Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemeni president, has declared a nationwide state of emergency, after a violent crackdown on anti-government protests killed at least 41 people, and left scores more wounded, in the capital Sanaa.

Abbas said on Wednesday he was ready to go to the Gaza Strip immediately to try to end divisions with the Hamas movement that controls the territory.

Many demonstrators said they planned to stay on the streets until Fatah and Hamas announced practical steps to restore unity.Tens of thousands of Palestinians answered a rallying call on Facebook by demonstrating on Tuesday in Israel-besieged Gaza and the occupied West Bank for reconciliation between Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas’s rival Fatah group.

A hydrogen explosion rocked the earthquake-stricken nuclear plant in Japan where authorities have been working desperately to avert a meltdown, while media said a fresh tsunami was heading for the same coastline that was hit last week.

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale has struck the coast of Honshu in eastern Japan.The quake struck at 8:24 a.m. local time on Sunday (2324 GMT on Saturday), according to the US Geological Survey.

With the echoes of revolutions in the Middle East is reaching as far as China, Beijing is softening tone in dealing with the Muslim minority in the western region of Xinjiang.“I want to tell everyone that although their features may be different, their culture different, their personalities different, they are still the best members of […]

The biggest earthquake on record to hit Japan rocked its northeast coast on Friday, March 11, triggering a 10-meter tsunami that killed hundreds of people and swept away everything in its path.

Security forces in Yemen have opened fire on peaceful protesters in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, wounding at least 75 people demonstrating for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 32-year rule.

The new leader of the far right, Marine Le Pen, has sent shockwaves through France after two polls suggested she could win an unprecedented first-round victory in the 2012 presidential elections.

CAIRO – Bowing to protestors demanding his resignation, Egypt’s interim Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq stepped down on Thursday, March 3.“The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces decided to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq,” Egypt’s military rulers said in a statement on its Facebook page cited by Reuters.