EgyptAir flight from Cairo blows tire during landing in Saudi Arabia

CAIRO (AP) — An EgyptAir jetliner blew out a tire but made a safe landing at its destination early Sunday in Saudi Arabia, Egypt’s national carrier said. No causalities were reported. Flight MS643 took off from Cairo international airport early Sunday and one of its tires burst...

Egypt unveils recently discovered ancient workshops, tombs in Saqqara necropolis

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian antiquities authorities Saturday unveiled ancient workshops and tombs they say were discovered recently at a Pharaonic necropolis just outside the capital Cairo. The spaces were found in the sprawling necropolis of Saqqara, which is a part of Egypt’s ancient...

Woman charged in death of boy found in suitcase seeks change of Indiana venue

SALEM, Ind. (AP) — A Louisiana woman charged in the death of a boy whose body was found last year inside a suitcase in rural southern Indiana is seeking a change of venue, arguing that public outrage over the child's death would prevent her from getting a fair trial. Dawn Coleman's...

Vatican formally recognizes 21 Coptic Orthodox killed in Libya as martyrs, gives them feast day

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is formally recognizing 21 Coptic Orthodox workers who were beheaded by Islamic militants in Libya as martyrs with their own feast day, in a significant new ecumenical gesture aimed at forging unity between Catholic and Orthodox churches. Pope...

Pariah no more? Arab League reinstates Bashar Assad's Syria

CAIRO (AP) — The Arab League agreed Sunday to reinstate Syria, ending a 12-year suspension and taking another step toward bringing Syrian President Bashar Assad, a long-time regional pariah, back into the fold. Some influential league members remain opposed to reinstating Syria,...

Arab governments meeting in Cairo vote to allow Syria to return to the Arab League after 12-year suspension

Egypt presidential hopeful says supporters, uncles detained

BEIRUT (AP) — An Egyptian politician residing abroad and planning to run in the country’s presidential elections next year said on Friday that two of his uncles and a group of friends and supporters have been detained in recent days. Ahmed Altantawy, a former member of...

Arab ministers to meet over Syria's return to Arab league

CAIRO (AP) — Diplomats from Arab nations are planning an emergency meeting in Cairo over the weekend about the fighting in Sudan and the prospect of Syria's return to the Arab League more than a decade after its membership was suspended, an official said Friday. Sunday’s meeting,...

Deadly bus crash with truck kills 17, injures 29 in Egypt

CAIRO (AP) — A passenger bus has slammed into a slowly moving truck on a highway in southwestern Egypt, killing at least 17 people, officials and local media said Thursday. The crash took place late Wednesday in the New Valley province, according to its governor, Mohamed...

Sudan paramilitary joins its rival, the country's military, in accepting a 3-day extension of US, Saudi-brokered truce