Tag: Middle East

Egyptian women fill their ballots for president in an election that comes nearly a year after the military's ouster of the nation's first freely elected president, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi, in Zagazig, 63 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 26, 2014. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's supporters danced to pop tunes praising the military and sported T-shirts bearing his image as they cast ballots Monday in a presidential election that is seen certain to vault the retired field marshal to office. (AP Photo/Ahmed Sayed)

Pro-military fervor at polls as Egyptians vote

HAMZA HENDAWIMAGGIE MICHAEL · May 26, 2014 8:10 pm

Egyptian women wait in line before casting their ballots at a polling station in a presidential election that comes nearly a year after the military's ouster of the nation's first freely elected president, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi, in Zagazig, 63 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 26, 2014. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's supporters danced to pop tunes praising the military and sported T-shirts bearing his image as they cast ballots Monday in a presidential election that is seen certain to vault the retired field marshal to office. (AP Photo/Ahmed Sayed)

Voices of Egypt’s voters on presidential election

The Associated Press · May 26, 2014 6:27 pm

Palestinians seek FIFA sanctions against Israel

Karin Laub · May 26, 2014 5:59 pm

Bahrain sentences 4 to life in prison for bomb

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2014 5:51 pm

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis lays a wreath at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

Some highlights from Pope Francis’ Holy Land visit

Ariel David · May 26, 2014 4:49 pm

Cardinal Bechara Rai, head of the Maronite Catholic Church, center, visits a church in Jaffa, a mixed Jewish and Arab neighborhood in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, May 26, 2014. The leader of Lebanon's largest Christian denomination visited Jerusalem on Sunday, an official said, making him the first Lebanese religious leader to set foot in the city since Israel captured its traditionally Arab eastern sector in the 1967 Mideast war. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Cardinal is first top Lebanese cleric in Israel

ami-bentov · May 26, 2014 3:38 pm

Pope Francis embraces two good friends of his traveling with him, Argentine Rabbi Abraham Skorka, center, and Omar Abboud, leader of Argentina's Muslim community, partially seen next to the Pope, after praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Israel, Monday, May 26, 2014. At left with back to camera is Rabbi of the Western Wall Shmuel Rabinovitch. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

A glance at Pope Francis’ Holy Land pilgrimage

Ariel David · May 26, 2014 10:01 am

Libya parliament votes in Islamist-backed Cabinet

Esam Mohamed · May 25, 2014 8:05 pm

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, center top, delivers a broadcast speech during a rally commemorating "Liberation Day," which marks the withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon in 2000, in the southern border town of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, Sunday May 25, 2014. Hezbollah's leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah warned that hard-line foreign fighters in Syria pose a global threat as they return home. Nasrallah accused European countries of easing the flight of extremist fighters into Syria, where they are fighting against the rule of President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah chief warns of foreign fighters in Syria

Diaa Hadid · May 25, 2014 7:33 pm

A billboard supporting presidential candidate Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the country's former military chief, is seen lighten in front of the television building in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Considered all but certain to win is el-Sissi, the man who removed the former president, Mohammed Morsi. El-Sissi, who for the past 10 months has been the most powerful figure in Egypt, faces one other candidate in the race, leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, who finished third in the 2012 presidential election. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt’s interim president urges Egyptians to vote

Maamoun Youssef · May 25, 2014 12:26 pm

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis visits Bethany beyond the Jordan river, the site of Christ's baptism, west of Amman, Jordan, Saturday, May 24, 2014. The pontiff is in Jordan on the first of a three day trip to the Middle East that will also take him to the West Bank and Israel. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, Pool)

Pope blasts arms dealers at start of Mideast trip

Nicole Winfield · May 24, 2014 10:55 pm

Members of the Egyptian security forces hold guns during clashes with supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood outside Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 23, 2014. Two protesters were killed in clashes in Egypt between Islamist demonstrators and their opponents after midday prayers Friday, the final day of campaigning ahead of next week's presidential election, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ahmed Taranh)

Egypt sentences 20 Islamist students for rioting

Mariam Rizk · May 24, 2014 9:36 pm