CAIRO- A Coptic Christian teacher in an Egyptian primary school will stand trial after colleagues and the parents of students accused her of insulting Islam and evangelising, a judicial source said...

WASHINGTON- The White House on Friday denied misleading the public over a deadly attack on a US mission in Libya last year, hitting out at Republican lawmakers for "politicizing" the fallout from the...

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories- Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi on Wednesday started a visit to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, crossing into the Palestinian territory at Rafah, on the...

JERUSALEM- The Palestine Liberation Organisation denounced Israel for causing "countless difficulties" for Palestinian Christians and Muslims to reach their holy sites as Orthodox Christians held the...

LONDON, Robin Millard- The UAE president was to face questions from Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday over allegations that three British men jailed in Dubai were tortured. Sheikh Khalifa bin...

DAMASCUS, Roueida Mabardi- Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi escaped an assassination bid on Monday, surviving a blast against his convoy in Damascus, in the latest attack on top members of...

CAIRO- Egyptian police arrested 12 members of the "Black Bloc" -- a violent group opposed to the Muslim Brotherhood -- after clashes outside Cairo's presidential palace, the official MENA news agency...

WASHINGTON, Jo Biddle- Global hopes that democracy could replace dictatorships in Arab Spring nations risk being crushed by repressive regimes, the United States warned Friday in its annual human...

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- After months of rumours that Egypt ex-president Hosni Mubarak was at death's door, footage of the toppled leader looking strong and defiant in court stunned many who had cared...