Egypt

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes the victory sign as he attends the 12th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Cairo, Egypt.

Friendly foes

Egypt | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Egypt raises troubling questions for Egyptians—and other countries across the globe

Demonstrators hold candles in memory of protester Mohammed Qorany, at the spot where he died in clashes, near the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt.

Globe Trot: Unsafe in Egypt, military suicides, Hillary Clinton’s last speech and Richard III found

International |  Egypt “overall is entering into a very dangerous phase,” says Hudson Institute’s Sam Tadros, one of the best experts to follow on Egypt (and an…

A protester surrounded by teargas and smoke in Cairo.

Globe Trot: Insecurity in Egypt, the French in Mali, Brazil fire, Christians deaths in Iraq …

International |  The Egyptian government declared emergency law in three canal region cities following recent violence and demonstrations. Cairo scholar Essam Abdalla told me…

Anti-government protesters gather near Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday.

Globe Trot: Egypt anniversary, Vietnam house churches, Mumbai plotter sentenced, Israeli politics

International |  Today marks the second anniversary of the start of the Egyptian uprising that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Then, as today, protesters took to the…

An Egyptian referendum official counts votes at a polling station in Cairo Saturday.

Globe Trot: International reaction to shooting, Egypt draft constitution vote ...

International |  Worldwide condemnation and concern over the shooting in Connecticut is increasing pressure on Washington to enact stricter federal gun laws. Egypt’s Muslim…

Women protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi chant during a demonstration.

Cairo’s chaos

Egypt |  Islamists crack down on opponents, as Egypt’s president insists referendum will go forward

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (left) and Vice President Nicolas Maduro

Globe Trot: Chavez picks successor, U.S. doctor rescued in Afghanistan ...

International |  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez admitted that his cancer has returned and designated Vice President Nicolas Maduro as heir to the socialist dictatorship he…

A Filipino woman navigates debris following Typhoon Bopha.

Globe Trot 12.07

International |  Typhoon Bopha has left at least 418 people dead and nearly as many missing in the southern Philippines. “Probably half of the missing could be dead by…

A wounded protester reacts during clashes between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi outside the presidential palace in Cairo Wednesday.

Constitutional chaos

Egypt |  Supporters of President Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood clash with secularists and Christians in Cairo

Egyptian men hold a banner in Arabic that reads,

Dark shadows

Egypt |  The opening scene-setter for the 1996 film Independence Day might serve as a metaphor for what Egyptians could face if a draft constitution written by a panel…

Egyptians chant slogans during a demonstration in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 30.

Protests continue in Egypt against Morsi’s decree

Egypt |  Civil disobedience is expected to continue in Egypt after President Mohamed Morsi’s Nov. 22 decrees that place him above judicial oversight. The country’s…

TURMOIL: Tens of thousands of Egyptians protest in Tahrir Square against Morsi on Nov. 27.
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Power grab

Egypt |  Demonstrators take to the streets–again–as signs of an Islamist-hardened Egypt emerge

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