Just over a decade ago, unrelated meltdowns by a CNBC reporter and a Tunisian street vendor set two vehicles moving in opposite directions. The vendor, Tarek al Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire, ...

It has been nearly a year and a half since the start of the "Arab Spring" uprisings - the wave of protests advocating for democratic reform in the Middle East - and despite the leaps of progress that ...

The fledgling democracies of the Arab Spring movement fought through autocratic governments and violent oppression to gain freer political processes, yet they are still not free from meddling ...

A power struggle in Tunisia threatens the fragile democracy that was one of the few bright spots of the 2011 Arab Spring, the movement to oust dictators across the Middle East. Over the weekend, ...

When the Syrian revolution began back in 2011, the country was not alone. Syrians joined a wave of uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa. The movement started in Tunisia, with the death of ...

LONDON (Reuters) - After the "Arab Spring" and unrest in Europe, New York's "Occupy Wall Street" movement may be the latest sign of a global, popular backlash against elites with increasingly shared ...

China’s inroads in the Middle East demonstrate how the region is still a critical front in the era of US-China competition. The pro-democracy movement marked the death knell of Arab nationalism and ...