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Egypt's president dismisses calls for early vote
Egypt's embattled president on Friday dismissed calls for early presidential elections as clashes erupted in a northern Egyptian city and unidentified ...
Hezbollah entry in Syria fans Shiite-Sunni fires
The Egyptian cleric was in a fervor. With Hezbollah's Shiite fighters helping Bashar Assad crush Syrian rebels, he wanted to sound the alarm to Sunnis ...
After Qusair, Syrian army sets sights on heartland
With fresh momentum from the capture of a strategic town in western Syria, President Bashar Assad's forces have turned their sights to driving rebel ...
Ethiopia summons Egypt's ambassador over Nile dam
Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday it is demanding an official explanation from Egypt after comments from politicians suggesting ...
Egypt: Prominent activists charged over protest
Twelve of Egypt's best known bloggers and activists are headed for trial on charges of instigating violence during a March demonstration against the ...
Ethiopia: Egypt attack proposals 'day dreaming'
Egyptian officials tried to cool tensions with Ethiopia Wednesday over the new Nile River dam project by highlighting its "neighborliness" as the ...
Signature campaign on Egypt's streets tests Morsi
Thousands of volunteers are hitting the pavement around Egypt, on streets, in metro stations, even in hospitals, passing out black-and-white forms to ...
Egyptian politicians: Sabotage Ethiopia's new dam
Politicians meeting with Egypt's president on Monday proposed hostile acts against Ethiopia, including backing rebels and carrying out sabotage, to ...
Israel to send African migrants to third country
Israel has reached an agreement to send thousands of African migrants to an unidentified country, according to a court document obtained Monday, a ...
Egypt activist convicted for insulting president
An Egyptian activist was convicted of insulting the president and spreading false news and given a six-month suspended sentence on Monday, Egypt's ...
Egypt sentences 5 foreigners to death over drugs
An Egyptian court sentenced five foreigners including a British sailor to death on Monday after they were convicted of drug smuggling, a court ...
Court says Egypt legislature illegally elected
Egypt's highest court ruled on Sunday that the nation's interim parliament was illegally elected, though it stopped short of dissolving the chamber ...
Official: Dam will not significantly affect Egypt
An independent panel of experts has concluded that the country's multi-billion dollar hydropower dam being built on the Nile River will not ...
Protesters swarm Istanbul square after clashes
In a scene reminiscent of the Arab Spring, thousands of people on Saturday flooded Istanbul's main square after a crackdown on an anti-government ...
2 Egypt policemen in uprising case free from jail
An Egyptian judge on Saturday released from jail two policemen who were convicted of beating a young man to death in a killing that helped inspire the ...
Egyptian Christian lawyer convicted of blasphemy
An Egyptian court has convicted a Coptic Christian lawyer in the southern province of Assiut on charges of blasphemy and sentenced him to one year in ...
Egypt's long-scorned legislature deepens rift
When voters went to the polls more than a year ago to vote for Egypt's upper house of parliament, most presumed the legislature would be the powerless ...
Egypt blasts US warning over incidents at pyramids
Egypt's Antiquities' Ministry has criticized a U.S. Embassy message to American citizens in the country, urging them to be extra cautious because of ...
6 Mexican tourists killed in Egypt bus accident
A bus carrying Mexican tourists overturned Friday in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula before bursting into flames, killing at least six tourists, according to ...
Rights group calls Egypt draft NGO law restrictive
New York-based Human Rights Watch and 40 Egyptian rights groups on Thursday said Egypt's draft law regulating non-governmental organizations would ...
Tale of 2 converts shows Egypt's sectarian divide
In one case, an Egyptian Christian man stabs his wife after she converts to Islam with the support of hard-line Islamists. Then after surrendering to ...
Amnesty denounces Egypt's civil society bill
An International rights group is denouncing Egypt's presidency's decision to move ahead with a disputed bill feared to stifle non-governmental ...
House chairman subpoenas documents on Benghazi
The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued subpoenas on Tuesday for State Department documents related to the widely ...