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Egyptians are angry at attacks on their army and dignity in the peninsula, but Morsi is ideologically close to the terrorists and does not want to open a new front while trying to defuse the opposition to his gov’t.

National Defense University Fort McNair Washington, D.C.  2:01 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Please be seated.  It is a great honor to return to the National Defense University.  Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791 -- standing guard in the earliest days of the Republic, and contemplating the future of warfare...

It’s an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791– standing guard in the early days of the Republic, and contemplating the future of warfare here in the 21st century. For over two centuries, the United States has been bound together by founding documents that defined who we are as Americans,...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will begin using smart cards in the next few weeks to distribute gasoline and diesel, Oil Minister Sherif Haddara said on Thursday, in a step towards meeting IMF terms for a...

The latest round of Russian and U.S. diplomacy has yet to prove it can end a civil war in Syria that has already exacted well over 70,000 lives and threatened to engulf the region. But it has been enough to convince Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy on Syria, to put his retirement plans on hold and serve as the diplomatic ringleader for the high-stakes negotiations....

CAIRO (AP) -- The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months of criticism that his government is mismanaging the country....

As someone who is pretty friggin' wary about the use of American force in Syria, and as someone who does not shy away from snark in the blogosphere, I found Steve Walt's top ten warning signs of liberal imperialism to more alienating than endearing.  Part of it is the "liberal imperialism" label -- as I noted when Mearsheimer first coined the term, it obfuscates far...

Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's former chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been barred from running in Iran's upcoming presidential election. Iran's Guardian Council, tasked with vetting candidates, determined the final list of candidates for the June 14 election Tuesday night, which included six ultraconservative...

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced four men on Wednesday to death by hanging for the 2011 killing of a Coptic Christian priest in his apartment in the southern city of Assiut, state news agency MENA reported.

Egyptian officials say soldiers and police officers mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula during a search for kidnapped security personnel.    

Ma'an quotes Gazan official as saying tunnel issue resolved by balancing Egypt's security needs with Gaza's humanitarian needs.

Poverty and food insecurity in Egypt have risen significantly over the last three years, according to a joint reports released today by the United Nations food agency and partners.

CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants....

SHEIKH ZUWAID, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian army and police forces stepped up roadblocks in north Sinai in a hunt for militant Islamists who kidnapped seven security officers last week, a security source said on Tuesday.

"We have the chance to show that America values the dignity of the street vendor in Tunisia more than the raw power of the dictator ... America must use all our influence to encourage reform in the region ... we need to speak honestly about the principles that we believe in, with friend and foe alike." Which prominent American spoke these words? It was neither Senator...

The United States expressed concern Monday at the repression of civil rights in Egypt, particularly the free speech rights of political activists and journalists.

DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) - Chevron Corp is in advanced talks to sell its downstream assets in Egypt and Pakistan, three sources said, with the planned disposals seen raising around $300 million for...

Dozens of tanks and hundreds of soldiers entered the largely lawless area that borders Israel and the Gaza Strip after gunmen kidnapped seven security officers.    

A series of car bombings have hit the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Basra on Monday, killing an estimated 48 people. No group has taken responsibility for the attacks which targeted several Shiite districts of the Iraqi capital as well as the oil-rich predominantly Shiite city of Basra, in southeastern Iraq. Bombs exploded at a restaurant and bus stop in Basra, and were...

Army sends reinforcements as Morsi says no talks with Islamists who abducted 7 security forces men last week.

The candid images, which are going under the hammer, show Montgomery as an old man setting foot at El Alamein in Egypt to mark the anniversary of the Allies' first major triumph against Germans in World War Two.

EL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) - The Egyptian army sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula on Monday after President Mohamed Mursi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists who abducted seven members of the security forces last week.

Egypt's liquor stores are under growing pressure to stop selling alcohol, they say, not from the country's Islamist government, but from society itself.

The father of a five-year-old who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt fought back tears as he told how he was forced to try and resuscitate because there was no one to help him.    

