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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy has denied allegations that he accused Egypt's intelligence service of hiring several thousand "thugs."
The comment was initial reported by Islamist politician Abul Ela Mady, who said that the president...
Hundreds of thousands of Islamists rallied in Dhaka after an overnight "long march" to the Bangladeshi capital, demanding the execution of atheist bloggers for defaming Islam.
It is the latest protest to rack Bangladesh, deepening tensions...
President Mohamed Morsy said during his first visit to Sudan on Friday that cooperation between the Islamist regimes in Cairo and Khartoum does not pose any threat, and yet they both face "enemies."
"We in Egypt and Sudan are...
Israel's government on Friday strenuously denied it had any link to an arms-laden ship that Egypt said its navy seized as it sailed from the Israeli port of Eilat to Togo in West Africa.
"Nobody in Israel knows anything about this ship. It...
Britain on Thursday urged Saudi Arabia not to carry out the "grotesque" punishment of paralysis for a man whose alleged crime took place when he was just 14 years old.
Ali al-Khawahir, 24, has reportedly been sentenced to Qisas (...
President Mohamed Morsy arrives in neighbouring Sudan on Thursday for a visit which Khartoum has termed "historic" but which an analyst said should have come sooner.
The two-day trip is the Muslim Brotherhood leader's first to Sudan,...
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon warned on Wednesday that Israel would respond to any attacks on its territory and not allow its people to come under fire "in any form."
His warning was issued after militants in Gaza fired a rocket at...
The United States has "real concerns" about the direction being taken by the Egyptian government following recent arrests and political violence, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday.
"We have put a series of real choices to...
Egyptian popular satirist Bassem Youssef said late on Monday that Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah is currently investigating new complaints accusing him of “spreading rumors and disturbing the peace.”
Youssef wrote on his Twitter...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Hamas re-elected its veteran exiled leader Khaled Meshaal in Cairo on Monday, said an official of the Palestinian Islamist movement that rules Gaza.
"The leaders of Hamas chose Meshaal," the high...
