Egyptian ambassador to the United States Sameh Shoukry today said that the embassy decided to extend its working hours until midnight, Washington time, to continue receiving Egyptian ballots.
“Over 500 Egyptian citizens from the United States (...)
Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hisham Kandil will head to Uganda tonight.
The minister will be representing Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the leader of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, at the Great Lakes Summit, held (...)
CAIRO: U.S. Senator John Kerry arrived in Cairo on a private jet late yesterday from Muscat, the capital of Oman, for a visit to Egypt that will last several days.
Kerry will with a number of senior officials in Egypt to discuss ways of promoting (...)
PARIS, France: A ceremony, attended by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, will be held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris to raise the Palestinian flag on December 13.
The Permanent Palestinian Mission to UNESCO announced in a press release on (...)
The Egyptian embassy in India finished counting ballots on Tuesday for the runoff to the first phase of the parliamentary elections, the first of which Egyptians abroad have been able to vote in.
Egypt's ambassador to India Khaled el-Bakly said (...)
The U.N. ratified two resolutions put forward by Egypt on nuclear weapons and the risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.
Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Amr Roshdy said the first resolution adopted by the General Assembly (...)
GAZA: Israel is deeply concerned about the results of the first phase of the parliamentary elections in Egypt, reported Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barack yesterday.
“The preliminary indicators show that the Freedom and Justice Party will win (...)
Chairman of the Supreme Electoral Committee (SEC) Abdel Moez Ibrahim announced the results of the first round of parliamentary elections that took place in nine Egyptian governorates on November 28 and 29. The Freedom and Justice Party received the (...)
CAIRO: Secretary of the Freedom Party Moataz Mohamed Mahmoud said the party filed a complaint to the Supreme Electoral Committee in Fayoum on Friday, calling for a ballot recount due to confusion of voters between their name and the Freedom and (...)
Demonstrators began arriving this morning December 2 in Tahrir Square to participate in demonstrations, called on by more than 23 parties, coalitions and political movements, notably by the National Association for Change (NAC) and the April 6 (...)
CAIRO: The Cairo Security Directorate has assigned a female police colonel to help secure polling stations in Cairo's Nasr City neighborhood. The move comes in response to an order from Gen. Sami Anan, Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces and (...)
Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki Moon expressed concern about the violence in Egypt during the past few days Saturday, adding that "he regretted the loss of life and the large number of wounded."
The spokesman for the (...)
An Amnesty International fact finding team is currently in Egypt to investigate the human rights situation regarding the demonstrations in Cairo, Alexandria and other governorates, announced the organization.
According to a statement issued by (...)
There were clashes between demonstrators and security forces in Mohamed Mahmoud St., Mansour and Bab El Louk in Cairo. Central Security Forces (CSF) tried to protect the area. Demonstrators attempted to control the entrances into Tahrir Square by (...)
CAIRO: A huge fire broke out this morning at the main branch of the Bank of Cairo on Salah Salem Street near the Sonesta Hotel.
“The headquarters has been evacuated of its employees and the fire brigade is currently fighting the blaze,” a bank (...)
he Belayim Petroleum Company today announced the discovery of a new crude oil well near the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula. The oil well will produce up to 2,270 barrels of crude oil per day, the company claims.
Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and (...)
The International Monetary Fund mission, which concluded a visit to Cairo last night, said the coming short to medium term economic potential of Egypt seems "promising." However, maintaining macroeconomic stability and social cohesion amid growth (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Kamel Amr condemned Israel's decision to accelerate the construction of 2,000 settlement units in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Amr said this decision represents a blow to all efforts (...)
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood rejects the military trials for activists Alaa Seif Abdel-Fattah and Bahaa Saber, said Deputy Leader of the Brotherhood Khairat el-Shater.
“We demand the immediate cessation of these trials of civilians before military (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga will meet with Pakistani Ambassador to Egypt Seema Naqvi on Sunday to sign an agreement on economic and technical cooperation between the two countries.
The agreement comes in (...)
TEHRAN, Iran: Iranian Minister of Culture Mohammad Hosseini on Friday expressed the happiness of the Iranian people at the restoration of Egypt's prestige in the Islamic world. He said this reflects Egypt's position on various issues.
During a (...)
Afghanistan's ambassador to Egypt, Naseer Noor, said that “Afghan-Arabs” were involved in internal fighting in Afghanistan, and expressed his belief that the Arab Spring and the success of the peaceful revolution in Egypt and other Arab countries (...)
A number of Egyptian activists in attended a conference in Washington organized and funded by Egyptian-American organizations Friday to discuss the latest developments in Egypt and the prospect for the transfer of power to a civilian (...)
Two Egyptians brothers have won an international award for an environmental project to develop solar cells made from plants instead of silicon, the Society for the Age of Science announced Saturday.
The "Green Apple Environmental" was awarded to (...)
An official source at the petroleum sector said the Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Khaled Toukan, is expected to arrive in Egypt this month to sign an agreement amending the price of gas exported to Jordan, recently approved by (...)