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A video released Monday obtained by AP shows the Iraqi Special Tribunal questioning former officials of Saddam Hussein's regime, including Ali Hassan al-Majid , known as "Chemical Ali" for his alleged role in gassing the...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told CNN's Sunday "Late Edition" that the recent bombings in London and Egypt indicate the Patriot Act is still a necessary law to prevent similar attacks from...

Egypt has extended the detention period for four leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood arrested in May after the group held nationwide protests for political reform. Hundreds of group members were arrested during protests in favor of...

Egyptian security officials hedged Saturday on their willingness to comply with a request by British officials for the extradition of Magdy Mahmoud Mustafa el-Nashar, currently detained in Cairo in connection with the July 7 bombings in London ....

An Egyptian court Tuesday ordered Tarek el-Zomor released from prison for his involvement in the 1981 assassination of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat . El-Zomor was a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad militant group which...

An Al-Qaeda group in Iraq has claimed to have executed Eyhab al-Sharif, Egypt's top ambassador to Iraq. He was kidnapped on Saturday shortly after arriving in Baghdad as the first envoy from a major Arab state to the new...

The forgery trial of Egyptian presidential candidate and prominent al-Ghad party opposition leader Ayman Nour was delayed Wednesday after a witness recanted his testimony in court. Ayman Hassan said security agents threatened to hurt his nieces if...

Egypt's Higher Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that a new law that would have allowed more than one person to run for president is unconstitutional. The proposed change, seen as an important political reform, was ordered by Egyptian President...

Egyptian opposition presidential candidate Ayman Nour pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of forgery as hundreds outside the courthouse protested his trial as a attempt to eliminate any rivals to current President Hosni Mubarak . The...

An Italian official speaking anonymously said Friday that a judge in Milan has ordered the arrest of 13 CIA agents for their alleged role in aiding the deportation of an imam to Egypt . Italian newspapers claim...