Google lifted some of its restrictions for on-line users in Iran on 21 January. Google unblocked access to Google Chrome, Google Earth and Picasa, previously US trade sanctions had prevented Iranian users from accessing the site. The restrictions...
Britain's top civil servant, Sir Gus O'Donnell, has refused permission for notes between former prime minister Tony Blair and former US president George Bush to be published by the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war. Head of the Inquiry, Sir John...
Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been detained by authorities. His detention occurred after he was summoned to Evin prison court. One opposition website has claimed his arrest is due to his activities and interviews in...
I’m in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Shiekh covering the 2nd Arab Economic Summit --- a chance for Arab ministers and business magnates to gather and discuss the economic future of the region. But the elephant in the room this week is Tunisia,...
Discreet coup or “Jasmine Revolution”, the departure of Tunisia’s despot Zine el Abidene Ben Ali will not end his networked citizens’ calls for reform. Rohan Jayasekera reports
French ministers denied Tunisia was a dictatorship and offered Ben Ali’s regime police support. Myriam Francois-Cerrah explains how France found itself on the backfoot
PLUS: Jillian C York: Tunisia hits the headlines
Rohan Jayasekera: The Middle East’s first cyber war
State authorities have arrested Fouad Rashid, editor of the on-line news website Al- Mukalla. The former assistant editor of Al-Massila has been arrested before, on May 4 2009 he was held by police over his coverage of the protests in south Yemen....
As Tunisia’s president sacks the government and calls an early election. Jillian C York reports on revolution the Western media almost missed
Six months ago Iran’s government outlawed decadent Western hair cuts for men --- ponytails and, at the other extreme, spiky crowns. Guidelines were issued in the form of a catalogue of acceptable styles. Now another dress code has been sent to...
It’s no surprise that the Western media was a little slow to catch up to the unrest in Tunisia. The tiny country sandwiched between Libya and Algeria has always been notoriously opaque to outsiders. Known as one of the world’s most quietly...