Spike in cases has been reported among travelers returning from Egypt, raising concerns that health system in the coastal Strip could be overwhelmed

While Israeli leaders hail strategy, nearby countries fare better. 'They're wrong to say we did a great job,' says one former Health Ministry director, but others aren't so sure

Mada Masr says Lina Attalah was taken into custody outside Cairo’s Tora prison complex where she had been interviewing the mother of a jailed activist

Rights group says only a few of the new measures are clearly related to public health, warns against their potential for 'abuse as part of an unreformed emergency law'

Archaeologists criticize move, fearing city's notoriously high air pollution could damage artifacts

Potential removal of some 400 soldiers from US-led peacekeeping force is opposed by Israel and US State Department, The Wall Street Journal reports

Shady Habash, 24, had been arrested in 2018 for 'spreading fake news' after directing a music video critical of the Egyptian leader

With virus forcing people to stay home in one of world's worst outbreaks, deliverymen brave health risks to supply food ahead of Ramadan

With many aspects of community-focused holy month banned or curbed, governments and charity groups from Gaza to Indonesia attempt to balance tradition and caution

Around the world, emergency measures are being exploited to restrict press freedoms, quell dissent and crush opponents