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.

The second film in this enthralling two-part documentary series reveals how Britain and America discovered compelling evidence that Pakistan was secretly helping the Taliban and concluded they had been double-crossed.

Islamists clash with anti-military protesters in Egypt, Kuwait marred by violence on election eve, Pakistan rejects NATO report on links to Afghan Taliban, and more.

Afghanistan's Taliban movement confirms deal to open office in Qatar, 50,000 residents flee South Sudan tribal conflict, former Libyan rebel groups clash in Tripoli, and more.

Amnesty says UN peacekeepers did "nothing" to protect civilians in Sudan's Abyei, Egyptian women stage mass protest against military violence, South Sudan deepens ties with Israel, and more.

Iraqis mark end of US military occupation, Bahraini forces clash with protestors attempting to occupy major highway, inside Syria's media war, and more.

Kuwait orders tight security following demands for prime minister's resignation, settler violence on the rise in the occupied West Bank, Iran accuses the US of sponsoring terrorism, and more.

Syria accepts Arab League's proposal to end crisis, independent human rights probe finds "systematic" torture in Bahrain, thousands of Pakistani villagers displaced by operations against al-Qaeda, and more.

Anti-regime Syrians strike as massive pro-Assad rally held in Damascus, Libya's new ruler urges NATO to stay through 2011, Iranian workers rally in solidarity with "Occupy Wall Street," and more.

Mercenaries to fill the void left by withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, Jordanian youth and tribes demand tangible reforms, UN rights office urges inquiry into Gaddafi's death