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Egypt suspends tourist flights with Iran
Egypt has suspended tourist flights from Iran following an outcry from hard-line Sunni Muslims angered about visitors from the mostly Shiite country, ...
Kerry makes new, ambitious Mideast peace push
Secretary of State John Kerry worked Monday to corral Israeli and Palestinian leaders into a new and ambitious peace process that includes reviving ...
Libya PM says security weak as aide still missing
Libya's prime minister says his country is "weak" as militias continue to run prisons and abduct people, including his chief of staff now missing for ...
Official: Sudan leader not traveling to Kenya
Sudan's president, who faces an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, will not be traveling to Kenya to watch the swearing-in of the ...
Qatar pledges $500m for war-ravaged Darfur
Qatar is pledging $500 million to help rebuild Sudan's war-battered region of Darfur as part of an international conference seeking ways to boost ...
Egypt: Clashes outside Copt cathedral leave 1 dead
Christians angered by the killing of four Christians in weekend sectarian violence clashed Sunday with a mob throwing rocks and firebombs, killing one ...
Dad says diplomat had passion for foreign affairs
Anne Smedinghoff had a quiet ambition and displayed a love of global affairs from an early age, joining the U.S. Foreign Service straight out of ...
Decade-old Mideast peace plan re-emerges
A dormant, decade-old Mideast peace plan has suddenly emerged as a possible key to breaking years of deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians.
Kerry mourns 'selfless, idealistic' US diplomat
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday railed against the "cowardly" terrorists responsible for the attack that killed five Americans in ...
Al-Qaida leader urges Muslims to unite in struggle
Al-Qaida's leader has urged Muslims in Arab Spring countries to unite to institute an Islamic state, while warning France that its intervention in ...
Bare-breasted Tunisian feminist fears for her life
A 19-year-old Tunisian who bared her breasts and taunted Muslim hard-liners said this weekend that she now fears for her life and wants to take refuge ...
Egypt prosecutor orders new Mubarak investigation
Egypt's state news agency says the country's top prosecutor has ordered a new investigation into corruption allegations against ousted President Hosni ...
5 killed in Muslim-Christian clashes in Egypt
Clashes between Egyptian Muslims and Christians erupted early Saturday in a town near Cairo, leaving at least five people dead, security officials ...
Egyptian court drops lawsuit to ban comedy show
A Cairo court on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Islamist lawyer demanding that a popular Egyptian satirist's TV show be banned for allegedly ...
Egypt's top satirist undeterred after questioning
Undeterred at being interrogated by prosecutors, a popular Egyptian TV satirist was back on the air Friday poking new fun at the international ...
Tunisian ex-dictator's brother-in-law dies
The imprisoned brother-in-law of Tunisia's ousted dictator has died after attempts to operate on a brain tumor, a prison official said Friday.
Cairo hardline Islamists protest Iranian tourists
A group of hardline Islamists angered by the Egyptian government's push to improve ties with Tehran threw rocks and tried to storm the residence of ...
Group says South Sudan aids rebels in Sudan
South Sudan provided logistical, financial and political support — but not weapons — to rebels fighting Sudanese government forces, according to a ...
Seasoned combat leader takes over Africa Command
One of the American military's most seasoned combat leaders took charge Friday of U.S. Africa Command, whose No. 1 mission is to work with allies to ...
Hamas says it's not meddling in Egyptian affairs
The leader of the Palestinian group Hamas says there is broad cooperation between his group and Egypt's security government, dismissing reports that ...
Egypt's president in Sudan to improve ties
Egypt's president began a two-day visit to Sudan on Thursday aimed at boosting cooperation after deteriorating relations between the two nations under ...
Egypt's foreign reserves decline to $13.4 billion
Egypt's foreign currency reserves dropped slightly again last month, the Egyptian central bank said Thursday, part of a two-year downward trend to a ...
Kidnappers target Christians in Egyptian province
Ezzat Kromer's resistance to his kidnappers did not last long. One of the masked gunmen fired a round between his feet as he sat behind the wheel of ...
APNewsBreak: Hillary Clinton book expected in 2014
So what does it all mean? Hillary Rodham Clinton has a deal for a memoir and policy book about her years in the Obama administration, Simon & Schuster ...
Egypt court stops extradition of top Gadhafi aide
An Egyptian court ruled Wednesday against the extradition to Libya of a former close aide of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Ahmed Qaddaf al-Dam, a ...