Mali new leader sworn in, threatens rebels with ‘total war’
By Stephane Barbier / AFP BAMAKO: Mali's new leader threatened to wage total…
Israel steps up campaign for convicted spy
By Josef Federman / AP JERUSALEM: Israel is ratcheting up calls on Washington…
Yemen: Fighting in south kills 50 militants
By Ahmed Al-Haj / AP SANAA: Yemeni artillery and military aircraft backing…
South Sudan’s Kiir rejects calls to withdraw troops
By Hannah McNeish / AFP JUBA: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir rejected…
Admin court keeps alive Abu Ismail’s election hopes
By Sarah El Deeb / AP CAIRO: The Cairo Administrative Court has ordered…
Court delays verdict on citizenship of presidential candidate’s mother
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Profiles of Egypt’s main presidential candidates
By AP The Islamists: Khairat Al-Shater Deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's…
In post-Mubarak Egypt, it’s one ‘giant conversation’
By Dina Zayed / Reuters LUXOR: Scrambling down the tunnel of a 3,000-year-old…
First president of independent Algeria dies
By Christian Lowe /Reuters ALGIERS: Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria's first president after…
PA to discuss amending political rights participation law Thursday
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: The People’s Assembly will hold an emergency session Thursday…