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The powerful chair of the Senate’s foreign relations committee is accused of a years-long bribery scheme trading political favours for cash, gold, a Mercedes-Benz and other gifts, Alex Woodward reports

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife are accused of taking bribes of gold bars, a luxury car and cash in exchange for using his outsized sway in foreign affairs to help the authoritarian government of Egypt as well as others

The senator allegedly searched 'how much is one kilo of gold worth' after a trip to Egypt

Publicly a critic of Cairo, privately, prosecutors allege the senator used his influence to benefit Egypt.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey will have to step down as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee now that he's been indicted again

Prosecutors accuse top Democrat and wife of corruption, including using his power to influence policy to benefit Egypt.

Prosecutors charge New Jersey Democrat with accepting bribes to use influence to benefit three businessmen and Egypt government

Christian Greco, who manages the Egyptian Museum in Turin, offered discounted tickets to Arabic speakers

Gold and silver treasure discovered in the ancient Egyptian city of Thonis-Heracleion

You might be forgiven for thinking of abortion as a particularly modern phenomenon. But there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that abortion has been a constant feature of social life for thousands of years. The history of abortion is often told as a legal one, yet abortion has continued regardless…

French journalist Ariane Lavrilleux, who was arrested over her report alleging that French intelligence was used by Egypt to kill civilians, denounced attacks on press freedom on Thursday following her release from custody.