An Israeli official on Wednesday paid a rare visit to one of Cairo's most prominent mosques, according to Israel’s embassy in Egypt. On its official Facebook page, the embassy published photos of Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz touring the Great Mosque of Mohamed Ali Pasha in Old...

Germany urged the international community on Wednesday to step up efforts to end the war in Yemen. “Yemen will face a humanitarian catastrophe if we do not succeed in ending the war,” Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said at an international conference in Berlin. The conference hosted by...

At least five people were killed in Egypt by a severe sandstorm that struck several parts of the country on Wednesday. According to local media reports, one person was killed and two others injured when a building partially collapsed in the northeastern Port Said province. Another four...

France on Wednesday threatened to push for more targeted sanctions to be imposed on Mali after hearing a UN official report on worsening violence in the West African country. The Security Council last month put three individuals linked to armed groups on a UN sanctions blacklist, the first...