EGYPT

Dogged by persecution and surrounded by turmoil, Egypt's Orthodox Coptic Christians will celebrate Christmas Monday.

Damascus cannot afford to become entangled in any complex military adventure in a foreign country.

The Egyptian pound slid to a new record low and the country’s sovereign debt insurance costs surged Wednesday as fears of continued political turmoil intensified.

A Muslim Brotherhood leader predicts that Israel will be dissolved within a decade, raising concerns about Egypt's own future.

A popular Egyptian satirical show host is facing a probe for allegedly insulting President Mohamed Morsi and his Islamist backers.

An attack on a Coptic Church in Libya has Christians fearing for their safety in a country where Islamic extremism is on the rise.

Egypt's economy continues to struggle, with the Egyptian pound falling even further against the U.S. dollar.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won an election and a constitutional referendum. Now they must save Egypt's free-falling economy.

Happy New Year -- we should hope -- because 2013 could prove a defining one on a host of interrelated challenges in the Greater Middle East, with profound consequences for the United States and its allies.

The Muslim Brotherhood played a crafty game in coming to power in Egypt after years of being suppressed.

Egyptian voters overwhelmingly approved the Islamist-drafted constitution, authorities announced Tuesday in a blow to President Mohamed Morsi's secular and liberal foes.

A new democratic Egypt and anti-Assad Turkey are making their weight felt, for better or worse.

A $1.45 billion investment and phone launch prove Egypt's new leadership has a friend among tech titans.

The secular opposition is charging irregularities but admits the Muslim Brotherhood's constitution was approved.

The U.N. put out a series of new resolutions condemned violence against women, including the practice of female genital mutilation.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi announced names of 90 new members appointed to the upper house of parliament, most of them non-Islamists, even as a constitution drafted by an Islamist-dominated assembly reportedly won approval in a public referendum.

Political factions both for and against Egypt's draft constitution agreed Sunday that it has likely been approved by those participating in the two-part referendum conducted Saturday and Dec. 15.

Does Mexico mind that doomsday prophets have used the Mayan calendar to foretell the end of the world in 2012? Hardly.

The E.U. is looking to add the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah to its terrorist list, says a U.S. State Department official.

The award caps a comeback-year for the president, who many thought would lose the 2012 election, due to the sub-par U.S. economy.

It's been two years since a Tunisian vendor set off the Arab Spring. Here's a rundown of where things stand now, from Morocco to Kuwait.