A boat traveling between Sudan and Saudi Arabia caught fire, killing most of the refugees on board.
Ben Ali left in January, but it's old tricks in Tunis, according to Tunisian politicians.
Disbanded hacker group, LulzSec's leader Sabu said, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's arrest prompted him to get involved with the hacker group Anonymous, in an interview with Newscientist. When I found out about what happened to Julian Assange, his arrest in the UK and so on, I found it absolutely absurd. So I got involved with Anonymous at that point, said Sabu. This is the first time a key LulzSec member is giving a media interview shedding light on hackers' beliefs, and mot...
A Tunisian court has sentenced deposed president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to fifteen years in prison after finding him guilty (in absentia) of possessing illegal drugs and guns.
For Morocco's Berbers, King Mohammed VI's recent constitutional reforms are nothing but rhetoric. Literally.
North Africa is not a homogenous bloc of Arab societies, struggling in unison for one pan-Arab cause. U.S. media coverage of the Arab spring in Tunisia and Egypt has largely ignored the mass movement of North Africa's ethnic minorities.
Alexandria's Criminal court postponed a verdict in the murder trial of Egypt's revolutionary icon, Khaled Said, today.
China quickly blocked Google's newest offering Google+, a service that promises a better social networking experience than Facebook's. The Google+ service was not available to Chinese users, New York's Daily News said, citing sources.
China apparently lost no time denying its people access to yet another western social networking service. Hours after search giant Google unveiled ambitious social networking service Google+, the Chinese government got the service blocked in the country, according to media reports.
The number of Egyptians injured in protests today is actually more than ten times the amount reported by international media this morning.
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt warned that the Internet may become a more censored medium - like television.
The World Bank's political risk guarantee agency said on Monday it would mobilize about $1 billion for insurance coverage for countries in the Middle East and North Africa to encourage foreign direct investment.
Tunisian Islamist party Ennahda will not run in elections next month.
Internet giant Google's tussles with some governments over Internet censorship could get worse, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said on Monday, adding he feared his own colleagues faced mounting danger of occasional arrest and torture.
Should Gaddafi leave Libya, he could now stand trail at the UN's International Criminal Court.
NATO and rebels are applying pressure on the Libyan capital, which has been overcome with civil and economic challenges.
Albeit LulzSec calling it quits, the hacking saga continues. Hacker group Anonymous claimed responsibility of taking down Tunisian government's official website moments ago. The seized domain now displays text posted by Anonymous, along with a masked image that signifies the hacker collective.
Tunisia on Friday became the first North African state to join the International Criminal Court, Reuters reported.
In the ailing economies of the Arab spring, analysts are finding that in both the Arab world economies and in nature, oil floats.
LulzSec's influence has been attracting partnerships as the hacker group Anonymous joined forces in a recent announcement. The two groups are now setting eyes to expose global government websites as the hackers have ignited a cyber war campaign.
Today Tunis held a trial-in-absentia for Ben Ali, still exiled in Saudi Arabia.
To celebrate World Refugee Day on June 20, Jolie traveled from Malta to the Italian island of Lampedusa to tour the temporary camps with the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees.
