Protests continue in North Africa and Middle East Friday prayers turned into Friday protests in several countries in the Middle East and North Africa. In Yemen, tens of thousands of demonstrators once more took to the streets to press calls for the president...

Ben Ali reportedly in a coma in hospital The former Tunisian president Ben Ali is reported to be seriously ill in a hospital in Saudi Arabia. The French news agency AFP reports that the 74-year-old has been in a coma for the past two days after suffering...