Army waits for green light; Morsi seeks negotiations. Lead commentator says Israel and Egypt need to amend current treaty.

Demonstrators calling for Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to resign and demanding early elections clashed with riot police in Cairo.

Demonstrators calling for Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to resign and demanding early elections clashed with riot police in Cairo.

Demonstrators calling for Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to resign and demanding early elections clashed with riot police in Cairo.

Egyptian policeman says crossing will remain closed until the seven hostages are freed.

Demonstrators calling for Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to resign and demanding early elections clashed with riot police in Cairo.

The Arab Spring countries of North Africa and the Middle East are ushering in a new generation of contemporary artists, eager to express their social and political perspectives in an era of post-revolutionary change. Journalists have taken notice, shining a light on the region and its potential for explosive creativity by reporting on individuals and communities in Egypt,...

Demonstrators calling for Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to resign and demanding early elections clashed with riot police in Cairo.

London five-year-old Chloe Johnson dies in water park of Coral Sea Waterworld hotel in Sharm el-SheikhA five-year-old girl from south London has drowned in a hotel pool at an Egyptian resort in Sharm el-Sheikh.Chloe Johnson, from Forest Hill in south London, died in a water park at the Coral Sea Waterworld hotel while on a family holiday.Her grandmother told Sky News on...

Archaeologists working at a cemetery in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt found that there were 20 per cent more births in March and April than in other months.

Junk-food starved Gazans can now order Kentucky Fried Chicken to go thanks to a new smuggling service which brings takeout from Egypt via a network of underground tunnels.    

Headline Title:  Egypt: Fears of spurious charges in opposition activist's trial 17 May 2013  There are credible fears that the charges against a well-known opposition activist in Alexandria may be spurious and in retaliation for his activism, Amnesty...

The piece was published today in Turkish by Turkish Daily “Sabah” and can be found here. The full English text of the op-ed by President Obama is printed below. A Partnership That Delivers By President Barack Obama Turkey and the United States have been partners since shortly after the birth of the modern Turkish Republic.  As NATO allies,...

Former finance minister and economist say Egypt is in dire predicament as foreign investment and tourism collapseEgypt is suffering its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a former finance minister of the country and one of its leading economists have warned.In terms of its devastating effect on Egypt's poorest, the country's current economic predicament...

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Islamist gunmen abducted seven members of the Egyptian security forces in the Sinai Peninsula on Thursday and want jailed militants released in exchange for the men, security sources said.

Three Egyptian men arrested last week and accused of plotting terrorist acts in Egypt sought to carry out suicide attacks against the United States and French Embassies, the state news media said Wednesday.    

Tourism Fiji, the official travel and tourism agency of the government of Fiji, has registered the name Fiji.travel and has now launched www.Fiji.travel as its official tourism website. According to the Registry other country governments have made the same move to .travel. Germany.travel, Colombia.travel, Egypt.travel, Ecuador.travel, and Canada.travel are all now using...

The Al-Yamama company has been running consignments of bargain buckets and family meals, carried by hand through the network of secret tunnels under the border.

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An al-Qaida-linked militant cell detained in Egypt was planning suicide attacks on the French and US embassies, the state news agency MENA reported on Wednesday, quoting investigators.    

CAIRO (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-linked militant cell detained in Egypt was planning suicide attacks on the French and U.S. embassies, the state news agency MENA reported on Wednesday, quoting investigators.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Senior Egyptian judges halted talks with President Mohamed Mursi on judicial reforms on Wednesday after parliament decided to discuss the proposed laws despite presidential promises to seek consensus first.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prosecutors on Tuesday referred a Christian schoolteacher to trial on charges of insulting Islam, judicial sources said.

Shadow business secretary says Nigeria visit revealed potential and warns against focusing solely on Bric nations such as IndiaA future Labour government would seek to stimulate Britain's trade with Africa, the shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna, has said, as he warned of the risks of missing out on the opportunities from the fast-growing continent.On a visit to Nigeria,...

