The Muslim Brotherhood declared early Monday that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt's presidential election. The Associated Press reported that at a pre-dawn press conference declaring their win, officials from the fundamentalist group, banned for decades and repeatedly subjected to crackdowns under former President Hosni Mubarak's rule, were ebullient and smiling. Final official
Official projections show the conservative New Democracy party as coming in first with about 130 of Parliament's 300 seats, ahead of the anti-bailout radical left Syriza party, the Huffington Post wrote Sunday. The head of the socialist PASOK party, which is projected to come in third in this critical election, has proposed that a
Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday said Sunday that the peace process with Israel is "clinically dead" just days before PA negotiator Saeb Erakat meets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "The peace process is clinically dead and the Israeli side is definitely the one responsible," Abbas said at a conference in
The IAF's Aerial Defense Formation is already working on additional developments and improvements to the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, the IAF Website revealed. The next stage of the Iron Dome will include advances in interception capabilities, and will respond to a wider range of threats. "Soon, we will update the system to the
Al-Qaeda’s leader has urged Egypt to cancel its peace treaty with Israel and to establish Islamic rule, The Associated Press (AP) reported. He said the goal is to stop Israel from turning Jerusalem into a Jewish city. Ayman al-Zawahri issued his 10th message to Egypt since taking over al-Qaeda’s leadership after founder Osama
Remains of a two Grad rockets were found in southern Israel over the Sabbath. One may have been fired from Jordan. Friday night, residents of southern Israel heard explosions. On Saturday morning, the remains of a Grad rocket were located in the southern Arava, not far from Eilat. Saturday evening, the remains of another
Headstones on World War II military graves in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi have again been desecrated in the second such attack in four months, local officials said on Saturday. “On Thursday, Christian graves were desecrated for a second time in Benghazi,” Mohammed al-Quzairi of the local security committee told AFP, adding that the
The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) said on Sunday it was arranging a $65 million credit facility for Egypt to help the country trade with other Arab states, as political instability threatens Cairo with a balance of payments crisis. The credit line will be extended through a trade financing program run by the AMF, central
Voter turnout in the first day of the second round of the presidential elections in Egypt was low, compared to the first day of the first round. In this final round, only two candidates remain in the race: the secular Ahmed Shafiq, and the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi. The ruling military council officially
Rumor had it a devious conspiracy was afoot: Egyptians voting for a new president Saturday were being tricked into using pens with disappearing ink so their choice on the ballot would vanish before it was counted. “Is this the right pen?” an old man in a traditional galabeya robe shouted, holding one up to
