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Tunisia renews state of emergency amid unrest fear
Tunisia's presidency says the state of emergency in the country has been extended for another month ahead of the start of the new school year over ...
South Sudan: Full oil production could take 1 year
South Sudan says it will take up to a year to restart oil production in some of its oil fields because of damage done by Sudanese forces during ...
Egypt leader in Iran: World must back Syria rebels
In a sweeping message that Iran is on the wrong side of Syria's civil war, Egypt's new president urged the world Thursday to support the rebels ...
Egypt president in Iran for first visit in decades
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi arrived in Tehran on Thursday in the first visit by an Egyptian leader to Iran in decades. The Egyptian president was ...
Israeli official: Government to round up Sudanese
A senior official says Israel will start rounding up thousands of unauthorized Sudanese migrants and put them in a detention center if they don't ...
Syria's Assad acknowledges struggles in civil war
In a striking admission, President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast Wednesday that his armed forces will need time to defeat the rebels and ...
Egypt pulls back some Sinai tanks
Egypt on Wednesday withdrew some of the tanks it deployed near the Israeli and Gaza borders as part of a military operation against militants in the ...
Egypt charges former Mubarak ally with corruption
Egyptian authorities on Wednesday charged one of deposed leader Hosni Mubarak's most trusted men with corruption, including the illegal acquisition ...
Iran agenda faces 'realities' at world gathering
Iranian officials have made no secret about their massive ambitions for this week's nonaligned nations' gathering, with a guest list including leaders ...
Egypt president names mainly Islamist adviser team
Egypt's Islamist president Mohammed Morsi on Monday named a team of 21 advisers and aides that includes three women and two Christians and a large ...
Official: 24 South Sudan troops killed by rebels
At least 24 South Sudanese soldiers have been killed in clashes with a militia group that the southern government accuses of subverting a disarmament ...
US warns of crime, political violence in Libya
The United States has resumed consular services at its embassy in Libya but continues to warn against all but essential travel to the country.
Berlin show to mark centenary of Nefertiti find
Berlin is to honor the centenary of the discovery of a famed bust of Egypt's Queen Nefertiti — one of the city's top tourist attractions — with an ...
Egypt prosecutor probes anti-Brotherhood critic
Egypt's attorney general has referred an outspoken anti-Islamist former lawmaker for investigation by police prosecutors over claims he called for the ...
Libya's interior minister resigns after attacks
Libya's interim interior minister resigned on Sunday after members of the newly-elected parliament accused his forces of neglect when attackers ...
Egypt investigates killing of a suspected militant
Egyptian authorities are investigating the death of a suspected militant near the country's border with Israel on Sunday, security officials said.
Egypt reopens Gaza border crossing for passengers
An Egyptian security official says Egypt has reopened its passenger terminal with the Gaza Strip and resumed normal operations there after nearly ...
Hamas scales back hopes of open Egypt border
Business is down because of an Egyptian security clampdown, but smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border keep operating under the supervision of ...
Egypt PM says new constitution by late September
Egypt will have a new constitution drafted by the end of September and ready to be submitted to a nationwide referendum, the country's prime minister ...
Official: Egypt tells Israel tanks needed in Sinai
In the first direct contact with his Israeli counterpart since taking office, Egypt's new defense minister defended his country's increased military ...
With a sneer, Egypt TV host challenges Islamists
He emerged as one of the most popular television personalities of post-revolution Egypt by largely railing against the revolution, a bombastic ...
Egypt: Editor freed after president issues new law
The editor of an independent Egyptian daily was released from jail late Thursday just hours after the country's Islamist president issued a law that ...
Israel making inroads in halting African migration
Just a few months ago, Israel was in the midst of a nationwide uproar over the tens of thousands of African migrants who have poured into the Jewish ...