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EU observers: Algeria vote a step towards reform

EU observers mission to Algeria parliament election indicate that there were shortcomings in some technical aspects of the election but there were many positive points as well

Hamas says talks progressing on hunger strikers

Ismail Haniya, Hamas prime minister in Gaza, reveals that the movement has done a progress to end a mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prions, through the Egyptian mediator

Syria violence kills four even as UN mission grows

At least four people killed across Syria, as the UN mission in Syria announce that it now had 145 military observers on the ground just shy of half the force of 300 authorised by the Security Council

Iraq's Kurds fire back in dispute with Iran over Mossad

The government of Iraq's Kurdish region says Iran is attempting to draw it into the fight between Tehran and Tel Aviv through accusations that Arbil is harbouring Israeli spies who work against Iran

S. Sudanese to begin journey home

The first group of ethnic South Sudanese among up to 15,000 camped in crowded conditions in Sudan were to begin their journey home on Saturday

Progress in talks on Palestinian prisoners

Israeli and Egyptian officials are making progress in attempts to end a mass hunger strike by Palestinan prisoners, some of them close to death

Saudi king sacks adviser critical of gender mixing

Advisor to Royal Saudi court is sacked over vocal comments against gender mixing in ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom

Head of Morocco's broadcasting authority sacked

Chief Moroccan broadcasting boss loses job over disagreements regarding regulation measures which include calling for prayers on television and banning gambling advertisements

Algerian regime tightens grip despite Arab Spring

Algeria's historical ruling party wins 220 of the 462 seats up for grabs in the legislative polls while moderate Islamists suffered a setback, according to official results

Skepticism proves main challenger in Algeria election

Despondent youth say Algeria not worthy of their vote

Radical Islamist 'fears Algeria vote fraud'

Algeria's new Islamists won't rock the boat

Gulf leaders to discuss Bahrain-Saudi union: Minister

Bahrain says leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council are set to discuss the idea of a Gulf union that could begin with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to follow the European Union model

Iran wins release of Turkish journalists in Syria

Iran says it released two Turkish journalists who went missing in early March after sneaking across the border into the Syrian city of Idlib

Militant group claims deadly Syrian blasts

Unmarked suspected Islamist group al-Nusra Front claims responsibility in a video for the twin blasts struck the Syrian capital Damascus that left 55 people dead and hundreds others injured

S.Sudan police withdraw from disputed Abyei

South Sudan has withdrawn its police from the disputed Abyei region on its border with Sudan, after the U.N. Security Council threatened the African neighbors with sanctions to try and stop an escalating conflict

US partially resumes military supplies to Bahrain

The United States says it partially resumed sales of military supplies to Bahrain but items used for crowd control such as tear gas and stun grenades are excluded from the sales

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