Bombardment of besieged Syrian city of Homs intensifies, Egypt's prime minister dismisses US aid cutoff threats, al-Shabab claims responsibility for Mogadishu suicide bombing, and more.

Guantanamo Bay prison still in use despite Obama's campaign promise, Syria's Assad blames unrest on "foreign conspiracy," Yemeni masses reject US-backed immunity law, and more.

Libyan opposition forces storm Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound and destroy his sculpture of a fist crushing a US plane, after a defiant Saif al-Islam earlier reemerged in Tripoli.

Yemeni protests insist Saleh can return for his prosecution only, 18 Egyptian parties form an unprecedented electoral alliance, Karzai welcomes US withdrawal plans from Afghanistan, and more.

World Refugee Day given urgency by Arab Spring, reform proposals in Syria and Morocco met with massive demonstrations, Bahrain accused of systematic torture inside hospitals, and more.

Battles continue to rage in Libya as humanitarian crisis escalates, Bahraini and Yemeni oppositions reject government concessions, Oman protests turn violent, and more.