CAIRO: For centuries, sultans and princes, saints and scholars, the elite and the common have been buried in two sprawling cemeteries in Egypt’s capital,...
CAIRO: Nearly nine years ago, the upheaval was stunning. Massive crowds marched through the streets of Iran’s capital and other cities demanding change in the...
MOSUL, Iraq: The three women tensed as their taxi approached the checkpoint manned by Daesh (ISIS) fighters. Everyone in Mosul dreaded checkpoints; you could...
CAIRO: When Al-Qaeda overran the Yemeni port city of Mukalla last month, the group’s commanders immediately struck a deal to share power with the area’s...
CAIRO: Libya’s chaos has turned it into a lucrative magnet attracting migrants desperate to make the dangerous sea voyage to Europe. With no central authority...
CAIRO: Three British schoolgirls believed to have gone to Syria to become “jihadi” brides. Three young men charged in New York with plotting to join ISIS and...
CAIRO: Egypt’s president opened the new year with a dramatic call for a “revolution” in Islam to reform interpretations of the faith entrenched for hundreds...
CAIRO: In the Gaza war now in its third week, Hamas’ battle isn’t only with Israel. The group is also demanding Egypt open its border with the tiny, blockaded...
CAIRO: Working in secret, European diplomats drew up the borders that have defined the Middle East’s nations for nearly a century – but now civil war,...
CAIRO: Former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says that he decided to run for president of Egypt because of the "threats" facing the country, speaking in the...
The execution of an Iranian convicted of murder was halted at the very last minute in a dramatic scene this week when the mother of his victim forgave him as...
CAIRO: An Islamic militant group that has waged a campaign of bombings and assassinations for months in Egypt has quickly advanced in weaponry and...
DAMASCUS: Syrian Christians offered prayers Sunday for a group of more than a dozen nuns and orphanage workers held by rebels for nearly a week, fueling fears...
CAIRO: Graffiti around the Egyptian capital proclaim the Muslim Brotherhood’s call for new anti-military protests – dotting walls, light poles and signposts...
DAMASCUS: A senior Syrian official said Monday that his country will defend itself against any international attack and will not be an easy target as the U.S....
CAIRO: Egypt's new leaders have won $8 billion in promises of aid from wealthy Gulf Arab allies in moves aimed at stabilizing a political transition less...
CAIRO: A Health Ministry official says 10 people have been killed and 210 wounded in clashes around the country involving opponents and backers of ousted...
DAHSHOUR, Egypt: In this more than 4,500-year-old pharaonic necropolis, Egypt’s modern rituals of the dead are starting to encroach on its ancient ones....
CAIRO: With missile batteries, fleets of attack boats and stocks of naval mines, Iran can disrupt traffic through the Strait of Hormuz but probably cannot...
CAIRO: For months, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has focused single-minded on this moment - parliamentary elections beginning Monday that the fundamentalist...
CAIRO: A Saudi militant believed to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen constructed the bombs for the Al-Qaeda branch’s most notorious...
CAIRO: The night breeze blew foul wafts from a nearby canal black with garbage and pollution. The streets jammed with trucks and motorized rickshaws were so...
CAIRO: For years, Osama bin Laden’s charisma kept Al-Qaeda’s ranks filled with zealous recruits. But it was the strategic thinking and the organizational...