A surge of fighting in eastern South Sudan has forced 60 aid workers to flee, the U.N. humanitarian agency said Saturday, hurting efforts to help civilians in...
A rocket fired from Egypt's Sinai crashed into Israel Monday, in an attack claimed by ISIS, as authorities closed a border crossing over security threats,...
Since Egypt devalued its currency, life in Cairo has gotten a lot easier if you sell stocks for a living – and a lot harder if you sell fruit.
South Sudan's government is spending at least half its budget on security and weapons while 100,000 people are dying of starvation as a result of famine...
For the first time, doctors have tied infection with the Zika virus to possible new heart problems in adults.
When in Egypt, one feels just how dramatically important agriculture has been, and continues to be, for civilization.
The United Nations said it was ramping up deliveries of fishing kits to famine-hit areas of South Sudan to help some of the 100,000 people facing imminent...
Fighting between government and opposition forces in South Sudan has reached "worrying proportions" in recent days and forced the evacuation of aid workers,...
Was the chaos in the Arab region instigated by the early impacts of climate change and the fight on dwindling life-support resources, or just aggravated by...
Neil Young, nicknamed the Godfather of Grunge for his influence on the Seattle sound, will induct Pearl Jam into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it announced...
Cairo will do all it can to preserve crucial ties with Saudi Arabia, experts say, after an Egyptian court ruled against government plans to transfer control...
An Egyptian court Monday ruled against the government’s attempt to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, an embarrassment for President Abdel-Fattah...
Her diligence and face cream cleaned Nimrud’s most famous ivory.
Her diligence and face cream cleaned Nimrud's most famous ivory. She captured the archaeological dig on celluloid and Kodak film, developing the prints in...
For some years, Sam Bardaouil has been uncomfortable with Egypt’s surrealists – specifically with how they have been remembered.
The hidden secrets of Egyptian mummies up to 3,000 years old have been virtually unwrapped and reconstructed for the first time using cutting-edge scanning...
China is quickly becoming a world power, capable of exercising considerable influence over other countries.
Egypt has unearthed a more than 7,000-year-old city and cemetery dating back to its First Dynasty in the southern province of Sohag, the Antiquities Ministry...
Hundreds of Nubians in Egypt blocked a main road for a third day Monday to protest the government’s planned takeover of land they say is part of their...