Ambassador Susan Rice: Libya Attack Not Premeditated
ABC News (NEW YORK) — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi was not premeditated, directly contradicting top Libyan officials who say the attack was planned in advance.“Our current…
US Braces for Further Protests in Cairo over Anti-Muslim Film
Ed Giles/Getty Images(CAIRO) — The U.S. government is bracing itself for the fourth straight day of protests in Cairo and other parts of the Middle East as anger over a U.S.-produced film mocking the Prophet Mohammed continues to grow.Many protesters …
Secretary Clinton Delivers Powerful Religion Speech After Middle East Embassy Attacks
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Secretary Clinton delivered a powerful and personal speech about religion at an Eid ul-Fitr reception, marking the end of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. The speech, at times, was a direct response to the attacks …
Protests Erupt at US Embassies in Yemen and Egypt
MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/GettyImages(SANAA, Yemen) — Outrage over the anti-Muslim film Innocence of Muslims spread across the Middle East on Thursday as protesters rushed the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a, Yemen, while further demonstrations began outside the U.S…
Two US State Department Employees Killed in Libyan Consulate Attack
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images(BENGHAZI, Libya) — Two American State Department employees were killed in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday after militants stormed the U.S. consulate, angry about an American-made film that depicts Prophet Muhammad as a frau…
Two US State Department Employees Killed in Libyan Consulate Attack
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images(BENGHAZI, Libya) — Two American State Department employees were killed in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday after militants stormed the U.S. consulate, angry about an American-made film that depicts Prophet Muhammad as a frau…
Obama Administration Distances Self from Statement Issued by US Embassy in Cairo
Comstock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Obama administration Tuesday distanced itself from a statement issued by the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.In a statement online, the Embassy of the United States in Cairo said that it “condemns the continuing effor…
Egyptians Flood US Embassy to Protest Film
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images(CAIRO) — Hundreds of protesters marched on the U.S. Embassy in Cairo Tuesday.Some climbed the walls into the courtyard and brought down the U.S. flag. They were enraged over an apparently U.S.-produced anti-Islamic vide…
Clinton Visits Egypt’s Leaders Amid Protests
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waded carefully into Egypt’s murky political waters over the weekend, holding meetings with both newly elected President Mohamed Morsi and top military commander Field Marshal…
Egyptian President Mursi Demands the Parliament to be Reinstated
Stockbyte/ThinkStock(CAIRO) — After a month since the Egyptian parliament was dissolved, President Mohammed Mursi has demanded the parliament to be re-established, according to the BBC.The military disbanded the parliament after the Supreme Court rule…
New Egyptian President Officially Takes Office
AFP/GettyImages(CAIRO) — Mohammed Morsi was sworn in Saturday as Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, and he announced a pledge to restore the country’s recently-dissolved parliament.The parliament was dissolved by the Egyptian …
Presidential Poll Results Expected on Sunday in Egypt
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK, N.Y.)– On Sunday the results of the Egyptian presidential run-off will be announced, the BBC reports.
Presidential candidates Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq and Mohammed Mursi had both considered appealing because the…
Obama’s Envoy to Egypt: Don’t Pick Sides
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In early 2011, as the so-called Arab spring was beginning to unfold in Egypt, President Obama sent a veteran diplomat to Cairo with a message for Hosni Mubarak: Leave.The diplomat, Frank Wisner, a former amb…
Egypt: Women Sexually Assaulted at March Against Sexual Harassment
Egyptian protesters shout slogans at a protest in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, June 8, 2012. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)(CAIRO) — Egyptian activists held a daylong blogging and tweeting campaign to end sexual harassment on Wednesday in response t…
Egyptians March in Outrage Over Former Ruler Mubarak’s Life Sentence
MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/GettyImages(CAIRO) — Thousands gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square today, and at almost 3 a.m. were still chanting that the revolution is back and the military government needs to go, creating speculation that the Arab Spring has retur…
Former Egyptian Ruler Mubarak Sentenced to Life in Prison
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — It’s the day the pharaoh fell. A court sentenced Hosni Mubarak, the embattled and ailing former ruler who led Egypt with an iron first for 30 years, to life in prison for his role in the killing of hundreds of…
Egypt Ends State of Emergency After Three Decades
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(CAIRO) — After 31 years, Egypt has finally ended its notorious state of emergency.The set of sweeping powers that had given security forces a free hand to detain and even torture Egyptian citizens was put to rest on Thursday.It’s …
Islamist, Mubarak Crony Enter Runoff Election for Egyptian President
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images(CAIRO) — With the results released Monday, no one received at least 50 percent of the vote in Egypt’s presidential election last week, meaning that Mohamed Mursi and Ahmed Shafiq are the two candidates on the ballot in th…
Islamist, Mubarak Crony Enter Runoff Election for Egyptian President
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images(CAIRO) — With the results released Monday, no one received at least 50 percent of the vote in Egypt’s presidential election last week, meaning that Mohamed Mursi and Ahmed Shafiq are the two candidates on the ballot in th…
Egypt Holds Historic Televised Presidential Debate
GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/GettyImages(CAIRO) — Despite a lower administrative court’s decision Wednesday to suspend the election planned for May 23 and 24, the two leading Egyptian presidential candidates faced off Thursday for an unprecedented televised …