Hamas confirms leader Khaled Mashaal's re-election
Palestinian militant group Hamas has confirmed the re-election of longtime leader Khaled Mashaal in a vote held in Cairo. In a statement Tuesday, the ...
Sudan releases 7 prisoners as part of amnesty
Sudanese officials say the government has released seven political prisoners, including a female politician, under an amnesty declared by President ...
Egyptian students protest mass food poisoning case
Hundreds of Egyptian students angered by a mass outbreak of food poisoning at a Cairo university stormed on Tuesday the offices of the country's top ...
UN to vote Tuesday on treaty regulating arms trade
The U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote Tuesday on what would be the first U.N. treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar international arms ...
Yemen: Ex-president Saleh leaves for Saudi Arabia
Officials at the airport of Yemen's capital Sanaa say former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has left for Saudi Arabia for medical treatment on a special ...
6,000 Syrians killed in March, deadliest month yet
March was the bloodiest month yet in Syria's 2-year-old conflict with more than 6,000 documented deaths, a leading anti-regime activist group said ...
US blasts arrest warrant against Egypt satirist
The U.S. State Department said Monday that arrest warrants and the investigation of a popular Egyptian satirist and other critics of Egypt's Islamist ...
Hamas re-elects Mashaal as its leader
The Islamic militant group Hamas on Monday re-elected longtime leader Khaled Mashaal, officials said, choosing a relative pragmatist who has sparred ...
Iranian tourists in Egypt showcase warming ties
More than 50 Iranian tourists arrived by boat to the ancient city of Luxor on Monday as part of a rare visit that showcases how much ties between the ...
Hamas orders gender segregation at younger age
Gaza's Hamas-controlled parliament has passed a law requiring separate classes for boys and girls in public and private schools from the fourth grade.
Iran company aims for record with huge ice cream
An Iranian confectioner has made five tons of ice cream in hopes of setting a new world record for the largest tub of the dessert. The production drew ...
Palestinian PM hospitalized with abdominal pain
A government spokesman says Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has been hospitalized with an abdominal infection. Jamal Zakout says the ...
Iranians rebel over price of beloved pistachio
This should be the time of year that nut shop owner Mohammad Ahmadi counts his profits, after the recent Persian new year holiday when Iranians scarf ...
Qatar delays airport opening after safety review
The chief overseer of Qatar's new international airport on Monday said the opening of the facility has been delayed because of the need to address new ...
Libyan PM's chief of staff feared abducted
The Libyan prime minister's chief of staff has disappeared and may have been abducted amid a series of confrontations between the government and ...
Yemenis demand release of Guantanamo detainees
Activists and relatives of around 90 Yemeni detainees held in Guantanamo Bay protested outside the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa on Monday to demand the ...
Saudi religious police lift ban on women on bikes
A Saudi newspaper says the kingdom's religious police are now allowing women to ride motorbikes and bicycles but only in restricted, recreational ...
Bomb-laden truck kills 7 at Iraqi police station
A suicide bomber drove a fuel-laden truck into a police station in central Iraq on Monday, killing seven policemen, officials said. The morning attack ...
AP PHOTOS: Gazans turn wood into charcoal
In adapting to years of border blockades and shortages, Palestinians in Gaza have become experts at recycling and making new out of old. That includes ...
Over 50 Iranian tourists visit southern Egypt
More than 50 Iranian tourists visited sites in southern Egypt on Sunday amid tight security as part of a bilateral tourism promotion deal that has ...
Palestinian leader clamps down on critics
Mahmoud Abbas' government in the West Bank is getting tougher with critics, interrogating, prosecuting and even jailing several journalists and ...
Hamas Gaza ruler meets Egypt intelligence chief
Egypt's state news agency says the Gaza Strip's Hamas ruler has met with Egypt's intelligence chief to discuss Palestinian reconciliation and the ...
Official Vatican text of pope's speech
Following is the official English language translation provided by the Vatican of Pope Francis' Easter Sunday message, delivered in Italian from the ...
Afghan leader in Qatar to discuss peace talks
Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with the emir of Qatar in Doha Sunday to discuss the possible opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state.
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