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WASHINGTON — The United States pledged on Thursday to "stand with the Egyptian people" and said it looked forward to working with their democratically elected government.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Egypt marked "...
MILAN — Italy's oil and gas major Eni has made a big oil discovery in the Western Desert of Egypt, part of the group's strategy of refocusing exploration activities in the country by targeting deeper plays in the Western Desert region...
AMMAN — The main Syrian National Council opposition group said it had accepted the resignation of its president, setting the stage for a showdown between the powerful Muslim Brotherhood and its political rivals over who will be the new leader...
A Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been jailed for 33 years for treason, television channels and a local government official said.
The official said Shakil Afridi was accused of running a fake vaccination campaign...
BAGHDAD — World powers began talks with Iran on Wednesday to test its readiness under pressure of sanctions to scale back its nuclear program, seeking to ease a decade-old standoff and avert the threat of a Middle East war.
The stakes could...
Egyptian authorities have finally allowed observers of this week's presidential election to start work, monitoring groups said on Tuesday, too late for them to draw a full picture of Egypt's first genuine leadership contest.
Fair, trouble-...
Saudi Arabia is in the process of finalizing a US$2.7 billion aid package for Egypt, the Gulf kingdom’s finance minister said in a speech on Tuesday.
The funds aim to help Cairo secure a $3.2 billion International Monetary Fund loan following...
The number of Iranian crude vessels passing through Egypt’s Suez Canal has dropped this year as Western sanctions bite, an official from the Suez Canal Authority said on Tuesday.
“I can say there’s been a 5 to 6 percent drop in...
VIENNA — The UN nuclear watchdog chief said on Tuesday he expected to sign a deal with Iran soon to boost its cooperation with an investigation into Tehran's disputed atomic activity, although differences remained.
Yukiya Amano, head of...
ABU DHABI — Egypt has bought 1.1 million tons of local wheat so far in the 2011/2012 season despite diesel shortages that have hampered harvesting, an official at the Supply and Domestic Trade Ministry said late Monday.
"The diesel...
