Sources: BBC News
United Nations monitors reach the site of the massacre in Mazraat al-Qubeir, where up to 78 people are reported to have been killed. 2012-06-8
2011 Yemeni uprising: The opposition sign a deal that will allow President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power within a month. 2011-05-21
A bus carrying foreign journalists is attacked by a pro-Muammar Gaddafi crowd; soldiers fire into the air to disperse the crowd. 2011-05-21
2011 Bahraini protests: Non-governmental organisations call upon Bahrain to end a crackdown on doctors and patients who joined anti-government protests. 2011-04-22
Prominent Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al-Yousif is arrested as the 2011 Bahraini protests continue. 2011-03-30
Libyan rebels arrest Omar Ahmed Sodani, the man believed responsible for the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984. 2011-03-25
Thousands of people demonstrate for a third consecutive day in Daraa, Syria, with crowds setting fire to the headquarters of the ruling Baath Party while one protester is killed by security forces. 2011-03-20
Bangladeshi expatriates report being forced to take part in pro-government demonstrations. 2011-03-17
Chinese state media warn against protests inspired by Arab Spring. 2011-03-6
Hillary Clinton calls on Libyan authorities to "stop this unacceptable bloodshed". 2011-02-21