Aid to Egypt is right, but for the wrong reason

Sequestration is not the best time to be doling out foreign aid, surely the most unpopular item in the federal budget. Especially when the recipient is President Mohammed Morsi of Egypt.

Temporary spending bill permits Egypt aid to flow

WASHINGTON - As anti-American sentiment boils in Islamic countries like Egypt, lawmakers are moving to permit billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid under a governmentwide funding bill set to clear Congress this week.

Standoff hardens between Islamists, Egypt's military

CAIRO - A showdown between the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's ruling military council escalated Friday, as the generals blamed the Islamist organization for stoking public tensions by prematurely asserting victory in last week's presidential election and the Islamist candidate said a nationa…

Tonight on campus: "Winds of Change in the Middle East"

The University of Arizona's department of Near Eastern studies at the will hold a panel discussion today at 4 p.m. on "Dictatorship or Democracy? Winds of Change in the Middle East."

Wells Fargo ups customer access to foreign currencies

Wells Fargo says it has doubled the number of its locations in Arizona that can buy and sell most types of foreign currency directly to customers.

Wells Fargo ups customer access to foreign currencies

US ranks 31st in gender equality of 134 nations surveyed

NEW YORK — Women remain far behind men in economic and political power, but the Nordic countries come closest to closing the gender gap, according to a survey of 134 nations released Tuesday.

Met museum, in a 'great deed,' returns shrine fragment to Egypt

CAIRO — New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will return to Egypt a fragment of an ancient pharaonic shrine it purchased from a collector, Egypt's antiquities department said Monday.

Met museum, in a 'great deed,' returns shrine fragment to Egypt

In Iraq, many still search for missing

NAJAF, Iraq — The graves stretch some 10 miles into the desert, in what may be the largest cemetery in the world.

In Iraq, many still search for missing

Israeli police, Palestinian youths clash near key Jerusalem shrine

JERUSALEM — Israeli police firing stun grenades faced off Sunday against masked Palestinian protesters hurling stones and plastic chairs outside the Holy Land's most volatile shrine, where past violence has moved into prolonged conflict.

Israeli police, Palestinian youths clash near key Jerusalem shrine

Rehab of ancient Jewish temple stirs conflicted feelings in Cairo

CAIRO — The warren of slum alleys is called the Jews' Quarter, but no Jews live there. The ancient synagogue still stands, but its roof is gone. The government is renovating it, but is doing so at a moment when anti-Israel feeling is running especially high in Egypt.

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Even star cast can't rescue 'Astro Boy'

Lovely dollops of wit and warmth float through the big-screen version of "Astro Boy," the latest Japanese TV cartoon to make it to the big screen. But the look, themes and slam-bang "Transformers" violence of that 1960s animated series make this every bit as dated as "Speed Racer," even if i…