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Egypt's military on Monday detained four US nationals in the northern city of Suez after they took photographs in a restricted zone by the Suez Canal, a military official told AFP.
"Three US nationals and their translator, a US-Egyptian...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged Arab governments to heed popular demands for reform at a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, the presidential website said on Tuesday.
"Today, the people of the region must...
TOKYO - Small tsunami waves reached the Pacific coast of northern Japan Sunday after a major quake hit the region heavily damaged by the March earthquake and tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The port towns of Soma and Ofunato saw 10-...
Egypt’s public prosecutor on Saturday extended by 15 days the detention of a man suspected of spying for Israel, a judicial source said.
Ilan Grapel, a US-Israeli dual national, “will remain in custody for another 15 days pending...
SHANGHAI — An oil spill off of China's eastern coast kept hidden from the public for weeks has caused long-term environmental damage that will harm the area's fishing industry, state media reported on Tuesday.
Dead seaweed and rotting...
Abu Dhabi - The United Arab Emirates has pledged US$3 billion in financial assistance to Egypt during a visit to the oil-rich Gulf state by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, state media said.
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan "has...
Kano, Nigeria - A bomb blast at a police beer garden killed at least 10 people in the troubled northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri where Islamists are active, a military source and a witness said.
Hours earlier, a leading politician was shot...
An Egyptian emergency court on Sunday began the trial of 48 Muslims and Christians charged with inciting deadly sectarian clashes in Cairo's Imbaba district in May.
A new dock was created in the courtroom in order to separate the Muslim...
Khartoum - The northern branch of the ex-rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement warned Sunday that the South Kordofan conflict could spread all across the country's new southern border unless Khartoum agreed to a ceasefire.
"There...
Egyptian and French archaeologists have unearthed a 2,700-year-old stone gate belonging to Nubian King Shabaka while digging near Luxor's Karnak temple, the ministry of antiquities said on Sunday.
The gate, which was found to be "in good...
