more…)

Lebanon on edge after car bomb kills security chief

Lebanese troops reinforced road junctions and official buildings in Beirut on Saturday and the government met to mull a response to the car bomb killing of a senior intelligence official opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (more…)