Hassan Mushaimaa of the opposition Haq movement arrives in capital Manama after receiving pardon from royal family.

Hundreds rally in Beirut against sectarian government, which demonstrators say is ''a dictatorial system.''

A new synagogue has been opened in the “Bourgeois” Shopping Center in S. Petersburg, enabling many Jews who live nearby to come on Friday night for Shabbat services.

Powerful tribal leaders, including those of the Hashid and Baqil, pledge to join protesters against the government.

She is replaced by Alain Juppe, a former Prime Minister and outgoing Defence Minister

The United Nations Security Council votes February 26, 2011 on a resolution on peace and security in Africa.

Protesters backed by rebel army troops capture Libyan city of Zawiya, 30 miles west of Tripoli; witness says seven people killed in latest clashes.

At least two people killed in industrial town of Sohar as police clash with anti-government demonstrators.

Nearly 100,000 people have fled violence in Libya in the past week, streaming into Tunisia and Egypt in a growing humanitarian crisis, the UN refugee agency said on Sunday.

Fashion house Dior on Friday suspended John Galliano after police questioned its flamboyant star designer for allegedly assaulting a couple and using anti-Semitic insults in a Paris bar.