BBC (UK)
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 07:18
The Syrian peace talks in Geneva are deadlocked over the divisive issue of transferring power to a transitional government, sources say.
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 07:14
Reclusive Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, seen as a rival to Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has denied using his influence to start investigations into alleged high-level government corruption.
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 06:46
This means parliamentary polls will happen later, not first as originally envisaged by the military-backed authorities' "roadmap" to democracy.
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 06:30
This is a significant if limited development from the peace talks in Geneva: permission from the Syrian government to lift the siege on parts of the old city of Homs which for months had left hundreds of people trapped, including the very ill and very vulnerable.
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 00:00
Saturday's peaceful protest was marred by sporadic acts of vandalism which turned into clashes with the police
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 11:24
Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded another in a cross-border incident in the north of the Gaza Strip.
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 10:58
An al-Qaeda-inspired militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Champions of Jerusalem) has said it carried out the attack on the police headquarters.
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 08:26
The parliament of Morocco has unanimously amended an article of the penal code that allowed rapists of underage girls to avoid prosecution by marrying their victims.
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 08:09
The report calls for the security forces to be held accountable for human rights violations and urges the authorities to "loosen their stranglehold on civil society and allow peaceful protests and other avenues for lawful dissent."
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 12:52
President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi will reveal details of the rival political, tribal, religious and social groups' vision for a new political system at the end of the conference on Saturday.