CAIRO: It reads like a murder mystery set in an exotic locale: an abbot found dead in a desert monastery; a monk defrocked and arrested; another held by...
ASWAN, Egypt: The world of their parents and grandparents was turned upside down more than 50 years ago when they were evacuated from villages along the Nile...
GROZNY, Russia: Even during the World Cup, which brought hordes of foreigners to Russia, the capital of Chechnya remained well off the beaten path for most...
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s victory in last week’s election was never in doubt, but the vote produced a surprise runner-up – an unusually...
CAIRO: Accusations of sexual misconduct directed at two prominent human rights lawyers in Egypt – one of them a former presidential hopeful – have roiled the...
CAIRO: Campaigning began in Egypt’s presidential elections this weekend, a contest pitting a little-known, face-saving candidate against the incumbent,...
CAIRO: Egypt’s military Tuesday arrested its former chief of staff, who was planning to run in upcoming elections against President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi,...
CAIRO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s upcoming visit to the Middle East comes at a time of intensely publicized friction between his administration and the...
CAIRO: The scale of the bloodshed was vastly higher than past militant attacks but the Egyptian government response was the same: three days of mourning,...
CAIRO: Egypt faces high expectations from Saudi Arabia and its other Gulf Arab benefactors that it will have their back as tensions rise with their rival...
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi says Daesh (ISIS) militants are making their way to his country via Libya after the defeat of...
CAIRO: An Egyptian court has convicted actor Amr Waked for damaging a car parked outside his Cairo home, sentencing him to three months in prison. Some...
BENGHAZI, Libya: A series of military victories over extremist Islamic groups along Libya’s Mediterranean coastline has forced hundreds of militants,...
CAIRO: Cairo’s subway is perhaps the cheapest in the world. For a fare equivalent to 11 cents, you can ride as far as you want across the overcrowded,...
CAIRO: The alliance with Gulf countries to isolate Qatar has given a significant boost to Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who over the past three...
CAIRO: Egypt's response to the latest deadly attack against its sizable Christian minority - a wave of airstrikes against Islamic militant installations in...
CAIRO: It was a startling collision of religion and politics. Egypt’s president proposed a new law that would prevent Muslim men from ending their marriages...
CAIRO: Making his first official visit to Washington, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s meeting this week with U.S. President Donald Trump would be a significant step in...
CAIRO: It’s that time of day – just before 6 p.m. to be exact – when Ahmed Maher must leave his family and spend the night in a tiny room in the local police...
CAIRO: The congratulatory bouquet of flowers sitting in Khaled Ali’s austere downtown Cairo office has withered away, but the writing on the attached card is...
CAIRO: Egypt's top Islamic authority on Sunday rejected President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's suggestion that legislation be adopted to invalidate the practice of...
CAIRO: Egyptians in Al-Arish, a city in the restive north of the Sinai Peninsula, are threatening civil disobedience to protest against what they claim to be...
MOSUL, Iraq: The 19-year-old resident of Mosul pulled up his shirt and showed a festering wound on his back. It came, he said, from Iraqi troops who had...
BAGHDAD: With Daesh’s (ISIS) “caliphate” seemingly nearing its downfall in Iraq, the country’s security agencies are preparing for a...
BAGHDAD: When Iraq’s top generals finalized the plan to retake Mosul from Daesh (ISIS), they gave themselves six months to finish the job. “It was the maximum...