'Loro risposta a terrorismo vuole essere politica, non militare'

CAIRO ? Egypt?s highest court ruled Thursday that the Islamist-dominated parliament should be dissolved because one-third of its members were elected unlawfully, blunting the astonishing political asc...

TRIPOLI, Libya ? On a muggy evening in Tripoli?s walled Old City, Joma el-Shwehdi gleefully slapped campaign posters on the sides of buildings. What was the platform of the man he was supporting? What...

CAIRO ? After Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year, ultraconservative Muslims known as Salafists emerged from the shadows and quickly became a surprising political force. No longer af...

Libyan authorities ban the formation of political parties based on religious principles, tribe or ethnicity ahead of elections scheduled for June.

CAIRO ? Had Egypt?s post-revolutionary political winds held steady, Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood?s presidential candidate, would have been coasting to victory in this month?s election. Inste...

Leader islamico formera' suo partito

BAGHDAD ? Iraqi leaders from across the political spectrum accused Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Saturday of seeking to undermine the country?s electoral system, following the arrest of the offici...

CAIRO ? Egypt?s liberals and leftists vowed Sunday to boycott a crucial body tasked with writing the nation?s constitution, accusing Islamist parties of trying to dominate the process as the country l...

CAIRO ? Egypt?s Islamists appeared set Saturday to dominate a body tasked with drafting the country?s constitution ? and ultimately of setting its political course ? as legislators from both houses of...