EGYPT

Rabbis Chaim Kanievsky and Yitzchak Zilberstein sniffed some marijuana leaves this week and said they had a "healing smell."

Somali migrants travel through Sudan into Libya or Egypt, from where they set off in overcrowded, rickety boats that must sail through choppy seas.

Last week, the rate of migrants arriving to Italy surged 173 percent from the week before.

Only 13 percent of respondents to a recent survey said they’d support the Islamic State group even if it became less violent.

Turkey was once Israel's closest regional ally, but ties collapsed in 2010 after Israeli marines killed 10 Turkish pro-Palestinian activists, who tried to breach the Gaza blockade.

Russia’s fraying relations with Egypt and Turkey have hit the two countries’ important tourism sectors.

A new plan aimed at outbound travelers is part of efforts worldwide to curb the number of ISIS sympathizers traveling to the Middle East.

Millions of documents leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca show schemes regarding tax shelters linked to Vladimir Putin and other world leaders.

The Egyptian government suspended Free Basics in December, only two months after the service was launched in the country.

Seif Eddin Mustafa was produced in a court in Larnaca, Cyprus, Wednesday and ordered eight days of detention for his act of hijacking a plane.

Seif Eddin Mustafa surrendered Tuesday after hijacking the domestic Alexandria-Cairo flight and diverting it to the port city of Larnaca in Cyprus.

The crisis came to an end safely, but that didn’t spare Egypt’s airport security from heavy criticism online.

The man who hijacked a Cairo-bound flight and forced it to land in Cyprus Tuesday was an Egyptian national who demanded a meeting with EU officials.

A planned bomb attack on Israeli security forces was thwarted last year.

Police have said they found Italian student Giulio Regeni’s possessions at a house belonging to the sister of the head of an alleged criminal gang.

The would-be suicide bombers come from France, German, Spain, Tunisia and Egypt. About 25 are Belgian nationals.

The Islamic State group might seem to be gaining ground abroad, but it’s losing its most important claim to success: its self-proclaimed state.

On Twitter, ISIS claimed that the attack was "part of a series of operations in response to the humiliation and searching of Muslim women at checkpoints."

The open border policy would allow Turks to enter the EU without visas, but not work in member states.

Queen Nefertiti, who ruled ancient Egypt at the height of its civilization, died in the 14th century B.C. and is believed to the stepmother of King Tut.

The deadly crash's cause remains undetermined, but Russia and the West say a bomb downed the plane, a theory Egypt rejects.