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First Gaza rocket in 3 months rattles cease-fire
Gaza militants on Tuesday fired a rocket into Israel for the first time in three months, rattling a cross-border truce that has held since Israel's ...
Israel quietly sends migrants to Sudan
Israel has quietly repatriated hundreds of Sudanese migrants in recent months, drawing accusations from rights groups that it has coerced the Africans ...
A look at the deadliest hot air balloon accidents
Tuesday's crash of a hot air balloon near Egypt's ancient city of Luxor, killing 19 tourists, surpasses what ballooning experts believed to have been ...
As atrocities pile up, Syrians collect evidence
Syrian activist Yashar hopes the security agents who tormented him during five months of detention will one day be put on trial. In detention, he ...
Egypt's Morsi uses TV interview to burnish image
During a more than 2-hour television interview, Egypt's Islamist president sought to depict himself as a man of the people, his voice rising and tears ...
Egypt's vote won't calm turbulent streets
Egypt's streets are turning into a daily forum for airing a range of social discontents from labor conditions to fuel shortages and the casualties of ...
Kidnapped Austrian says his captors demand ransom
An Austrian man held hostage in Yemen for two months has appealed to his government to save his life, saying his captors would kill him in a week if ...
Egypt opposition leader calls for election boycott
Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei called Saturday for a boycott of parliamentary elections, drawing immediate criticism from some within ...
Egypt opposition: Election will add to tensions
Egypt's president set parliamentary elections to begin in April — a decision that an opposition leader denounced Friday as "a recipe for disaster" ...
Voting in Egypt since the 2011 uprising
A list of when Egyptians have gone to the polls to vote since the 2011 uprising that ousted former autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak. —March 19, 2011: ...
Egypt's Brotherhood still operates secretively
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi says he has firsthand knowledge of opponents allegedly plotting against him at a meeting. A few months earlier, the ...
Egypt's military signals impatience with president
Egypt's powerful military is showing signs of growing impatience with the country's Islamist leaders, indirectly criticizing their policies and ...
Egypt rights groups allege rising police brutality
Egyptian rights groups alleged Wednesday that police abuse and brutality are on the rise in detention centers and at demonstrations, which have ...
Is Tunisia falling apart? Here's what's going on
Tunisia now has no prime minister and is facing its worst crisis since it kicked off the Arab Spring. Here's a look at the turmoil rocking this ...
Strike, protests hit Egypt's Port Said for 3rd day
A third day of protests and strikes brought the restive city of Port Said to a halt on Tuesday, as demonstrators demanded security officials be held ...
Suspected missionaries in Libya accused of spying
Four foreigners detained on suspicion of proselytizing Christianity in Libya have been accused of espionage, a senior security official said on Monday
Egypt court orders belly dancing station off air
A court in Egypt has ordered a TV channel that airs belly dancing clips off the air for showing "sexually explicit" content and operating without a ...
Egypt's police to get 100,000 9mm pistols
An Egyptian security official said Saturday that the interior ministry has agreed to purchase 100,000 new 9mm pistols after low-ranking policemen went ...
Hamas says Israel behind Bulgaria expulsion
The leader of a four-member Hamas delegation expelled from Bulgaria has accused Israel of pressuring Sofia to kick the Palestinians out of the country
Egypt: Islamists rally in Cairo against opposition
Several thousand hard-line Islamists rallied in Cairo on Friday against a recent wave of violent anti-government protests, while liberal activists ...
Egypt seizes 2 tons of explosives headed to Sinai
Egyptian security officials say they have seized two tons of explosives headed to the Sinai Peninsula. They say the explosives were seized Friday in ...
Egyptian officials accused of covering up torture
An Egyptian opposition group accused the government on Wednesday of covering up torture at the hands of security forces. The charge came after a ...
Egypt's women fighting back against sex assaults
Egyptian women are growing increasingly angry and militant as they deal with one of the unintended consequences of the Arab Spring: an epidemic of ...
Egypt women protest sex assault at site of attacks
Washington's envoy on human rights cautioned Tuesday against the failure of Egypt's government to identify the perpetrators behind a growing number ...