Egyptians began voting Saturday in the first stage of parliamentary elections, a vote that is highly likely to produce a toothless lower chamber packed with supporters of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. The elections are taking place as the Arab world’s most populous country faces a...

A suicide bomber blew himself up near an education center in the Afghan capital Saturday, killing at least 13 people and wounding 30 others, the interior ministry said. The attack happened late afternoon at the center, which offers training and courses for students in higher education...

CAIRO: Sudan’s former Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi Saturday slammed an announcement by President Donald Trump that Sudan would start normalizing ties with Israel. Al-Mahdi, who is the country's last democratically elected premier and heads the country's largest political party, said he...

Local sources in government-held Aleppo province revealed that while bread is abundant in the area for less than 300 pounds per packet, army officers are selling soldiers’ bread portions to feed merchants. According to the sources, a few days ago, a merchant bought 500 kilograms of bread...