Laura King
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 07:30
Thunderous airstrikes hit Yemen’s capital, a Red Sea naval port and a border province Wednesday, killing nearly 100 people and injuring more than 270 others, officials and residents said. It was believed to be the largest single-day death toll of the 2-month-old Saudi-led aerial offensive.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 06:35
The Egyptian military recently used American-made Apache helicopter gunships to fire rockets into houses in the Sinai Peninsula, the latest in a series of lethal raids targeting a little-known Al Qaeda-inspired group that has bombed civilians.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 07:18
The main armed factions number in the dozens but splinter groups run to the hundreds, holding sway over economic, political and social life.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 12:24
Egypt's election commission said Sunday that the first round of voting for a new president would be held May 26 and 27 and that any runoff would conclude within a month of that.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 07:52
On Monday, the country's top generals gave their blessing to a presidential run by army chief Abdel Fattah Sisi, hours after he was promoted from general to field marshal.
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 06:29
Five Egyptian soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash Saturday; a Sinai-based militant group claimed it had shot down the chopper.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 11:16
According to the official results, voter turnout was 38.6%, slightly more than the unofficial tallies had suggested, and more than 5 percentage points higher than turnout in a constitutional referendum last year during the tenure of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 09:12
The turmoil's chilling effect on personal freedoms has also stirred concern in Washington, particularly after the prime minister took a veiled swipe at the U.S. envoy to Turkey last month, in the scandal's early days — a blunt warning against outside meddling.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 07:34
The former president’s supporters swiftly cast doubt on authorities’ claim, aired on state television, that weather had prevented him from being transported to Cairo from the port city of Alexandria.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:02
He was described as a member of the militant group Ansar Bayt al Maqdis, or Partisans of Jerusalem, which boasts that it is a Sinai affiliate of Al Qaeda.