The ongoing conflict in Syria has reached a crucial turning point, after world leaders joined the condemnation of President Bashar al-Assad following Saturday’s massacre in Houla, writes Aicha Marhfour.
Don't leap to the conclusion that Hastie Group's collapse over the weekend was the result of the sluggish Australian economy.
Egypt’s liberal revolutionaries are in shock as the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi and Mubarak supporter Ahmed Shafiq smashed the presidential hopes of leftist candidate Hamdeen Sabahi. Vickie Smiles reports from the Egyptian city of Alexandria.
“It is like honey to my heart," said one Egyptian lining up to vote in the country's first free election, of which no clear front-runner has emerged, writes David D. Kirkpatrick.
A field of 12 candidates are on show as 50 million Egyptians head to the polls to vote for the country’s first-ever civilian president, writes Vickie Smiles from the Egyptian city of Alexandria.
Egyptians love to follow a leader but one can’t help feeling a little bit sorry for the next one, writes Vickie Smiles, a freelance writer in the Egyptian city of Alexandria.
Two hunger-striking Palestinians will enter their 71st day without food today as they protest their detention without charge in Israeli prisons, writes Nigel O'Connor, a freelance journalist working in the Middle East.
Earlier this week the CIA announced it had thwarted plans for an Al Qaeda operative sent to destroy a US-bound plane with a complicated underwear bomb. It's now been revealed that the operative was a double agent ...
Egyptian authorities declared a curfew in parts of Cairo over the weekend after an outburst of violence killed 13 people. Could another revolt, asks Dan Ephron, be on the cards?
"It's not like we target daycare centres," wrote an al-Qaeda representative, arguing against comparisons between themselves and Anders Breivik in an English-language magazine produced by the terror organisation.
