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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Residents and military officials say heavy fighting is under way in Somalia's capital, breaking a period of…

SANAA — A security official says three Yemeni soldiers were killed when assailants opened fire on their checkpoint in a…

Five unemployed Moroccan men set themselves on fire in the capital Rabat as part of widespread demonstrations in the country…

Assailants attacked an Egyptian activist as she left work at Cairo's Nileside state television headquarters late on Wednesday, in the…

CAIRO — Egypt's tourism minister says revenues from the vital tourism sector fell by nearly 30 percent in 2011 compared…

TEHRAN — An Iranian lawmaker claims that US President Barack Obama called for direct talks with Iran in a secret…

The Muslim Brotherhood is trying to maneuver its way between its fierce anti-Israel ideology and the realities of governing as…

Hosni Mubarak's chief defense lawyer on Tuesday portrayed the ousted Egyptian president as a "clean" leader who placed the law…

ROME — Italy's cruise liner tragedy turned into an environmental crisis Monday, as rough seas battering the stricken mega-ship raised…

Reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei's surprise pullout from the presidential race has laid bare the messiness of Egypt's transition to democracy,…