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A senior adviser to al Qaeda was released over the weekend from a detention facility in Mauritania, his brother Sidi Ould Walid reported on Monday. Abu Hafs al-Mauritani , whose full given name is...

The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt on Tuesday suspended the decree of President Mohammed Morsi calling the dissolved Egyptian parliament back into session. The decision of the court will prevent the decree from taking effect [Ahram Online...

The Egyptian parliament convened Tuesday in a brief session despite a court order dissolving the entire parliament. The session only lasted for five minutes but was still enough to deepen the tension between the newly elected Egyptian...

An Egyptian court on Monday rejected pleas to release two sons of ousted former leader Hosni Mubarak while they await trial. Their lawyer, Farid el-Deeb, argued that his clients are detained unlawfully because...

Newly elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Sunday issued a decree calling the dissolved Egyptian parliament back into session. The parliament was dissolved in June after the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt ruled that one-third of...

Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi on Thursday issued a decree appointing a fact-finding committee to investigate the deaths of protesters in last year's demonstrations. The committee is made up of 16 members including judges, a state prosecutor, a...

Egypt's Criminal Court in Cairo issued a decision on Monday voiding a ban on the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) that has been in place since 1954. In considering a case...

French authorities said Tuesday that they have arrested a suspected terrorist alleged to have ties to al-Qaeda . Little information has been revealed about the suspect except that he was born in Tunisia in 1977 and resided...

The UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and practice released a report Monday calling for a focus on advancing women's rights during political transitions. The group's priorities are discrimination against women in...

President-elect of Egypt Mohamed Morsi was sworn in Saturday at the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) before the General Assembly of the court. In his speech, Morsi vowed that Egypt would continue on the right path...