Egypt, Sudan Travel News

Most moviegoers haven't traveled to Petra in Jordan , but millions of them instantly recognize the city's Khazneh-that chiseled facade from the finale of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."

Valerie Poppel of Dagsboro had her "Eat, Pray, Love" moment five years ago, when, emerging from a messy divorce, she sold her management company and the rest of her belongings and hopped on a plane to Cairo with $2,000 in her pocket.

As a onetime foreign correspondent who wrote from places like Northern Ireland, Iran, Pakistan, India, Vietnam and the Philippines, I see the riots in Cairo, the assassination in Benghazi and the friction in U.S-Israeli relations as part of one picture: a portrait of the Middle Eastern world preparing for war between Iran and Israel.

The stretch of Steinway Street between 28th Avenue and Astoria Boulevard in Astoria, Queens, known locally as Little Egypt , offers delicious Middle Eastern cuisine , unique hookah cafes and an unforgettable pastry shop.

A gift of gas to Egypt from tiny Qatar shows just how tough this summer is shaping up to be for the government in Cairo, facing a funding crunch and power cuts as it struggles to contain explosive public discontent.

Peace with Israel is the locomotive that pulls aid to Egypt through the Congress, but there are other cars on the train.

The Nile and the Sinai Peninsula are pictured in this handout photo courtesy of Col.

As a onetime foreign correspondent who wrote from places like Northern Ireland, Iran, Pakistan, India, Vietnam and the Philippines, I see the riots in Cairo, the assassination in Benghazi and the friction in U.S-Israeli relations as part of one picture: a portrait of the Middle Eastern world preparing for war between Iran and Israel.

A gift of gas to Egypt from tiny Qatar shows just how tough this summer is shaping up to be for the government in Cairo, facing a funding crunch and power cuts as it struggles to contain explosive public discontent.

Ancient Egypt will be as close as the La Grange Public Library when Kidworks Touring Theatre Co.

In this photo taken Friday, May 31, 2013, tourists walk past vendors at the Giza Pyramids in Giza, Egypt.

Vendors at Egypt's pyramids who are desperate to make money in a deepening economic crisis are using aggressive and even violent means to get tourists to give them some business.

Lawlessness has become so endemic in Egypt that the U.S. Embassy this week warned Americans away from visiting the country's famed pyramids.

Lawlessness has become so endemic in Egypt that the U.S. Embassy this week warned Americans away from visiting the country's famed pyramids.

Assad has not fallen. He is still there, locked in the lethal Muslim schism that resurfaced with the demise of the region's secularist dictators.

The American embassy in Cairo has bad news for anyone traveling to Egypt: For now, the pyramids in Giza should be considered off limits -- at least if you're visiting without a trusted guide.

With its contemporary design and architecture, the Renaissance Cairo Mirage City Hotel brings a sophisticated sense of lifestyle hospitality to Mirage City.

DANCING QUEEN: Natasha Hammond will take her dancing expertise to Egypt next month as part of a six month contract.

Jiri Sliva, one of Czech Republic's most prominent illustrators, famed across Europe for his witty cartoons, exhibits a series of lithographs and etchings at the Arthropologie Gallery in Cairo's Zamalek district.

Georges Moustaki, the Egyptian-born French singer-songwriter who provided the lyrics for Edith Piaf's international 1958 hit Milord, has died at his home on the French Riviera, aged 79.