EGYPT

Around 500 migrants were said to be on the boat that traffickers rammed and sank.

Iraqi President Fouad Massoum has expressed reservations about the involvement of Egypt, UAE and Saudi Arabia in airstrikes.

Analysts say Libya is turning into a conflict zone for competing regional powers.

Sunni Arab states have expressed support for the U.S. campaign President Barack Obama announced last week to destroy the Islamic State.

The Spinosaurus had nostrils high up on its head so it could breathe while partially submerged.

Many of the Muslim Brotherhood's exiled leaders have taken refuge in countries sympathetic to its cause, such as Qatar and Turkey.

As Islamist militants fight for Benghazi, Libya moves closer to becoming a place where people with radical agendas are at home.

Turkey, however, did not sign the joint statement, signaling its unwillingness to participate directly in the fight against Islamic State.

Multiple Mideast powers with their own agendas make forging a coalition difficult.

The report alleged that, between January 2013 and June 2014, thousands of asylum seekers from Sudan and Eritrea were forced to leave Israel.

Ancient Egyptian artifacts provide clues about changing Nile Valley animal populations.

Home Depot hasn't confirmed it's been hacked, but researchers think they've identified the suspects already.

The Arab League endorsed a UNSC resolution calling on states to "act to suppress the flow of foreign fighters, financing and other support to Islamist extremist groups in Iraq and Syria".

The former Egyptian president is now being charged with endangering national security by giving Qatar and its affiliate Al Jazeera classified documents.

Fifty-two youths were arrested for demonstrating against the government and were kept in Alexandria’s Koum El Dekka prison.

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis --an Egyptian Islamist group -- said that ISIS militants were training it to operate more effectively in Sinai.

Major gas finds in Mozambique and Tanzania in particular could spur an East African boom, if countries can overcome production challenges.

While Egypt has been hit by a series of blackouts in recent months, Thursday’s power cut was reportedly the most extensive one in years.

Social media sites also declined to publish video and images of the beheading video of James Foley.

American journalist Steven Joel Sotloff has been beheaded by ISIS, according to a nearly three-minute video that shows his death.

Egyptian police are beginning to arrest people who participated in the recent Human Rights Watch report.