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Egypt arresting kid protesters, rights group says
Egyptian authorities arrested more than 300 children during protests in Cairo over the past year, beating and torturing some and trying many as ...
Egyptian police, protesters clash in central Cairo
Clashes between protesters and Egyptian security forces intensified after nightfall Monday, marking the anniversary of a bloody confrontation in ...
Hamas links truce to end of Gaza border blockade
Gaza's Hamas rulers are aiming high in the conditions they place on stopping rocket fire into Israel in indirect cease-fire talks launched this ...
Egypt's new Coptic pope enthroned
The new pope of Egypt's Orthodox Coptic church was enthroned on Sunday in an elaborate ceremony lasting nearly four hours, attended by the nation's ...
Egyptian army fights Cairo squatters, 3 dead
Egyptian army troops fought a four-hour gun battle with protesters in southern Cairo on Sunday, sparked by a dispute over land on an island of the ...
Egyptian train hits school bus, 51 killed
A speeding train that crashed into a bus carrying Egyptian children to their kindergarten on Saturday killed 51 and prompted a wave of anger against ...
Turkish PM in Cairo vows support for Gaza
Turkey's prime minister has vowed support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Recep Tayyip Erdogan described Egypt's uprising that ousted longtime ...
Analysis: Israel-Hamas: a clash waiting to happen
Since Israel completed a devastating military offensive in the Gaza Strip four years ago, military officials have warned it was only a matter of time ...
Egypt president toughens rhetoric on Israel
Egypt's Islamist president delivered his fiercest condemnation yet of Israel's offensive in Gaza on Friday, warning that the blood Israel sheds will ...
In troubled Egypt, Copts turn to beloved saint
There was no mention of churches torched or Christians killed, but the prayer neatly written on a tiny piece of paper and placed atop an icon of St.
Signs mount of possible Israeli invasion of Gaza
Israeli aircraft targeted rocket launching operations of Gaza militants early Friday as troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers massed near the ...
Egypt Islamist leader cautious on Gaza crisis
Egypt's Islamist president may hail from the fiercely anti-Israeli Muslim Brotherhood, an ally of Gaza's Hamas rulers. But in his first major crisis ...
Analysis: Israeli Gaza offensive looks to be brief
The major operation Israel launched to stop Gaza rocket fire bears some striking similarities to a punishing three-week campaign it unleashed against ...
Egypt recalls envoy to Israel after Gaza strike
Egypt's Islamist president recalled the country's ambassador to Israel to protest its strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after coming under ...
EU: new aid to Egypt partly tied to IMF loan
The European Union will release about half of a 1.2 billion euro package of grants and loans to Egypt, officials said Wednesday, a badly needed boost ...
Israeli airstrike kills Hamas military chief
Israel killed the commander of the Hamas military wing in one of some 20 airstrikes on the Gaza Strip Wednesday, the heaviest barrage on the ...
Egypt's Brotherhood slams Israel over Gaza strikes
Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood sharply criticized Israeli leaders on Tuesday over airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, accusing them of heating up the ...
Israel reports 'direct hits' on Syrian target
Israeli tanks struck a Syrian artillery launcher Monday after a stray mortar shell flew into Israel-held territory, the first direct clash between the ...
Egyptian groups reject $4.8 billion IMF loan
Seventeen Cairo-based groups sent a letter Monday to the head of the International Monetary Fund and Egypt's prime minister opposing a proposed $4.
Egypt arrests fugitive linked to Red Sea bombings
Egyptian security officials said Monday they arrested an escaped convict who was sentenced to life in prison for his role in bombings at tourist ...
Israel drawn into Syria fighting for first time
Israel was drawn into the fighting in neighboring Syria for the first time Sunday, firing warning shots across the border after an errant mortar shell ...
Egypt Muslim Sisters rise with conservative vision
The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt has brought with it a new group of female politicians who say they are determined to bring more ...
Egyptian Islamists rally for Shariah law
Over 10,000 ultraconservative Muslims demonstrated Friday in downtown Cairo to demand that Egypt's new constitution be based on the rulings of Islamic ...
Egypt prosecutor orders ban on online pornography
Egypt's top prosecutor ordered government ministries on Wednesday to enforce a ban on pornographic websites, three years after a court denounced the ...
Egyptian teacher sentenced in headscarf case
A teacher in southern Egypt was convicted of child abuse Tuesday and given a six-month suspended sentence, after she cut the hair of two schoolgirls ...