THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO -- Egypt has canceled a visit by Iran's foreign minister to protest comments in which he accused Arab leaders of betrayal for attending the new round of Mideast peace...

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki had accused Arab leaders of 'betraying their nations' for attending relaunch of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in...

CAIRO - Egypt has cancelled a visit by Iran's foreign minister to protest comments in which he accused Arab leaders of betrayal for attending the new round of Mideast peace talks in...

CAIRO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Wheat reserves held by Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, will last until the end of January, a local newspaper quoted an official as saying on ...

Excerpts: Hamas murders purpose is undermine Palestinian Authority. Islamists in Jordan oppose peace talks, Mubarak seeks US support. British, German support ME peace talks. Egypts spy chief as...

(MENAFN) Brazil's major power utility Eletrobras and French energy company GDF Suez signed an agreement in Sao Paulo to develop joint energy projects in Latin America and Africa.The document, signed...

CAIRO – The bearded young cleric yells at a young woman for lifting her traditional veil from her face while speaking to him on the street, and rants against Egyptians who adopt Western lifestyles...

CAIRO, Sep 3, 2010 (IPS) - As Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood gears up to contest November parliamentary elections, some analysts note the relatively few gains made by the Brotherhood- led opposition...

CAIRO — The bearded young cleric yells at a young woman for lifting her traditional veil from her face while speaking to him on the street, and rants against Egyptians who adopt Western...

VIENNA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has invited Israel to consider joining a global anti-nuclear arms pact and to place all its atomic facilities under his agency's...

CAIRO (AP) - The bearded young cleric yells at a young woman for lifting her traditional veil from her face while speaking to him on the street, and rants against Egyptians who adopt Western...

WASHINGTON - President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt is calling on Israel to freeze settlement activity in the Palestinian territories and seize the moment for peace. Mubarak called Israeli...

(Springfield, MO) -- Drury University students and faculty heard from an Egyptian immigrant Thursday who spoke about religious tolerance.Lucette Lagnado spoke to a full house earlier at Clara Hall....

GAZA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Palestinian militant groups have joined forces to step up attacks against Israel, possibly including suicide bombings, the Hamas Islamist faction said on Thursday, after...

(Click to Enlarge) IPR, and its partner, Sojitz Oil and Gas, have discovered another oil bearing structure in the underlying Alam El Bueib sands in the Yidma-Alamein License in Egypt's Western...

. Allegedly, the "main task of this group is to monitor Facebook content like groups, pages and chat and to publish reports countering online criticism of current Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak or...

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders held their first direct peace talks in 20 months on Thursday and agreed to meet every two weeks to try to settle the six-decade...

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed today to meet again in two weeks. But Mr. Abbas has little support at home for the talks, even among...

Environmental groups and many local residents protested after government environmental authorities earlier this week gave the go-ahead for the project, which is planned to be built near a nature...

MEMRI Special Dispatch|3209 |September 2, 2010 Egypt/U.S. and the Arab & Muslim World/Europe and the Arab & Muslim World/Islam in the West Egyptian Cleric Salem Abu Al-Futuh: We Will Conquer Italy...

The attendance and involvement of the son of the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, in Palestinian-Israeli talks hosted by the US have raised speculation in Egypt over whether he will succeed his...

CAIRO: Activists hung posters across Cairo Thursday supporting Egypt’s intelligence chief as a candidate in next year’s presidential polls, the latest campaign to try to undermine a...

Posters promoting Egypt's intelligence chief as a possible future president have appeared on the streets of Cairo. Gen Omar Suleiman has long been seen as a possible successor to President...

CAIRO – Activists on Thursday hung posters across Cairo supporting Egypt's intelligence chief as a candidate in next year's presidential elections, the latest campaign to try to undermine a...

Through decades of halting U.S.-led peace efforts, rarely has an Israeli-Palestinian peace process started with lower expectations than the relaunch of face-to-face talks hosted in Washington on...

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The Obama administration hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday as they began their first direct peace...

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. special envoy George Mitchell will take part in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in the Middle East on Sept. 14-15,...

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet in the region on Sept. 14-15 and to hold talks every two weeks...

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had a productive first set of direct peace talks on Thursday, U.S. Middle East...

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - George Mitchell, the U.S. envoy for Middle East peace, is expected to give a news briefing soon on the first round of Israeli-Palestinian direct peace talks in 20...

Environmental groups and many local residents protested after government environmental authorities earlier this week gave go-ahead for the project, which is planned to be built near a nature...

CAIRO (AP) - Activists on Thursday hung posters across Cairo supporting Egypt's intelligence chief as a candidate in next year's presidential elections, the latest campaign to try to undermine a...

Badawi, who was elected as Wafd leader in May, rejected such claims. "Al Dustour will maintain its independence and will never be a mouthpiece for Wafd party, who already has its own...

U.S. State Department photo One fascinating subplot of the Middle East peace talks in Washington this week is the role of Egyptian president/dictator Hosni Mubarak. The 82-year old Mubarak, who has...

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ALGIERS, Sept 2 (Reuters) - International consultancy firms will be involved in assessing the value of the Algerian unit of Egyptian operator Orascom Telecom...

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday called on Israel to end all settlement activity and to totally remove its embargo on the Hamas-controlled Gaza...

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he was willing to go "a long way in a short time" to achieve peace with the Palestinians, but said the...

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton opened direct peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians on Thursday, saying the presence of the two sides was...