EL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) - The Egyptian army sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula on Monday after President Mohamed Mursi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists who abducted seven members of the security forces last week. Full story
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's junior government party is threatening to quit the coalition unless Islamist prime minister Abdelilah Benkirane moderates plans for sweeping cuts to subsidies on food and energy. Full story
An editor has accused Algeria's government of censorship after it blocked the publication of his two newspapers. Full story
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's army has retaken an eastern town captured by rebels two weeks ago, a military spokesman said on Monday, in a conflict that has uprooted thousands of people and hampered government plans to explore for oil. Full story
CAIRO (Reuters) - Two Egyptian journalists at a newspaper critical of President Mohamed Mursi were ordered on Sunday to face an expedited criminal trial for defamation. Full story
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Three weeks after being rushed to hospital in Paris, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has disappeared from sight, leaving behind a country preparing for a successor who for the first time will come from a generation too young to have fought in Algeria's war of independence Full story
Author of Exit the Colonel: The Hidden History of the Libyan Revolution, Ethan Chorin, speaks with MSNBC’s Alex Witt about Benghazi. Chorin describes the calm mood before the attack on Ambassador Chris Stevens. He talks about the importance of focusing on the context of the Benghazi attack. He sees
The Atlantic's Steve Clemons and The New York Times' David Sanger join The Daily Rundown to discuss Benghazi and how President Barack Obama will handle Syria going forward.
Chris Hayes examines the conservative response to Friday’s political scandals, both real and imagined. He's joined by journalist and author Robin Wright and the Daily Beast's Eli Lake.
The email message from a State Department official was discussed during the dramatic hearing on the U.S. consulate attack in Benghazi that left four people dead. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
The New York Post's John Podhoretz joins Morning Joe to discuss the House Oversight Committee hearing on the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
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
A Palestinian flag flutters as 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,
Members of the Hamas security forces ride in a pickup truck as they 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,
Cartoonist Nadia Khiari of Tunisia poses during a photocall for the event 'Cartooning for Peace' at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 20, 2013. The Festival de Cannes is hosting an auction of original cartoons from various cartoonists on Monday to support the Cartooning for Peace Associati
