Hundreds of people have been sentenced to death in Egypt often following sham trials, including the country's first democratically elected leader Mohammad Morsi.
Thursday's burning of Sunni properties in the Iraqi capital is the latest sectarian motivated violence to hit this Arab capital city once known for its diversity and tolerance.
The US Administration has described as 'untrue' claims by American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh that President Barack Obama misled the public about how the US killed Osama Bin Laden.
Blog: Dubai's deputy police chief Dhahi Khalfan is no stranger to controversy, but his tweets on Yemen have now earned him a rebuke from the UAE's foreign minister.
The Saudi military intervention in Yemen is not a first in in a region where Arab states have frequently involved themselves militarily in other Arab countries.
