Syrian rebels shut down key Damascus highway
Rebels pushed forward in their battle with the Syrian army in Damascus on Friday, clashing with regime soldiers in contested neighborhoods in the ...
Islamic summit backs Syria dialogue
Leaders at an Islamic summit on Thursday urged a dialogue between the Syrian opposition and regime just as a new initiative for talks proposed by an ...
Tunisia Islamists say no new gov't as crisis grows
Tunisia sank deeper into political crisis Thursday, as the ruling Islamist party rejected its own prime minister's decision to replace the government ...
After fatwas, security hiked for Egypt opposition
One hardline Muslim cleric on an Egyptian TV station justified sexual assaults on women protesters. Others issued religious edicts saying opposition ...
Military looks to place quick forces after Libya
The U.S. military is determined to position small, quick reaction forces closer to global crises after the rapid assault on the U.S.
Iran's Ahmadenijad entices Egypt into alliance
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tried Thursday to entice Egypt into a new alliance that could reshape the turbulent Middle East, speaking of ...
Egyptians abuzz over prime minister's breast talk
Egypt's prime minister faced uproar, derision and even lawsuits Thursday after he blamed health problems of babies in impoverished villages on nursing ...
Kony's LRA killing fewer civilians, group finds
Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, the shadowy group of militants that has terrorized Central Africa for years, killed far fewer civilians in 2012 ...
Obama seeks to reset relationship with Netanyahu
After a long and chilly four years, Barack Obama hopes to reset his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he makes his ...
Tunisia to shake-up government after assassination
Shaken by the assassination of a prominent leftist opposition leader that unleashed major protests, Tunisia's prime minister announced Wednesday that ...
Egypt opposition leader warns over death edict
Egypt's most prominent opposition leader criticized the Islamist government on Wednesday for its silence over a Muslim cleric's edict calling for the ...
Impunity feeds Egypt's sexual assaults, group says
Mob-led sexual assaults targeting Egypt's female protesters could increase if perpetrators are not punished, an international rights group warned on ...
Report: Corruption suspected in Mideast defense
An international monitoring group on Wednesday warned that excessive secrecy in Mideast security agencies leaves countries like Egypt, Libya and ...
Palestinian leader mistakes Morsi for Mubarak
Awkward. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas mixed up the names of Egypt's democratically elected president and his ousted authoritarian predecessor ...
Iran offering reeling Egypt 'big credit line'
Iran's president on Wednesday offered to help rescue Egypt's failing economy with a "big credit line," another sign of improving relations between two ...
Congress considers putting limits on drone strikes
Uncomfortable with the Obama administration's use of deadly drones, a growing number in Congress is looking to limit America's authority to kill ...
Iranian leader visits Egypt in warming of ties
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Cairo on Tuesday, the first by an Iranian leader in more than three decades, highlights efforts by Egypt's ...
Report: French may start leaving Mali in March
French troops may start pulling out of their anti-extremist operation in Mali as early as next month, handing over to a still-developing African force
AP Interview: Egypt's pope criticizes Islamists
Egypt's Coptic patriarch delivered a cautious but unusually sharp criticism of the nation's Islamist leadership in an interview with The Associated ...
New doubts Egypt will get $4.8 billion IMF loan
New signs of distress in Egypt's economy emerged Tuesday with the disclosure that foreign currency reserves — already at critically low levels — fell ...
Iran president visits Egypt in warming of ties
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussed the crisis in Syria with his Egyptian counterpart Tuesday in the first visit by an Iranian leader to ...
Algerian border forces get shoot-on-sight orders
A high-ranking Algerian security official says troops guarding the country's border with Mali have been given shoot-on-sight orders against anyone who ...
AP Interview: Morocco Islamists warn of unrest
Morocco likes to project itself as unique in the Middle East in finding a third way between revolution and repression amid the uprisings of the Arab ...
Senate passes bill to improve embassy security
The Senate on Monday approved legislation that would allow the State Department to transfer $1.1 billion to improve security at U.S.
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