Egypt and Libya signed memorandums of understanding in the Libyan capital Tuesday during an official visit by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli.  The memorandums include the resumption of civilian flights between the two countries. "I instructed the [Egyptian]...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Apart from China and despite a worldwide drop in death sentences, countries in the Middle East remained among the world’s leading executioners last year, Amnesty International said Wednesday. The number of executions worldwide plummeted to its...

The head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on Monday issued a warning to Israel, saying its "happiness" will be "very short-lived", state television reported. General Hossein Salami was speaking at the funeral of Brig. Gen. Mohammad Hosseinzadeh Hejazi in Tehran. On Sunday, the...

CAIRO (AP) — A passenger train derailed Sunday north of Cairo, killing at least 11 people, Egyptian authorities said. It was the latest of several rail accidents to hit the country in recent years. Four train wagons ran off the railway at the city of Banha in Qalyubia province, just...