UPRISING

A film studio's reconstruction of the Old Summer Palace has been criticized for trivializing history but the owner says it will promote patriotism.

People took to the streets, to barricades and to fortifications in Central African Republic, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine and Venezuela.

Egypt’s turmoil is forcing its young people to put jobs, careers and education on hold, and nobody knows how long the interruption will last.

IBTimes Correspondent Daria Solovieva has the latest details in this video report from Cairo; she explains the situation on the ground.

A series of announcements this week confirms the link between al-Qaeda and jihadist rebels in Syria, leaving secular FSA fighters in a bind.

A princess in the Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain has been charged with torture of pro-democracy activists detained during a popular uprising in 2011.

A Bahrain court has upheld convictions for 20 opposition activists, proving once again that human rights are not a priority.

Bahrain continues its crackdown on political dissent, stripping 31 activists of citizenship after banning public protests last week.

Bahrain has banned public protests after more than a year of mass unrest as anti-government protesters, mostly Shiite Muslims, demand more representation in a constitutional monarchy ruled by the Sunni Muslim minority.

The cease-fire between the Syrian Army and opposition forces has failed amid reports of car bombings, artillery fire and airstrikes in Damascus.

The Syrian army has agreed to observe a four-day cease-fire, starting Friday. Past agreements have proved unsuccessful, however.

Kenyans who were tortured by British colonialists during the Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s have finally won the right to sue the UK government.

The Middle East is looking increasingly unsteady with the attacks in Libya and the protests in Egypt, which may further deter the U.S. from eventually intervening in Syria.

A prominent human rights activist in Bahrain has been sentenced to three consecutive year-long sentences for participating in what the courts characterized as "illegal gatherings," referring to activities connected to the country's ongoing popular uprising.

"I hope this movement can grow because it offers a good alternative and solution for providing stability in Afghanistan."

The UK has sent a special team of forensic detectives from the Metropolitan Police to Bahrain to help local authorities investigate a recently discovered cache of bomb-making material.

In a statement, Amnesty said Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has refused food since February 8, should be released immediately.

Mali was in turmoil Wednesday as soldiers stormed the state TV and radio station in Bamako and attacked the presidential palace.

Cardiologist Dr Fawaz Akhras, whose glamorous London-born daughter Asma married Assad in 2000, has also been caught advising the regime on how to respond to graphic images such as the torture of children by Syrian government forces.

The future of the uprising in Syria remains unclear after rebels withdrew from the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs in Syria on Thursday. Take a look at photos taken in Syria chronicling the lives of the Syrian people in recent weeks amid the death and destruction of the conflict.

A pro-government Saudi columnist recently called for a massacre against a Shiite town in Saudi Arabia claiming that the anti-government protestors are controlled by the Shiite Iran.