
Benghazi probe co-chair subpoenaed by House panel
The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the co-chairman of the independent review board that investigated last ...

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 ...

Hints of political change on horizon in Algeria
The Arab Spring may finally be en route to Algeria. With the president in a French hospital recovering from a stroke, the generation of aging ...
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 ...

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

Obama calls on Congress to fund embassy security
President Barack Obama on Thursday tried to turn the tables on Republicans who have criticized his administration's response to last year's deadly ...

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 ...

Petraeus email objected to Benghazi talking points
Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post ...
Protesters close Libyan oil terminal, halt exports
Protesters and disgruntled job seekers forced the closure of an eastern Libyan oil terminal on Wednesday for the second time in six months, disrupting ...

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 ...

Trio of troubles threatening Obama's second term
President Barack Obama seemed to lose control of his second-term agenda even before he was sworn in, when a school massacre led him to lift gun ...

Senate panel approves US ambassador to Libya
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Libya, a post that has been vacant ...
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 ...
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 ...

Obama slams GOP focus on Benghazi as politics
House Republicans pushed ahead Monday with their investigation of the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year as ...
US criticizes Egyptian action against youth leader
The Obama administration is blasting Egyptian authorities for detaining a prominent youth movement leader on possible charges including "incitement ...

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.