CAIRO — The United States has halted its strategic dialogue with Egypt. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama has suspended what had been a vibrant strategic dialogue (more…)
CAIRO — Al Qaida has succeeded with imported devices in overcoming armored vehicles of Egypt’s military and security forces. Security sources said Al Qaida cells in the Sinai Peninsula (more…)
CAIRO — Egypt said it killed a top insurgent in the Sinai Peninsula. Officials said a commander of Ansar Beit Maqdis was killed in northeastern Sinai. They said Nour (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran and Pakistan have launched a rare military exercise. Officials said Iran and Pakistan began a naval exercise to control the Strait of Hormuz, the passage for (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran has bolstered forces along its border with Pakistan. Officials said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deployed hundreds of troops to prevent insurgency infiltration from Pakistan. They (more…)
WASHINGTON — A leading U.S. intelligence analyst told a House subcommittee that Teheran was rapidly becoming a global power in cyberwarfare. Former House Intelligence Committee chairman Peter Hoekstra asserted (more…)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has determined that Iran was making significant improvements to its military, particularly the navy. The intelligence community’s annual assessment to Congress said the (more…)
TEL AVIV — Iran was said to have converted unguided heavy rockets into GPS-guided munitions. A leading Israeli consultant asserted that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps oversaw a project (more…)
WASHINGTON — The International Atomic Energy Agency remains incapable of detecting secret nuclear activities by Iran, a report said. The University of Texas has released a study that concluded (more…)
