Aj Jazeera captures how world leaders and organisations have responded to Muammar Gaddafi's death, including reactions from Barack Obama and Silvio Berlusconi.
By 12:13am this morning Aj Jazeea broke the news that Gaddafi was dead. Nearly two hours later, The Oz and the ABC caught on. NAJ Taylor captures how the story unfolded in Australia and the UK.
This week's celebrations for prisoner swaps are unable to hide the fact that Middle East peace seems further away than ever.
As Israel celebrates, and the world welcomes, the release of soldier Gilad Shalit, Hamas, the Islamist party controlling the Gaza Strip, has emerged with a significant victory in its push for Palestinian political supremacy, writes freelancer Nigel O'Connor.
The Egypt revolution has inadvertently empowered Islamist extremists, who have launched a wave of assault against Coptic Christians, reports Maggie Michael.
Tensions between Egypt's majority Muslim community (or, at least, certain agitators within this community) and the country’s large Coptic Christian minority have simmered under the surface of Egyptian politics for decades, writes Dr Benjamin MacQueen.
Actress Marzieh Vafamehr, star of controversial upcoming film My Tehran for Sale, has been sentenced to jail and 90 lashes for taking part in the film.
At least 24 people were killed yesterday in Cairo after a protest by Christians turned into a clash with the military. Did the military use excessive force? The official narrative says no, but social media tells a different story...
As the violence in Syria enters its 10th month, with in excess of 2500 civilians and 500 security personnel killed, clarity in terms of who the opposition is, is harder and harder to find.
Those pushing Barack Obama to act on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking should quiet down and remember there is little or nothing he can do. Obama's top priority needs to be re-election, writes Aaron David Miller.
