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Egyptians headed to the polls on Sunday for the election of the upper house of parliament, with Islamists looking to…

Egyptian officials says a French national has been killed in a shooting in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm…

A new Arab and European bid to secure UN action over Syria's crackdown on dissent hit immediate Russian opposition even…

  Scores of opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime stormed the Syrian embassy in Cairo on Friday before being…

The Malian government has accused Al-Qaeda of backing Tuareg rebels who fought troops over a town in the northeast in…

Israel has placed jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti in solitary confinement over remarks he made to the press during a…

The Ansar al-Jihad terrorist organization in Sinai announced in an internet message Tuesday its complete support for Ayman al-Zawahiri, head…

The Arab League has formally requested a meeting with UN chief Ban Ki-moon to discuss its plan for resolving the…

Tibetan monks in a Chinese region rocked by a deadly protest said Tuesday they were too afraid to leave their…

Fresh explosions and gunfire early Tuesday rocked an area near a police station in the Nigerian city of Kano, where…