White House marks death of top Sunni cleric

2010-06-26T03:06:20Z

The White House on Wednesday offered its condolences following the death of Sunni Islam's top cleric, who last year hosted President Barack Obama's landmark speech to the Muslim world.

Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, 81, died of a heart attack earlier Wednesday in

Obama speech to Muslims key to new U.S. strategy

2010-04-16T12:02:22Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will try to repair America's tarnished image in the Muslim world on Thursday, as he looks to mobilize support for restarting Middle East peacemaking and thwarting Iran's nuclear ambitions.

In a highly anticipated speech in <...

US to reassure Arabs on diplomacy with Iran

2010-04-16T12:32:09Z

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he will seek to reassure Saudi and Egyptian leaders this week that Washington's diplomatic approach to Iran will not jeopardize long-standing ties to Arab states in the region.

Speaking to reporters aboard his plane ahead of a visit to

US seeks to reassure Arabs on diplomacy with Iran

2010-04-16T12:32:38Z

Speaking to reporters aboard his plane ahead of a visit to

Mideast Egypt Church Attack

2011-01-04T14:32:25Z

Angry Copts chant anti-government slogans during a protest before clashing with Egyptian riot police in Cairo, Egypt, late Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. The head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church appealed to the government on Monday to address Christians complaints about discrimination to ease tensions as fierce riots broke out in the capital following a New...

Mideast Israel Palestinians

2011-01-03T11:00:25Z

FILE - In this June 30, 2005 file photo, Israeli Cabinet Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, left, speaks during a press conference in Cairo. Israel's Labor Party will pull out of the government within two months if there is no progress in peace talks, Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, a seni...

Mideast Egypt Elections

2011-01-02T07:00:22Z

Egyptian Muslims and Christians raise a copy of the Quran and a Cross in Shubra district, Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan.1, 2011 to protest against the terrorist attack on a Coptic Christian church in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria. A powerful bomb, possibly from a suicide attacker, exploded in front of a Coptic Christian church as a crowd of worshippers emerged ...

Mideast Iraq Oil

2010-12-25T09:00:13Z

Iraqi oil minister Abdul-Karim Elaibi talks to reporters after attending an Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, OAPEC meeting in Cairo, Egypt Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Iraq's newly appointed oil minister said on Saturday that oil exports from the country's northern self-ruled Kurdish region w...

Mideast Egypt Peace Talks

2010-12-15T13:02:10Z

Arab officials attend the emergency session of the Arab Initiative Follow Up Committee at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Washington abandoned efforts to restart the...

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