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Egypt: Coptic Church moves toward picking new pope
A council of Egypt's Coptic Christians voted on Monday in a process that will lead to the selection of a new pope for the ancient church, as the ...
Lull in fighting between Israel, Gaza militants
A deadly flare-up in fighting between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas group subsided on Thursday after Egypt helped to restore calm ahead of a major ...
Israeli official: Egypt not doing enough in Sinai
Israel's vice premier voiced rare public criticism of Egypt on Thursday, saying it isn't doing enough to curb Islamist militants operating in Egypt's ...
With election near, sober Romney on foreign policy
Mitt Romney abruptly moderated his foreign policy positions in this week's debate on issues like ending the war in Afghanistan and averting another ...
Egypt's top court to rule on constitutional panel
An Egyptian court on Tuesday asked the country's highest tribunal to rule on whether to disband the body tasked with writing a new constitution.
Economic woes cast shadow over Eid in Egypt
Tamer Shamy's butcher shop is all set for one of Islam's most important holidays — colorful blinking lights have been festooned around hanging slabs ...
Palestinians give cool reception to US debate
Palestinians complained Tuesday that the Mideast peace process barely got a mention in the final U.S. presidential campaign debate, saying American ...
Analysis: Combative Obama finds subdued Romney
President Barack Obama came ready Monday for a fighting finish, deriding Mitt Romney as reckless and overmatched in world affairs. Instead he found ...
Qatari visit hands Hamas major victory
When the ruler of Qatar arrives in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, he will hand the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers their biggest diplomatic victory ...
Jewish group condemns Egypt's president
The Simon Wiesenthal Center, which monitors anti-Semitic incidents worldwide, has made a strong condemnation of Egypt's new President Mohammed Morsi ...
Egypt prosecutor to probe election challenges
Egypt's prosecutor general ordered Monday an investigation into allegations of irregularities and forgery in the presidential election, after the ...
Egypt freezes assets of ex-candidate, ex-PM Shafiq
Egyptian authorities on Sunday said they are freezing the assets of presidential candidate and former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq and his daughters ...
Qatar's emir to head to Hamas-ruled Gaza
The ruler of Qatar is expected in the Gaza Strip this week, in what would be a major stamp of legitimacy for the territory's Islamic militant Hamas ...
France 24 TV: Cairo reporter 'savagely attacked'
A correspondent for France 24 TV was "savagely attacked" near Cairo's Tahrir Square after being seized by a crowd, the network said Saturday. It was ...
In court, Berlusconi denies sex with teen
Silvio Berlusconi made a rare court appearance Friday to deny some of the more salacious accusations at the center of a sex scandal in Italy that has ...
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood party elects new leader
The political party of Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood elected a former speaker of parliament as its new leader Friday to replace Mohammed Morsi, ...
Egyptian father: Daughter punished for not veiling
A teacher in southern Egypt punished two 12-year-old schoolgirls for not wearing the Muslim headscarf by cutting their hair, the father of one girl ...
Swiss hold $1 billion Arab Spring 'dictator' funds
Switzerland has blocked almost 1 billion Swiss francs ($1.03 billion) linked to rulers in four Arab Spring nations, a senior government official said ...
Egyptian prosecutors to probe Brotherhood members
Egypt's prosecutor general ordered Monday the investigation of two Muslim Brotherhood leaders on allegations that they instigated violence against ...
Egypt probes military rulers for protest deaths
Egypt launched Monday an investigation of the country's former military rulers for their alleged role in the killing of protesters during their nearly ...
Egypt's Islamists play to anti-Israel sentiment
A fiery tirade against Jews by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's leader highlights one of the foremost diplomatic challenges facing the country's new ...
Egypt standoff between president, prosecutor ends
Egypt's new president backed down Saturday from his decision to remove the country's top prosecutor, keeping him in his post and sidestepping a ...
Backers, critics of Egypt president clash in Cairo
Thousands of supporters and opponents of Egypt's new Islamist president clashed in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in the first such violence since ...
Egypt's prosecutor general refuses to resign
Egypt's prosecutor general on Thursday defied his president's order to step down to defuse public anger over acquittals in a case of brutality against ...
Mubarak loyalists acquitted in attack on protest
An Egyptian court on Wednesday acquitted 24 loyalists of ousted President Hosni Mubarak who had been accused of organizing one of the most dramatic ...