Libyan charged in 1998 US embassy bombings dies
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Fifteen years after allegedly helping al-Qaida plot the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Abu Anas al-Libi parked his car on a quiet street…
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US seizes Benghazi suspect in deadly Libya attack
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and NANCY BENAC President Barack Obama speaks about the capture of Libyan militant suspected of killing Americans in Benghazi, during his visit to TechShop in Pittsburgh,…
PUTIN BACKS EGYPT ARMY CHIEF’S RUN FOR PRESIDENT
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Egypt’s Military chief Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Russian…
8 DEAD IN TUNISIA SHOOTOUT WITH ISLAMISTS
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA A hooded member of the Tunisian anti-terrorist police forces (BAT) walks near a house where suspected Islamist militants were hidden in Raoued, near Tunis, Tuesday, Feb.…
EGYPT REFERS BROTHERHOOD LEADER TO A NEW TRIAL
By MARIAM RIZK FILE – In this Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 file photo, Leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood opposition group, Mohammed Badie attends a press conference at the group’s parliamentary…
MANY SOUTH SUDANESE REMAIN IN CAMPS DESPITE TRUCE
By ILYA GRIDNEFF In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, displaced South Sudanese women queue for water at the United Nations base where they have sought shelter in Malakal,…
EGYPT ARMY CHIEF WHO LED COUP PROMOTED TO TOP RANK
By MAGGIE MICHAEL FILE – In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 file photo, Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi salutes during an arrival ceremony for U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck…
LEADER: EGYPT TO HAVE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FIRST
By SARAH EL DEEB In this image made from video broadcast on Egyptian State Television, Egypt’s interim President Adly Mansour speaks at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan.…