Protests continue following last night's non-resignation speech of President of EgyptHosni Mubarak. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators march on state television and presidential palaces as "Farewell Friday", the eighteenth day of protests against the Mubarak regime, gets underway. (Al Jazeera)
Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei warns "Egypt will explode" in response to Mubarak's non-resignation speech last night. (CNN)
Military leaders pledge to end the 30-year state of emergency law when the protests end. (Al Jazeera)
The death toll from clashes between rebels loyal to George Athor and the army in Southern Sudan rises to 100. (BBC)
BolivianPresidentEvo Morales abandons an event in the south of the country after crowds booed him and threw dynamite in a protest over rising food prices. (BBC) (AP via Google News) (UPI)
Israeli forces fire gas agents and rubber-coated bullets against Palestinian protesters in Silwan, injuring dozens.(Muslim News)(The Palestine Telegraph)
Seven Somali pirates are charged with firearms offences in a Malaysian court, in a move that could see them hanged. (Reuters)
Indonesian police arrest 13 people over two incidents of religious violence in which three people were killed and churches burnt. (Bangkok Post)
Politics and elections
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng and his wife are reportedly beaten after filming a secret video showing their house arrest. (BBC) (Radio Television Hong Kong)
Ahmadinejad said that the new Middle East will be formed soon where there will be no room for the United States and Israel. (IRNA)
Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi is placed under house arrest after calling for demonstrations in support of the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. (The Independent)