A state-run newspaper on Friday defended a decision to publish a doctored photograph putting Egypt’s president front and center at Mideast peace talks in Washington, saying it was meant to illustrate Hosni Mubarak’s key role. The original...

Hosni Mubarak has ruled Egypt for 28 of his 81 years, but he’s not likely to run for reelection in 2011. And growing public debate over the identity of his successor is fueled in no small part by the fact that Egyptians are not fond of a president...

Egypt is making unprecedented efforts to persuade Hamas and Fatah to sign a reconciliation agreement by July 7, 2009, Palestinian sources told Ynet Saturday. The sources said it was the first time that Egypt has applied serious pressure to both...

Audiotapes attributed to Al Qaeda’s two top leaders have sought to discredit President Obama on the eve of his much-heralded speech to the Muslim world in Cairo, declaring that he is no different from his predecessor and follows the same...

Guns, women and fistfuls of allegedly misappropriated dollars: the trail leading to the arrest of the former Iraqi Trade Minister has the perfect ingredients for a corruption scandal. Abdul-Falah al-Sudani, who resigned from his position last month,...

Clashes have been breaking out among Egyptians waiting in long lines for subsidized bread and the president has ordered the army to start baking more to contain a political crisis. The turmoil in the world’s most populous Arab country is a stark...