Archaeologists and conservation experts are meeting in Cairo to discuss the safe transportation of King Tutankhamun's throne, chests and bed from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo to a new one being built on the other side of the city. Sunday's gathering brought together experts from...

Algerians vote Thursday for a new parliament likely to hand a majority to the ruling FLN party and its allies, though turnout is traditionally low for elections to a National Assembly many voters dismiss as weak. The ballot comes at a sensitive time for Algeria as the OPEC member tackles the...

A powerful local tribe in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula says it killed eight suspected ISIS fighters in battle and captured three more. The Tarabeen tribe has clashed repeatedly with a local ISIS affiliate in recent weeks, opening a new front against the insurgency raging in the northern Sinai,...

Unidentified gunmen attacked an Egyptian police convoy near the main ring road around Cairo, killing three officers and wounding five others, the interior ministry said early Tuesday. "Armed elements riding in two vehicles approached a moving security convoy" around 11:45 pm Monday, the...