CAIRO, Hassen Jouini- President-elect Mohamed Morsi is to speak to the people on Friday on the "rebirth of Egypt" when he joins a demonstration at the capital's iconic Tahrir Square, the official...

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Egypt's president-elect Mohamed Morsi pushed ahead on Wednesday with selecting a government, after a court delivered a blow to the ruling military by suspending its powers to...

TUNIS, Cecile Feuillatre- Tunisia's post-revolution political alliance faced its deepest crisis yet Monday after the Islamist prime minister ignored the president's opposition to the extradition of a...

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush and Jailan Zayan- Egypt's Mohamed Morsi, the first Islamist to be elected president of the Arab world's most populous nation, said Sunday he will be a leader "for all...

NICOSIA- As Syria's conflict spirals to vicious new depths, Iran is doubling down on its support for Damascus out of fear of losing its main pillar of regional influence, analysts said. The backing...

ISTANBUL, Nicolas Cheviron- The exiled Syrian National Council was meeting in Turkey on Saturday to pick a new leader to succeed Burhan Ghalioun who quit last month to prevent a possible split in the...

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Thousands of people demonstrated in Egypt on Friday to demand Hosni Mubarak's last premier Ahmed Shafiq be banned from a run-off presidential election, even as Shafiq pledged...

CAIRO- The health of Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak has deteriorated since his transfer to prison after he was sentenced to life in jail over the killing of protesters, the official news agency...

CAIRO, Jailan Zayan- Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, sentenced to life in prison on Saturday for involvement in the murder of protesters during the uprising that ousted him last year, enjoyed near absolute...