Young British girl drowns at Egyptian resort
A senior Egyptian prosecutor says a 5-year-old British girl has drowned in pool at a Red Sea resort. The official, who obtained an initial police ...

Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges
The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders.
Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead
Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart ...

Egypt security forces clash with Cairo protesters
Egyptian security forces have fired tear gas at protesters hurling firebombs at them in central Cairo, hours after hundreds of opponents of Egypt's ...
Egypt police close Gaza border to protest kidnap
Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of ...

Woman describes Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' parties
Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up ...
S. Sudan: Doctors Without Borders hospital ruined
The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been ...
Coptic cleric says he will sue Israeli police
An Egyptian Coptic cleric who was mistreated during Orthodox Easter services is threatening to sue. Video supplied to The Associated Press shows ...

Obama acts on scandals; Republicans unsatisfied
President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred ...

7 Egyptian security personnel abducted in Sinai
Suspected militants in Egypt's Sinai abducted seven security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said.

Polish exports of meat for Jews, Muslims in limbo
For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business. Until January, slaughterhouses across Poland — a deeply Catholic ...

Confrontation looms as Tunisia moves on salafis
Tunisia is taking a harder line on preaching by ultraconservative Muslim groups, a crackdown that has sparked demonstrations by rock-throwing ...

Critics assail Israeli silence on Arab peace plan
On the surface, the Arab League's improved peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of — normal relations with an entire region that ...
Palestinian rivals promise unity government
A leading Palestinian official says rival groups Fatah and Hamas have agreed to form a national unity government in three months. Fatah official Azzam ...
Egypt: detained Christian teacher released on bail
An Egyptian Christian teacher detained over charges of insulting Islam has been released on bail on Tuesday, her lawyer said. A history and geography ...
Migrants scale Spanish border fence in Melilla
Spanish authorities say 200 sub-Saharan migrants tried to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco by climbing a 6-meter-tall (20-foot-tall) ...
10-year sentence sought for Canadian in Mauritania
Prosecutors in Mauritania are seeking to lengthen to 10 years the sentence of a Canadian man already imprisoned on alleged links to terror groups, a ...

Deadly bomb strikes civilian area in east Libya
A deadly car bomb exploded Monday near a hospital in a busy area packed with civilians in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, destroying part of the ...

Verdict in trial of Egypt activist on June 3
An Egyptian activist charged with insulting the president will remain in detention until June 3, when a verdict is expected, his lawyer said Monday.

Carlos the Jackal: Ex-enigma now mired in court
Carlos the Jackal, the flamboyant terrorist and self-proclaimed revolutionary who was once one of the Cold War's most wanted men, is appealing his ...

Egypt's Mubarak talks for 1st time since detention
In his first comments to the media since he was detained more than two years ago, Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak said he is dismayed at the ...
Libyan officials back at work after militia siege
Officials at two Libyan government ministries returned to work Sunday after nearly two weeks of protests by militia fighters, who blocked the ...