EGYPT

Egypt’s Islamist lawmakers approved a draft constitution Friday to pre-empt a judicial review Sun on the constitutional assembly's legitimacy.

Egyptian lawmakers rushed to approve a constitution full of Islamist clauses, tempered by protections like presidential term limits and a free press.

Protests both for and against the Palestinians have broken out in Israel, with two members of the Knesset attempting to burn a Palestinian flag.

UK Foreig Secretary Hague explains why Britainb will abstain from voting on Palestinian nonmember status.

Egypt's constituent assembly writing a new constitution has said that it hopes to vote on a draft version as early as Thursday.

Moustafa Ismail has the record for the world's largest arms. Ismail has 31-inch arms, combining the biceps and triceps, not unlike Popeye.

The highly anticipated showdown on the status of the Palestinian Territories takes place Thursday at the U.N.

A Cairo court sentenced seven Egyptians to death in absentia over the 'Innocence of Muslims' video, and charged U.S. Pastor Terry Jones.

One person has been killed as demonstrators finish their sixth day occupying Tahrir Square to protest President Mohammed Morsi's sweeping new powers.

Tens of thousands of Egyptians are protesting President Morsi's attempt to seize sweeping new powers.

The Oslo peace agreements say there should be two states, and things will get trickier once the UN votes on Palestine's de facto statehood.

Morsi seemed to pull back from his attempt to claim unchecked authority, but the opposition still held a major protest on Tuesday.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is at odds with high-level judges after issuing a controversial decree that critics have called a power grab.

Ismail Haniya and his radical Muslim movement have the upper hand in Gaza - political capital they may use to win West Bank elections.

The Egyptian president’s office said it was committed to engaging "all political forces" and stressed the "temporary nature" of the decree.

Mohammed Morsi's government has the hard job of rebuilding Egypt's economy, but the IMF's $4.8 billion will make it a bit easier.

Tens of thousands of Egyptians began demonstrating Friday, a day after the president issued a decree expanding his office’s powers.

Cairo's Tahrir Square was the epicenter of the successful Egyptian Revolution of 2011 that shook the country's old governmental structure to its very core.

Egypt has been a powder keg many times in the past five millennia, and it may have exploded again Friday.

One day after the Egypt-brokered cease-fire, Gazans spilled into the streets to celebrate, as if they had actually won a war with Israel.

A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people Wednesday night at Shi'ite processions in Rawalpindi, where Pakistan's army is headquartered. The attack took place a day before the Muslim leaders, including the Iranian and Egyptian presidents, gather for a rare summit in the capital city of Islamabad.