(Reuters) - Iraqi forces threatened on Wednesday to resume operations to capture northern Kurdish-held territory after accusing authorities there of delaying handing over control of Iraq’s borders with Turkey, Iran and Syria. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Friday declared a pause...

An Egyptian lawyer last week called for the rape and sexual assault of women in revealing clothes, adding that it was a "national duty" to do so. Nabih al-Wahsh's comments came during  a panel discussion  over a draft law on tackling prostitution that was broadcast on ...

Hamas began ceding control of the Gaza Strip's border crossings with Israel and Egypt to U.S.-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday under an agreement brokered by Cairo to end a decade of internal schism. The move marked the most concrete implementation of the Oct. 11...

Egypt's military said Tuesday its air force had carried out a desert raid, killing "a large number of terrorist elements" responsible for the deaths of 16 policemen earlier this month. The policemen were killed in an Oct. 20 shootout with militants on the road between Cairo and the...