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Ex-House Dem bizarrely compares removing Biden from 2024 ticket to overthrow of Egyptian ruler during Arab Spring: 'Easy to knock people off'
"I don't think people would say Egypt has better leadership now than it did under Mubarak," Harman said, before quickly adding, "Not totally defending him either."
Obama's clueless foreign policy left behind the chaos we face today
To dive back into Obama’s presidential statements is to encounter a mind preoccupied to the point of obsession with the mistakes of the past.
Credit Suisse leak reportedly shows dictators, pop star's killer among clients
A massive leak at Credit Suisse has reportedly revealed that the bank counts a political crony who paid a hitman to kill his pop star girlfriend, drug trafficker, and dictators...
Ousted Egyptian president dead at 91
Before his removal in 2011, Mubarak was a stalwart U.S. ally, a bulwark against Islamic militancy and guardian of Egypt’s peace with Israel.
Ousted Egyptian president collapses, dies in court
Mohammed Morsi, the ousted president of Egypt, collapsed in court and died Monday, according to state TV. Morsi, 67, was being tried on espionage and other charges when he blacked...
Two of Egypt's former presidents appear in same courtroom
CAIRO — Two former Egyptian presidents appeared Wednesday in the same Cairo courtroom, with Hosni Mubarak testifying in a retrial of Mohammed Morsi on charges related to prison breaks at...
Ousted Egyptian president released from custody
CAIRO — An Egyptian security official says ousted President Hosni Mubarak is back at home, free following his release from custody after legal proceedings that took years during which the...
Video of Egyptians giving condom balloons to police goes viral
CAIRO — A video showing a reporter and an actor handing Egyptian policemen condom balloons on the fifth anniversary of the 2011 uprising received more than 1 million views online...
Ousted Egyptian president sentenced to death
CAIRO — An Egyptian court sentenced ousted President Mohammed Morsi and over 100 others to death Saturday over a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak...
Mubarak gets 3 years in prison for corruption charges
CAIRO — Egypt's deposed leader Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were sentenced Saturday to three years in prison and a fine in a retrial on corruption charges they faced...
Egypt drops murder charges against Mubarak
CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Saturday dismissed murder charges against former president Hosni Mubarak in connection with the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his nearly...
Defiant Al Jazeera faces conservative backlash after Arab Spring
Al Jazeera, the Qatari-funded television station whose reporting of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings won it millions of viewers in the Middle East, is defiant following a backlash by Arab...
Egypt holds key vote on country's new constitution
CAIRO -- Egyptians formed long lines Tuesday outside polling stations to vote on a new constitution that represents a key milestone in a military-backed roadmap put in place after the...
Egyptian court upholds Muslim Brotherhood ban
CAIRO -- A court in Egypt has upheld an earlier ruling that banned the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its assets confiscated. The lawyers for the Islamist group had asked the...
US-Egypt relations in turmoil: 'Entire Middle East could suffer'
Relations between the United States and Egypt are now in turmoil and the entire Middle East could suffer, the Egyptian foreign minister said in remarks made a week after Washington...