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Sinai raids may force Israel-Egypt accord changes
Israeli officials said Sunday they would resist any Egyptian attempts to reopen the military arrangements under the countries' historic peace deal, ...
Egypt's president wants more independence from US
On the eve of his first visit to the United States as Egypt's president, Islamist Mohammed Morsi said he will demonstrate more independence from the U
Egypt-based group claims Israel border attack
A group inspired by al-Qaida and based in Egypt's Sinai peninsula has claimed responsibility for a shootout along the Israeli-Egyptian border in which ...
Israel FM says no changes to Egypt peace deal
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday that Israel would not agree to reevaluate its peace deal with Egypt, days after the latest ...
Indie Lebanese band voices hopes of Arab youth
Hundreds of young Arabs joyfully screamed out obscenities, encouraged by the handsome, gay Lebanese lead singer at the concert in Jordan's capital.
US State Dept. blasts CNN report on Stevens' diary
CNN reported on the personal journal of slain American ambassador Christopher Stevens over objections from his family, a State Department spokesman ...
Former CIA operative Edwin Wilson dies at 84
Edwin Wilson set up front companies abroad for the CIA, made millions in the arms trade and entertained generals and congressmen at his sprawling ...
Egypt president stresses Syria resolve
Egypt's president on Saturday stressed the need for his country to have a bigger role in international affairs, using his first local television ...
Anti-militia protests show frailty of Libyan state
Residents of Libya's second-largest city warned on Saturday of a "revolution" to get rid of armed militias and Islamic extremists after protests ...
Arab League revitalized by Arab Spring revolts
Long thought of as a useless talk shop or stage for political theater, the Arab League is seeking to transform itself with the seismic changes from ...
Obama, in election mode, tightens his UN diplomacy
The world's leaders are gathering in New York, but President Barack Obama has no plans to meet privately with any of them. He will make time for "The ...
Egypt's chief forensic doctor says Mubarak is well
Egypt's chief forensic doctor told a state-run newspaper in an interview published Saturday that Hosni Mubarak has never suffered a stroke and that ...
Qatar backs investment in major Egypt refinery
Qatar says it will make critical investments in a $3.7 billion oil refinery project in Egypt that's among the biggest economic initiatives since the ...
Military-style tactics seen in US Consulate siege
The heavily armed extremists who laid siege to the U.S. Consulate in Libya used military-style tactics that may have steered Americans toward a ...
Libyans storm militia in backlash of attack on US
Hundreds of protesters angry over last week's killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya stormed the compound of the Islamic extremist militia suspected ...
PHOTOS: Latest in protests of anti-Islam film
A look at Friday's protests and events connected to the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims," produced in the United States, and vulgar caricatures ...
Protests cause new strains in US, Pakistan ties
The Obama administration sought Friday to shore up already tense U.S. ties with Pakistan amid massive, violent anti-American protests in several ...
Latest developments in protest of anti-Islam film
Here's a look at protests and events across the world on Friday connected to an amateurish anti-Muslim film produced in the United States and vulgar ...
Border shootout kills Israeli soldier, 3 militants
A shootout along the Israel-Egypt border on Friday, in which three Islamic militants and an Israeli soldier were killed, highlighted the growing ...
Obama's record in Muslim world: strides, setbacks
Images of angry mobs in Arab cities burning American flags and attacking U.S. diplomatic posts suggest the Muslim world is no less enraged at the ...
Obama: Extremists used video as 'excuse' to attack
President Barack Obama said Thursday that extremists used an anti-Islam video as an excuse to assault U.S. interests overseas, including an attack on ...
Islam vs tolerance debated in Prophet film's wake
Behind the anger over a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad, public protest is giving way to measured debate over free speech in the new Muslim world.
US Deputy Secretary of State in Libya for memorial
The deputy U.S. secretary of state attended a memorial service in Tripoli on Thursday for the American ambassador to Libya and three consulate ...
Prophet film puts spotlight on US Copts
The anti-Islamic movie trailer inflaming the Middle East opens with Muslims ransacking a Christian medical clinic and then segues into a flashback of ...