As Easter approaches, access to Jerusalem’s holy sites reveals the politics of occupation, not a clash of faiths

Egypt’s former spy chief Omar Suleiman, one of the top figures in the regime ousted by last year’s uprising, has died. He was 76.

The Egyptian president may not quit until September but amending a constitution that afforded him such power can begin sooner.

The top figure in Egypt’s new military regime, drove past Hosni Mubarak’s former palace on Friday and saluted cheering crowds.

Egypt’s new vice-president, Omar Suleiman, has long sought to demonise the opposition Muslim Brotherhood in his contacts with skeptical US officials.

World’s eyes are on the man who holds the key to the political future of the Arab world’s largest country.

Britain and other European governments should break from the United States over the international embargo on Gaza, former US president Jimmy Carter said on Sunday. Carter…

A senior Egyptian mediator will on Monday present to the Israeli government a new ceasefire proposal agreed with the Hamas Islamist movement that could halt the conflict in Gaza…

Israel on Friday dismissed a Hamas proposal for a six-month Gaza Strip truce during which an embargo on the territory would be lifted, saying the Palestinian Islamists wanted to…

Former United States president Jimmy Carter met Gaza-based leaders of Islamist Hamas in Cairo on Thursday, defying US and Israeli criticism that saw him barred from visiting the…

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Egypt on Tuesday to brief sceptical Egyptian leaders on US plans for a Middle East peace conference in November.…