Egypt

Protesters in Egypt continued to push for the removal of the military from politics in what is looking like a repeat of the protests earlier in the year that forced long time Egyptian ruler President Hosni Mubarak to step down from power. The protesters have filled Cairo's Tahrir Square and faced...

The United States and Israel have been scrambling to gain enough votes to block a United Nations vote to recognize a Palestinian state. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that he will ask the fifteen member United Nations Security Council to recognize Palestine as the United...

At a time of crisis, Cargill believes that it's better to focus on positive things like palm oil and Egyptian soy. While most of the world is focused on Cargill's massive nationwide recall – which includes 36 million pounds of ground turkey – Cargill.com is touting the company's commitment to RSPO...

A tweet from Reuters says that former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has cancer, according to his defense lawyer. Mubarak was ousted in a government coup earlier this year.

If Sony (NYSE: SNE) could go back in time and re-market The Social Network with current information, the film's tagline would have read, “You can't make 700 million friends without making a few enemies.” That's right Facebook users, Business Insider reports that the social network that everyone...

Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has posted an essay responding to a piece by CNN.com's National Security Analyst, Peter Bergen, in which he called Al Qaeda the “loser” of the Arab revolutions. Bergen said that in his previous piece, he said that Osama bin Laden must be “watching the events...

Oil prices rose to a 2 1/2 year high during trading in Asia, as the market reacted to news that rebels in Libya had suffered setbacks and a rise in China's Purchasing Managers Index. After declining for months, China's Purchasing Managers Index for March climbed to 53.4, up from 52.2 for February...

The Egyptian stock market plunged for the 2nd day in a row, which led to trading being halted for 30 minutes. The Egyptian stock market has only been open for two days since it was closed on January 27th. On each of those two days shortly after the stock market opened share prices crashed and...

After being closed for nearly two months because of widespread civil unrest that eventually led to the downfall of Egypt's longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian stock market opened for trading on Wednesday, only to see stock prices plummet and trading halted once again. Shortly after the...

South Korean stocks rose sharply during Thursday trading in Seoul on news that the country's factory output had surged higher in January. The export-driven economy's factory output climbed 4.6% above the previous month's level and 13.7% above the January 2010 level. The growth looks set to continue...

Reuters has published statistics that shows a clear picture of the economic landscape of countries in the Middle East. Even though Libya has a population of just 6.6 million people, the country is responsible for more than 2 percent of all global oil production. Libya's inflation is low at 3.5...

This afternoon, President Obama spoke briefly about the departure of Hosni Mubarak. Obama said that it was the moral force that bent the arc of history toward justice in Egypt, not violence. “[Their] voices have been heard and Egypt will never be the same,” Obama said, adding that by stepping down...