The Citadel was fortified by the Ayyubid ruler Salah al-Din (Saladin) between 1176 and 1183 CE, to protect it from the Crusaders. Only a few years after defeating the Fatimid Caliphate, Saladin set ...

Houses destroyed by Saudi-led air strikes are pictured through the wall of a nearby damaged house in Yemen's capital Sanaa September 17, 2015. (Reuters) ...

A Syrian refugee carries his child after a dinghy overcrowded with Syrian refugees arrived at a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing a part of the Aegean sea from Tu ...

Yuen, male water buffalo, handlers lead its bride Thong-Kwao (THAILAND) (Reuters) People take pictures in "Heartwalk", a Times Square Valentine Heart in New Yor ...

For the fifth consecutive week the Muslim Brotherhood continue their sit-in to demand the return of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (All photos by Mai Shaheen) ...

Mubarak gets life; senior police heads acquitted. Mubarak gets life; senior police heads acquitted ...

A woman sitting in the street after joining the protest in Tahrir Square against the Presidential candidate and Mubarak's regime-affiliated figure Ahmed Shafik, Friday, June 1, 20 ...

A day before the one year anniversary of the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak, around 10 marches from around Cairo gathered by the Ministry of Defence to protest Egypt's military rule. The ...