CAIRO- An Egyptian militant group said on Saturday that a strike that killed four of its members in the Sinai peninsula was Israeli, but officials said Egyptian planes carried out the air strike....
WASHINGTON- Moscow and Washington are in agreement about the need to stage a fresh round of Syria peace talks "as soon as possible", Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. "Our opinions...
HONG KONG, David Watkins- In her own words, Erica Jong wanted to "slice open a woman's head and show everything happening inside" when she wrote her debut novel "Fear of Flying", first published 40...
CAIRO- Muslims marked the Eid al-Fitr festival Thursday with feasts and prayers, even as bombings killed dozens of people in Asia and the threat of fresh violence loomed in the Middle East. A suicide...
CAIRO, Emmanuel Giroud- Thousands of supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi Thursday celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the end of the holy month of Ramadan, defying government calls for...
TUNIS, Antoine Lambroschini- More than 40,000 people massed Tuesday outside Tunisia's National Constituent Assembly to demand the resignation of the government led by the moderate Islamic movement...
CAIRO, Sarah Benhaida- Foreign envoys mounted new efforts on Tuesday to find a way out of the crippling political crisis sparked by the Egyptian army's ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi....
UNITED NATIONS- US leadership at the United Nations is indispensable, Washington's new envoy to the global body said Monday. Samantha Power presented her credentials to UN Secretary General Ban...
DAMASCUS- President Bashar al-Assad shared the "iftar" meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with political and religious figures Sunday, praising Syrians for supporting the army, state news...
CAIRO, Sara Hussein- A senior US envoy held talks in Egypt Saturday amid efforts to resolve the stand-off between supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and the army-installed interim...