Syrian soldiers used violence anew on Friday, killing more than 60 people across the Arab Republic as protesters continued to defy embattled President Bashar al-Assad.

A united Palestinian territory moved closer to fruition Wednesday after the opposing Fatah and Hamas political groups agreed to form a unity government.

A building inside Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli was destroyed by NATO forces on Monday in a new round of airstrike against the embattled Libyan dictator.

The United States has begun deploying unmanned aircraft to Libya even as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces continued their assault of the rebel-stronghold town of Misrata.

Riots have reportedly erupted in Nigeria following allegations that results of a recent presidential election were rigged in favor of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces fired Grad rockets into the rebel stronghold of Misrata on Thursday, raising fears of more civilian casualties in the North African country’s third largest city.

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was arrested Monday by the U.N. and French military-backed forces of President-elect Alassane Ouattara.

Japan’s Tohoku region was again rocked by a strong tremor late Thursday night, plunging a vast area in darkness and leaving at least 2 people dead.

A ship carrying migrants from North Africa capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday, leaving more than 250 people missing, some of them women and children.

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s main island of Java early Monday, the US Geological Survey said, prompting local residents to flee to higher ground. However, authorities lifted a tsunami warning after tidal waves did not materialize following the strong temblor.