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The Gaza Strip erupted in into celebration on Sunday after news that the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate won the presidency in neighboring Egypt, with one person killed by celebratory gunfire.
Tens of thousands of joyous...
Gaza's militant Hamas rulers threatened to escalate fighting with Israel on Saturday after airstrikes killed several gunmen in the coastal territory, and Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel wounded one person and damaged an elementary school in...
Sudan's top police chief ordered his forces Saturday to quell "firmly and immediately" anti-government demonstrations that have entered their seventh day, while opposition groups reported a security crackdown on their leading members....
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree forming a new government Saturday, but it will be headed by a key loyalist and the foreign, defense and interior ministers kept their jobs.
The move comes as fears mounted that the...
Jerusalem — An Israeli airstrike killed a Gaza militant Friday as he was preparing to launch rockets, Israel's military said, the latest casualty in a week-long exchange of cross-border attacks.
Violence erupted Monday when two gunmen...
The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for president has urged Egyptian authorities to release the results of the weekend's election as soon as possible, warning against manipulating the "popular will."
Mohamed Morsy said Friday a...
Riot police fired tear gas and civilians armed with machetes and swords attacked protesters during five days of demonstrations sweeping Khartoum demanding ouster of Sudan's autocratic ruler, a Sudanese opposition leader said Thursday.
Saata...
Human Rights Watch says recent moves by Egypt's ruling generals suggest that there will not be a "meaningful" handover of power to civilian rule by 1 July, as promised.
The generals who took over from then-President Hosni Mubarak 16...
ATHENS, Greece — Fears of an imminent Greek exit from Europe's joint currency receded after the conservative New Democracy party came first in a critical election and pro-bailout parties won enough seats to form a joint government.
As...
BEIRUT — Syrian troops intensified shelling of rebel-held neighborhoods in central Homs Sunday, according to activists who say humanitarian conditions are growing more dire and are pressing for the evacuation of 1,000 endangered families...
