Car bomb kills 20 in Lebanon
A powerful car bomb struck the southern Beirut stronghold of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group on Thursday, killing 20 people, wounding 120 and trapping many others...
Middle East
Muslim Brotherhood storm government building In Cairo (Update)
Hundreds of supporters of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood stormed a government building in Cairo on Thursday and set it ablaze, as fury over a security crackdown...
Clashes in Cairo as political crisis drags on
By Tom Finn and Tom Perry Supporters and opponents of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi battled in downtown Cairo’s streets on Tuesday, hurling rocks at...
Israel shoots down rocket targeting resort city Eilat
By Allyn Fisher-Ilan Israel shot down a rocket aimed at its southern resort city of Eilat early on Tuesday, blowing it up in mid air...
Mursi backers call for marches to foil Egypt crackdown
By Yasmine Saleh Supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi urged Egyptians to take to the streets on Monday to thwart any police crackdown on two...
Israel names Palestinians to be freed before peace talks
By Jeffrey Heller Israel on Monday named 26 Palestinian prisoners to be freed this week under a deal enabling U.S.-backed peace talks to resume, although...
Nine car bombs kill 60, wound nearly 200 in Iraq
A SERIES of car bombs in mainly Shi’ite areas of Baghdad killed 50 people and wounded 140 on Saturday, police and medical sources said,...
Gunmen abduct two Turkish Airlines staff in Beirut (updated)
By Dominic Evans Gunmen abducted two Turkish Airlines pilots in Beirut on Friday, forcing them from an airport bus in the early hours of the...
Israel gives preliminary approval for 800 settler homes
By Dan Williams Israel has given preliminary approval for the construction of more than 800 new homes in Jewish settlements on occupied West Bank land...
Egypt Islamists stage Eid protests as military holds off
By Maggie Fick and Yasmine Saleh Islamist supporters of Egypt’s deposed president held a festive rally for the Eid al-Fitr holiday on Thursday to demand...
Assad shown unharmed after Syria rebels report attack
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis Syrian rebels said on Thursday they targeted President Bashar al-Assad’s motorcade heading to a Damascus mosque to mark the Muslim holiday...
Egypt presidency says diplomacy failed to end crisis
By Michael Georgy and Maggie Fick Egypt’s presidency said on Wednesday that diplomatic efforts to end the country’s political turmoil had failed and warned that...
US tells citizens in Yemen to leave immediately (updated)
By Mohammed Ghobari The United States told its citizens in Yemen on Tuesday to leave immediately and ordered the evacuation of non-essential U.S. government staff...
Egypt’s Brotherhood rejects appeal to ‘swallow reality’
By Yasmine Saleh and Angus MacSwan The Muslim Brotherhood has rejected pleas from international envoys to “swallow the reality” that Mohamed Mursi will not return...
International envoys meet minister in Cairo to ease Egypt crisis
By Tom Finn and Angus MacSwan Senior U.S. and European envoys met the foreign minister of Egypt’s army-installed government on Saturday in a push to...
US declares new push to defuse Egyptian crisis
By Tom Perry and Michael Georgy The United States said on Friday it would work with other nations to resolve Egypt’s crisis peacefully, injecting new...
US gives seal of approval to Egypt’s new leaders
By Maggie Fick and Angus MacSwan Supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi prepared for confrontation on Friday, and the United States said Egypt’s military...
Muslim Brotherhood can be part of the problem or part of the solution
By Dr Heba Elmarassi I HAD just assumed my post almost over a month ago as Ambassador Designate of Egypt to Cyprus, when my country,...
Syria’s Assad says he is certain to defeat rebels
By Oliver Holmes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday he was confident of victory against rebels and made a symbolic visit to a town...
Egypt’s rulers want to break up Brotherhood vigils
By Asma Alsharif and Maggie Fick Egypt faced the prospect of fresh bloodshed on Thursday after the country’s army-backed rulers signaled they would move soon...
