Sources: BBC
Members of the Force India team due to be involved in the race are involved in a firebomb scare. 2012-04-19
At least three people are killed and 22 injured after Yemeni Army troops shell opposition forces in the southern province of Taiz. 2011-10-5
Troops storm a town near the border with Lebanon, rounding up more than 500 people. 2011-07-17
2011 Syrian uprising: The Syrian army encircles the city of Hama after one of the largest protests against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. 2011-07-3
Al Jazeera reports that there have been many arrests in the southern town of Deraa with people fleeing to either Damascus or Jordan. 2011-06-30
Gunmen attack the Presidential palace in Taiz resulting in the death of four soldiers. 2011-06-5
A Cairo court sentences an Egyptian police officer to death "in absentia" for killing protesters demonstrating during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. 2011-05-23
Bahrain rejects a mediation offer by Kuwait to resolve the country's political crisis. 2011-03-28
A Libyan army spokesman says Libyan armed forces have been issued a command to observe an immediate ceasefire following air bombardment from American, French and British forces aiming to implement a UN resolution authorising the use of force to protect Libyan civilians from government troops. 2011-03-20