The Arab Revolution is knocking at Israel's door
Ha'aretz - - 13 minutes ago
For Israel, the risk that Syria President Bashar Assad would undermine calm of northern border less threatening than prospect of him toppled; Israel blames Assad and Iran for border infiltration on Nakba Day.
Obama can put US on 'right side' of Arab Spring, ex-official says CNN International
UN Agency Prepares to Resume Aid to Libya Even if Qaddafi Remains in Power
Fox News - - 38 minutes ago
AP May 11: In this image made from Libyan TV, Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi holds a meeting with tribal leaders from eastern Libya.
Libya unrest enters fourth month Times of India
UK wants NATO to ramp up attacks on Libya ABC Online
Analysis: IMF chief's arrest may speed up succession battle
Reuters - - 25 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The shock arrest of the head of the International Monetary Fund may force the world's power brokers into a frantic search to find his replacement.
Syria's Sluggish Economy Adds to Regime's Troubles
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
DAMASCUS—The Syrian government, stuck in a stalemate with protesters, also is facing the longer-term challenge of keeping the country's already creaky economy from collapsing.
Video: Syrian violence reaches Lebanon
Al Jazeera

Deaths as Syrian army storms border town Aljazeera.net
Japan PM Kan: Will Announce Govt Plan To Deal With Nuke Crisis Tuesday
Wall Street Journal - - 30 minutes ago
TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Monday that the government will submit a plan on Tuesday for dealing with the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Swiss vote to continue assisted suicide
The Independent - - 1 hour ago
Swiss voters rejected proposals to ban assisted suicide and so-called "suicide tourism" yesterday in a referendum which permits British citizens and other foreign nationals to continue visiting the country to obtain help in ending ...
UK group hails Swiss suicide vote BBC News
Swiss say no to euthanasia restrictions ABC Online
27 killed in Guatemala massacre near Mexico border
Reuters - - 9 minutes ago
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - At least 27 people were found dead in a Guatemalan village near the border with Mexico Sunday morning in one of the worst mass killings in the country in a generation, local police said.
Drug gangs in remote Guatemala kill 27, beheading most McClatchy Washington Bureau
Massacre in northern Guatemala leaves 29 dead Greenwich Time
Egypt FM elected next Arab League chief
Aljazeera.net - 8 hours ago
Nabil Elaraby confirmed as organisation's leader after last minute diplomacy left him as the only candidate in the race. Egypt's foreign minister has been confirmed as the Arab League's next chief, after last minute diplomacy left him as the only ...
Stabbed and beheaded
Sydney Morning Herald - 26 minutes ago
A man randomly attacks and beheads a British woman in a supermarket on the Spanish resort island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
Beheaded UK woman 'sought help' BBC News
NATO bombs Libyan town near Tunisian border
Xinhua - 1 hour ago
TUNIS, May 15 (Xinhua) -- NATO planes on Sunday morning bombed barracks and radar installations in the Libyan town of Boukamache, some 17 km from the Tunisian border, the official TAP press agency reported.
Tunisia pushes back Libyan troops Press TV
Strong earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea
The Associated Press - 4 hours ago
SYDNEY (AP) - A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
Strong earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea Inquirer.net
Lee's Party Aims to Renew Image After Singapore Vote
Bloomberg - - 2 hours ago
Lee Kuan Yew, chairman of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp. Photographer: Munshi Ahmed/Bloomberg The political party that has ruled Singapore since independence in 1965 is seeking to overhaul its ...
Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew resigns BBC News
Singapore's Founder Quits Cabinet New York Times
Australian police attribute man's death to internet photo trend
CNN - 43 minutes ago
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A growing internet photo trend is to blame for the death of a 20-year-old Australian man, police in Queensland said Sunday, warning other fans of the dangers surrounding "planking.
Julia Gillard joins warnings against the craze of 'planking' The Australian
Man dies after 'planking' on Australian building New York Post
Martelly wants business leader as prime minister
Houston Chronicle - - 28 minutes ago
By TRENTON DANIEL AP © 2011 The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti's new president wants a business leader to serve as his prime minister, a government official said Sunday.
Haiti Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive resigns MiamiHerald.com
The Pakistan Whisperer
Newsweek - - 23 minutes ago
In a dangerous region, John Kerry emerges as America's unofficial peacemaker. Next stop: Secretary of State? Sen. John Kerry was at home in Washington when he first got word that Osama bin Laden was dead.
Video: Kerry: US-Pakistan Alliance at 'Critical Moment'
The Associated Press

Bombing families appeal to Queen
BBC News - 2 hours ago
Bereaved relatives and survivors of bombings in Dublin and Monaghan in the 1970s have written an open letter to the Queen ahead of her Ireland visit.
Security Stepped Up Ahead Of Queen's Ireland Visit The Random Forest
Ayatollah: Iran's president 'bewitched' by senior aide
Washington Post - - 7 hours ago
TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came under new pressure Sunday, as an influential cleric charged that he has been “bewitched” by a controversial senior aide and key lawmakers renewed their impeachment threat.
Iran's Ahmadinejad denies rift with supreme leader Monsters and Critics.com
Post-Osama, Obama govt divided on ties with Pak
Times of India - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON: Two weeks after Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, the US government is divided over the future of its ties with Pakistan, with some officials advocating "strong reprisals" if Islamabad refuses to cooperate in the war on terror, ...
ISI advised president, PM on release of Raymond The News International
PM focuses on jobs despite poll dip
Sydney Morning Herald - 1 hour ago
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she will continue to talk about jobs and opportunity, despite two new polls showing a dive in her popularity and Labor's stocks.
Australia PM fails to get lift in polls after budget Reuters Africa
Labor 'at war with itself', says Tony Abbott The Australian
Muslims and Coptic Christians Clash Again in Egypt
New York Times - - 2 hours ago
CAIRO - Muslims and Coptic Christians clashed with bullets, rocks and Molotov cocktails here for the second time in seven days on Saturday night, sending at least 55 people to the hospital, officials with Egypt's Interior ...
Scores wounded in latest religious clashes in Egypt Washington Post