Rivals Hamas and Fatah said prospects for a breakthrough have improved in their reconciliation talks, which continued in Cairo on Tuesday.

Former United States president Jimmy Carter met Gaza-based leaders of Islamist Hamas in Cairo on Thursday, defying US and Israeli criticism that saw him barred from visiting the…

Egypt boosted security around the border town of Rafah on Tuesday and resealed parts of the barrier blasted open a week ago as it tried to control the flow of people in and out…