Trump looks to revive an effort that failed during his first term amid Ethiopian concerns of U.S. bias toward Egypt.

The Egyptian authorities during 2025 systematically dismantled basic freedoms and suffocated civic space, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026. Economic crises, coupled with ...

Iran is demanding that talks with the U.S. this week be held in Oman not Turkey, and that the scope be narrowed to two-way ...

Libya is reopening its oil and gas sector to foreign investors while deepening strategic energy cooperation with Egypt to ...

One-third of Egyptians were born after the 2011 Arab Spring protests which removed longtime President Hosni Mubarak.

An ancient Christian monastic complex was recently uncovered in Egypt — shedding new light on monastic life in Upper Egypt during the Byzantine era. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

A significant Middle East anniversary passed this week with hardly anyone noticing. On January 14, 2011, Tunisia’s autocratic leader, president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, abruptly and unceremoniously ...

Today marks 15 years since the overthrow of Tunisian dictator Ben Ali, one of the high points of the Arab Spring. The events of 2011 gave rise to an impressive wave of revolutions. Almost all were ...

When 26-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolated in response to the confiscation of his produce cart in Tunisia, no one saw how his death would give rise to waves of popular uprisings throughout the ...