At least 49 school children were killed and 11 others injured when a train collided with a school bus carrying children to their school in southern Egypt on Saturday, Egypt's official state news agency said.
The IDF claims more than 500 missiles have hit Israel and has called up 75,000 reservists to prepare for a possible ground attack on Gaza.
Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil arrived in Gaza Friday to show solidarity with the Palestinians after Israel pounded more than 130 targets overnight, escalating the two days of fighting between the Hamas militants and the Israeli military.
Israelis and Palestinians alike braced for an escalation of the Gaza conflict, and a possible land invasion.
Mexico has opened up a massive new museum in Cancun just in time for the world to end on Dec. 21, 2012 -- that is, if you believe in some interpretations of the Maya calendar.
As Israel and Gaza escalate their attacks, world leaders begin to choose sides in this latest Mideast gladiator fight.
More than 200 rockets have been lobbed into Israel, killing three. Dozens of strikes on Gaza killed 13. Is this the Gaza War, the sequel?
A country can’t maximize its socio-economic performance when half of its people can’t participate fully in its socio-economic life.
The European Union has extended 5 billion euros ($6.4 billion) worth of aid to Egypt.
An Israeli air strike in Gaza has killed Hamas military chief Jabari.
Though racially motivated attacks in Greece aren't always recorded, it is clear that anti-foreigner violence is on the rise.
Murgan Salem al-Gohary, a Salafist leader in Egypt, has called to destroy what he describes as idolatrous pyramids.
The Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Egypt government has had its ups/downs with Obama. Now, Cairo's message is clear: help improve our economy.
The glitter of Nollywood, the allure of forbidden lands and heaps of shopping by the nouveaux riche are in the forecast for travelers in the coming years, according to Euromonitor.
Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, the largest Christian minority in the Middle East, chose Bishop Tawadros as the new pope Sunday in the first election in more than 40 years, news media reported.
Barak warned that economic sanctions by the west and diplomatic efforts would fail to completely dissuade Iran.
After a vote on Monday, Egypt's Coptic Christians are one step closer to selecting a new pope.
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on the Muslims to kidnap westerners as a means to free the imprisoned jihadists and to restart the Egyptian revolution, the SITE Intelligence Group has reported.
The EU named Iranian lawyer Narsin Sotoudeh and Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi as winners of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has indicated to Russia that it will accept U.N.-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's proposal for a Muslim holiday ceasefire.
Egypt reportedly succeeded in quelling (for now) a recent flare-up between Gaza militants and Israel.
The U.N. Security Council gave unanimous backing Wednesday to a four-day Syrian truce for a major Muslim holiday.
