AFP
Contributions
News
The US embassy in Cairo issued a strongly-worded defence of its aid to Egypt as prosecutors probed foreign funding of civil society groups amid signs of tensions between Washington and Egypt's ruling generals.
The State Security...
The legal arm of a notorious Egyptian intelligence apparatus is probing foreign funding of civil society groups amid signs of tensions between Washington and Egypt's ruling generals, judicial sources said on Friday.
The investigation by the...
Egypt on Friday blasted Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes in an east Jerusalem settlement as a "major obstacle" to the start of new peace talks with the Palestinians.
"We cannot accept this, we condemn it categorically,"...
DAMASCUS - Syrian forces launched assaults on flashpoint areas, killing at least two people as they pursued a crackdown on dissent ahead of expected mass protests after Ramadan Friday prayers, activists said.
The security force operations came in...
Egyptian police shot dead a Sudanese migrant and wounded two others on Thursday as they tried to cross illegally into Israel, a security official said.
The dead man, 23, died of a bullet wound in the thigh. The two others were taken to hospital, the...
Germany's biggest energy group, EON, reported Wednesday its first ever quarterly loss as government plans to abandon nuclear energy forced a restructuring plan and the loss of up to 11,000 jobs.
EON said it had a net loss of 1.49 billion euros (...
The government on Wednesday proposed an anti-discrimination amendment to the criminal code, mostly aimed at satisfying Egypt's troubled Christian minority, which has been the target of sectarian attacks.
The bill, which the caretaker cabinet...
WASHINGTON - The United States has vowed to "stay the course" in Afghanistan after 30 US soldiers were killed there when, according to local officials, the Taliban shot down their helicopter.
The pledge from US Defense Secretary Leon...
BENGHAZI, Libya - Libya's rebel chief pleaded for unity on Saturday after a high-profile murder within the ranks, as the insurgents said they captured a town south of Tripoli and NATO pummeled a key oil town.
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, who heads the...
Scientists in Japan said Friday they have for the first time succeeded in coaxing sperm cells from mouse embryonic stem cells, a breakthrough that could one day help humans overcome infertility.
The sperm were used to fertilize eggs and were found...
