(Reuters) – Militants who crossed into Israel from Egypt’s Sinai desert fired on Israelis building a barrier on the border on Monday, killing one worker, before soldiers shot dead two of the attackers, Israel’s...
CAIRO – Egypt’s official news agency is quoting a senior member of the ruling military council as saying the generals will hand over power to the newly elected president at the end of the...
There are moves to rewrite contentious water-sharing agreements that are becoming a major source of friction in the Middle East as water supplies shrink BAGHDAD, June 14 (UPI) — Amid the profound political changes sweeping...
CAIRO: Egypt’s state television has reported that the country’s recently elected parliament will be dissolved entirely, after the country’s High Constitutional Court ruled that one-third of seats were elected unconstitutionally. The ruling puts into...
(multimedia) Egypt’s deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak was in a coma on Monday, eight days after having been sent to prison to start a life sentence, NBC News reported. Mubarak, who is incarcerated at Torah prison hospital, had been...
Hundreds of hardcore Al Qaeda fighters are believed to be occupying the southern and eastern regions of Yemen in an effort to expand a safe haven and strengthen forces, U.S. officials familiar with the...
CAIRO (AP) — Hosni Mubarak’s health entered a “dangerous” phase on Wednesday, and doctors had to use a respirator five times to help the deposed Egyptian leader breathe, according to security officials at his prison....
(multimedia) Cairo is bracing for a million-strong demonstration in Tahrir Square, with revolutionary forces calling for the execution of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Islamists there are expected to use the rally to score points...
(Reuters) – Far apart on so many issues, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas almost certainly see eye to eye on the Egyptian presidential election. Both would like Ahmed Shafiq,...
(Reuters) – Gunmen from a Libyan militia surrounded Tripoli’s international airport on Monday to secure the release of one of their leaders whom they believed had been kidnapped and held there, a security official...
