Middle East

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has asked the United States and Israel to clarify the legal basis for...

CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have arrested the head of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, state media reported on Tuesday.The 70-year-old Badie, who is usually...

CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the release of former president Hosni Mubarak pending trial on graft charges.The 85-year-old Mubarak was arrested on...

CAIRO: At least 24 Egyptian policemen were killed in a suspected militant ambush on Monday near the North Sinai town of Rafah, authorities said.According...

SANAA: A wedding party was swept away while driving across a valley flooded by monsoon rains in southern Yemen that left at least 27...

CAIRO: The Egyptian interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi has proposed legally dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood, the government spokesman said on Saturday, adding that the...

CAIRO: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has called for a week of nationwide protests from Saturday after three days of clashes with security forces that left...

CAIRO: At least 50 persons were killed and dozens others injured after shooting broke out at a massive "March of Anger" as pro-Morsi supporters...

BEIRUT: A huge car bomb blast rocked Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, on Thursday killing at least 20 persons...

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Thursday called off joint US-Egypt military drills which had been scheduled to take place next month to protest...