CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army and police stepped up roadblocks in an area of northern Sinai as they tried to track down militant Islamists who kidnapped seven security officers last week, a security source said on Tuesday. Full story
DUBAI (Reuters) - Egypt's worsening fiscal gap is a concern but the International Monetary Fund is still ready to continue talks on a $4.8 billion loan once Cairo completes a review of its economic program, a senior IMF official said. Full story
CAIRO (Reuters) - The number of tourists visiting Egypt rose in the first four months of 2012, the cabinet said on Tuesday, but analysts say the sector is still suffering from the aftermath of the country's 2011 uprising. Full story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday expressed concern over defamation charges brought against two Egyptian journalists critical of President Mohamed Mursi and called on the government to condemn actions that stifle freedom of expression. Full story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new State Department report warned about incidents in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. Full story
The Obama administration is calling on the Egyptian government to rein in prosecutions of political expression amid what it called a "growing trend" of efforts to punish and deter people from speaking their mind. Full story
A look at the Mubarak family, opposition leaders and the military in the most populous Arab nation.
Slideshow: Egyptians demand an end to 30 years of autocratic rule in unprecedented protests inspired by the revolt in Tunisia.
NBC’s First Read reported Monday that two missile strikes by Israel leveled a Syrian research facility over the weekend. NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin joins the spin cycle to talk about what this means for U.S. involvement in Syria.
Egyptian women are being sexually harassed and assaulted at an alarming rate in iconic Tahrir Square. NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin talks to survivors and those speaking out.
Pizza is a $9 billion-per-year industry in Italy. But even though youth unemployment is close to 40 percent, the country is in desperate need of pizza makers. NBC’s Michelle Kosinski reports.
Bassem Youssef, the man often called Egypt's Jon Stewart, joins Morning Joe to discuss being named to the "Time 100 Most Influential People" of 2013 list, how he went from being a surgeon to hosting the Egyptian TV show "El Bernameg" and how he angered Pres. Mohamed Morsi. Time's Rick Stengel also j
Former TODAY anchor Bryant Gumbel chats about the 19th season of his HBO series “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” which kicks off as he follows a group of extreme soccer fans in Cairo, Egypt, known as the Ultras.
An Egyptian activist covers her face with an applications for "Tamarod", Arabic for "rebel", a campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and for early presidential elections, during a protest in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 17, 2013. Hundreds of protesters g
epa03705009 People protest against the Egyptian government on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, 17 May 2013. Hundreds of demonstrators called for the removal of president Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood and early elections. EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN
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Members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestin
