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Too unbelievable for Hollywood?
A bad film causing anti-American riots, a murdered ambassador, presidential elections. If a screenwriter pitched a movie featuring the events of the past week it would be rejected, writes Matt Frei.
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As protests continue over a film which mocks the prophet Mohammed, Channel 4 News asks why there have been few if any moderate voices speaking out against the demonstrations.
Protesters angry over a controversial film which mocks the prophet Mohammed are attempting to break into the US embassy in Islamabad.
Afghan militants have claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a minivan which has killed 12 people, saying it was retaliation for the US-made film mocking the Prophet Mohammad.
They’re behind in the polls, beleaguered in the press, stumbling to present a coherent message. Now key insiders in Mitt Romney’s campaign are searching for someone to blame.
Shia Muslim militant group Hezbollah calls for fresh protests over an anti-Islam film as former prime minister Tony Blair urges religious leaders to condemn any action.
Hundreds of Afghan protesters burn cars and throw rocks at a military camp on the outskirts of Kabul in protest against an anti-Islam film.
A Californian filmmaker linked to an anti-Islamic film which sparked a wave of violent protests across the world is taken in for questioning by officers.
The US embassy compound in Tunis and the German embassy in Khartoum are set alight as violence erupts over an anti-Islam film that has offended many Muslims. At least five protesters are dead.
A bad film causing anti-American riots, a murdered ambassador, presidential elections. If a screenwriter pitched a movie featuring the events of the past week it would be rejected, writes Matt Frei.
As mob attacks on US embassies spread from Libya to Yemen and Egypt, doubt is cast on the origins and motives behind the anti-Muslim film said to have triggered the violence, Channel 4 News reports.
Syria walks out of an international summit after Egypt’s president uses his first visit to Iran in 33 years to condemn the Syrian administration as “an oppressive regime that has lost its legitimacy”.
Prime Minister David Cameron and US president Barack Obama agree that use of chemical weapons in Syria or even a threat to deploy them is “completely unacceptable”.
President Barack Obama threatens US military action against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, warning any attempt to use chemical or biological weapons would cross a “red line” for the United States.
Thousands of Egyptians gather in Tahrir Square to support President Mohamed Morsi’s decision to replace his defence minister and army chief while ordering several senior generals to retire.
“A drunk cyclist was more likely to get hurt – and less likely to wear a helmet. But it was the booze, not the helmet, that had the biggest impact.”