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At least 230 people have been killed since the army began waging an offensive against Islamist groups in the eastern city.

Diplomats say Qatar's reticence to join the campaign against ISIS shows it is careful to preserve its influence with regional Islamist groups.

The U.S. and Israel are counting on Egypt's strongman president to keep Sinai militants at bay, but he hasn't been able to deliver.

Allegedly depicting a same-sex wedding celebration on the Nile River, the online video went viral on social-media sites in August.

Burkina Faso's opposition is calling its uprising the "Black Spring," raising questions about possible upheaval in the rest of West Africa.

Hamas and Israel faced a standoff after the Israeli army launched Operation Protective Edge in July to counter rockets being fired by Hamas.

Egyptian authorities have blamed Hamas for attacks on security forces in Sinai, including Friday's attacks that killed over 30 soldiers.

Christian Bale's recent statements calling Moses 'barbaric' and 'schizophrenic' are 'Exodus' film's most recent controversy.

The announcement came just hours after Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi alleged that “foreign hands” were behind the attacks.

The large number of parties in Sunday's election, from conservative Islamist Salafist movements to Socialists, means a coalition is the probable outcome.

The struggle is part of a wider conflict in the north African state where former rebels use their guns to fight for power and a share of the country's oil revenues.

The Muslim Brotherhood leader said he wouldn't leave prison until all his jailed supporters were freed.

At least 30 soldiers were killed and 29 others wounded in Friday’s attacks on two military checkpoints in north Sinai.

Militants killed at least 28 in the double attack, but the death toll in Egypt is expected to rise.

Western nations are ready to crack down with sanctions on leaders they say incite the spreading chaos in Libya.

Three years to the day after dictator Moammar Gadhafi was killed, Libya takes another step into full-fledged civil war.

Claims that Libyan pilots are bombing Islamic militias using Egyptian warplanes are far-fetched, say experts.

For the first time in decades, the most populous Arab nation is intervening in a conflict outside its borders.

The big banks, traditionally the darlings of earnings season, could be showing signs of improvement with Bank of America on tap for Wednesday.

The latest exits were the result of studies to understand which markets were not profitable enough for retail banking.

At a conference attended by envoys of nearly 30 nations, Qatar committed $1 billion in aid -- the single largest donation by any country.