Fight between Muslim Brotherhood, Salafis and al-Azhar to control institutions and country’s religious identity has political consequences

CAIRO (Reuters) - A cousin of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi went on trial in Egypt on Monday on charges of attempted murder in a case that has blocked his extradition to Libya.

Egypt's highest court will rule next month on the legality of the upper house of parliament, judicial sources said on Sunday, in a case that throws more legal doubt over a political transition repeatedly disrupted by lawsuits.

CAIRO - Ex-president Hosni Mubarak, on trial for the death of protesters during Egypt's 2011 uprising that toppled him, said future generations would judge him "fairly" in an interview published on Sunday.  "I have said in the past that history would bear witness and judge, and I am still certain that future generations will judge me fairly," Mubarak told Al-Watan newspaper...

Egypt's highest court will rule next month on the legality of the upper house of parliament, judicial sources said on Sunday, in a case that throws more legal doubt over a political transition repeatedly disrupted by lawsuits.

The fact is that Syria is wrecked for years to come; Iraq is not in good shape due to internal battles; and Egypt is on the verge of disaster.

Egyptian newspaper reports ousted dictator's sympathetic words for Mohamed Morsi in dramatic scoop – but there's a catchAt Egyptian newsstands on Sunday, one paper sold faster than usual. It was the broadsheet al-Watan, which splashed with the dramatic tale of an intrepid reporter who burst from a crowded courtroom and through several lines of security to secure an interview...

El-Watan newspaper says its reporter broke through security lines to speak to former Egyptian president.

Egyptian security forces thwarted an al Qaeda-linked group’s plan to carry out a suicide attack on a foreign embassy and captured several militants, the interior minister said on Saturday.

More bad news for Centamin. Questor says hold.    

An American diplomat said that his Egyptian counterparts told him that the United States Embassy was targeted.    

House Speaker John Boehner faces growing pressure to create a special or select committee to investigate the Benghazi terror attacks, as the House resolution to form one now has at least 139 co-sponsors.White House Scrambles to Contain Benghazi-gate FalloutVIDEO: How the Media Covered the Benghazi Hearing VIDEO: Who Gave Stand Down Order? Egypt...

Visiting Eritrean dissident activist says Egypt border fence, threat of detention has deterred migrants from coming to Israel.

Ahmed Maher, a leader of the April 6 Youth Group, was questioned and held overnight in a high-security prison, then released Saturday.    

Interior minister says three men are suspected of planning attacks on government buildings and foreign embassy.

A court in Egypt decided Saturday to adjourn the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak to June 8, state media reported.    

CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's interior minister says security authorities have arrested three suspected al-Qaida militants who were planning to carry out suicide attacks on vital installations and an unspecified embassy....

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces thwarted an al Qaeda-linked group's plan to carry out a suicide attack on a foreign embassy and captured several militants, the interior minister said on Saturday.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was back in court on Saturday for a retrial on charges of complicity in the murder of protesters, reopening a case that has shown the difficulty of transitional justice in post-revolutionary Egypt.

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was back in court on Saturday to face a retrial on charges of complicity in the murder of protesters, reopening a case that has shown the difficulty of transitional justice in post-revolutionary Egypt.    

CAIRO (Reuters) - Former president Hosni Mubarak was back in court on Saturday for a retrial on charges of complicity in the murder of protesters, reopening a case that has shown the difficulty of transitional justice in post-revolutionary Egypt.

The group disclosed unsettling developments in a legal dispute over its only mine.    

CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's prosecutor general on Friday ordered a prominent youth leader detained for four days pending an investigation into accusations he incited anti-government violence, a security official said, in the latest case of a pro-democracy activist being held over similar charges....

Since the 2011 uprising, Egypt’s coastal resorts have begun courting the conservative Muslim tourist.

Defense secretary says strong US ties with Egypt good for Israel; maintained Obama's caution regarding Syria intervention.