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Why Qatar is opening its cheque book in Gaza
Qatar wants to be the essential nation where both western and Arab nations go for mediation, deals and peace talks. Sheikh Hamad is an ambitious man, and today’s visit to Gaza is part of his plans.
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Syrian helicopters and artillery bombard the Ras al-Ain area near the Turkish border days after Free Syrian Army rebels captured it during an advance into the northeast, opposition campaigners say.
David Cameron is touring Gulf states in a bid to patch up relations and boost British arms sales. But critics say he is helping to prop up repressive regimes.
Qatar wants to be the essential nation where both western and Arab nations go for mediation, deals and peace talks. Sheikh Hamad is an ambitious man, and today’s visit to Gaza is part of his plans.
As one of the earliest countries to experience revolution in the Arab Spring, and one of the first to move towards stability, Egypt’s first leader post-Mubarak has been in the international spotlight.
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.
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.
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.
Libyan’s election officials expect to announce results of the country’s first free national election in 60 years on Monday night, with a liberal coalition claiming an early lead.
A liberal coalition takes an early lead in vote counting on Sunday but with 3,700 candidates and more than 130 parties it is too early to call. Preliminary results are expected Monday.
As Libyans take to the polls for the first time in more than half a century, Channel 4 News looks at some of the 130 political parties standing for election.
Libya’s first post-Gaddafi elections are going ahead, but is that wise given the amount of weapons in private hands, asks Channel 4 News Foreign Editor Lindsey Hilsum.
We should have known the name of the new Egyptian President today, but the election committee said it needed more time to investigate complaints from the two candidates.
Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is critically ill in hospital, according to military sources in the country.
Jonathan Rugman on how the army and the Islamists are uneasy but unavoidable bedfellows in Egypt’s future democracy.
‘As is frequently pointed out, the Greeks invented the words “catastrophe” and “crisis”.’