It was the most important speech of Barack Obama’s young presidency. And he delivered big-time.

America was supposed to be a shining city on a hill, but your country’s backing of dictatorial police states in our region is drastically incompatible with your declared ideals. Hypocrisy

Five Palestinian human rights groups have accused Tuesday the secretary-general of the UN Ban Ki-Moon of violating the charter of his organization after he advanced political considerations over the lives

Michael Crowley and Marc Ambinder both have items about leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood -- more colloquially, the Ikhwan -- attending the President’s speech in Cairo tomorrow, and both seem

The Brotherhood, founded in 1928, is the oldest and most influential Islamist movement in the Middle East, with branches in most Arab countries. The group went underground during the rule

CAIRO, Jun 3 (IPS) - Several leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement stand accused of plans to form an "international network of organisational cells." Its leaders say the

Preparations for President Barack Obama’s visit to Egypt have been in high gear in Cairo. Residents of areas neighboring the Cairo University campus and the Pyramids road have been amazed

Two stories this morning highlight what I think is a key question about President Obama’s speech tomorrow in Cairo. The first is the news that, “under pressure from the United

Barack Obama is the first United States president since Jimmy Carter to take office determined to make Arab–Israeli peacemaking a critical piece of his foreign policy agenda. His administration is

A souvenir shop-owner displays a recently-made metal plaque for sale to tourists reading ’Obama, New Tutankhamun of the World’, in Cairo’s main tourist market ahead of President Barack Obama’s planned