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Gaza's Hamas rulers said Wednesday they would stay on the sidelines if war breaks out between Israel and Iran, easing a key Israeli concern and distancing the Islamic militants from their sponsors in Tehran.
The comments by Hamas spokesman Fawzi...
Security officials say militants have again blown up a gas pipeline in the Sinai Peninsula that transports fuel to Israel.
The attack on the pipeline is the 13th since the popular uprising that ousted longtime President Hosni Mubarak last year....
SANAA, Yemen — Sneaking across the desert behind army lines, Al-Qaeda militants launched a surprise attack against military bases in south Yemen, killing 107 soldiers and capturing heavy weapons they later used to kill more troops, officials...
BAGHDAD — A gang of gunmen disguised in military-style uniforms and carrying forged arrest warrants killed 25 police Monday, then hoisted the battle flag of Al-Qaeda in a carefully planned early morning shooting spree in western Iraq,...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday the United States will not hesitate to attack Iran with military force to prevent it from acquiring a nuclear weapon, but he cautioned that "too much loose talk of war" recently has...
A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by a Tehran revolutionary court, his daughter said Sunday.
Abdolfattah Soltani was also banned from exercising his profession for 20 years and he will be sent to a...
Egypt's Central Bank says the country's net foreign reserves dropped again in February, but by less than any month since the uprising a year ago that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.
The bank says US$640 million flowed out of the country...
Police campaigns over the past two weeks have intensified and led to a major decrease in crime rates that had risen to worrying levels in recent months, said Assistant Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal al-Deen on Saturday.
Gamal al-Deen told Al-Masry Al...
Egypt's ruling generals faced a backlash over the departure of Americans on trial over charges that their pro-democracy groups fomented unrest, with the country's presidential hopefuls accusing military leaders of bowing to pressure from...
After weeks of bloody siege, Syrian troops have moved into one of the most restive neighborhoods of Homs, one of the cities at the center of the country’s uprising against President Bashar Assad. The Red Cross is preparing to move in, and...
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