CAIRO: Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians have marked the first anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak with rallies in major squares across Egypt that turned into a show of strength by secular groups in their competition with the (...)
CAIRO: The ruling military escalated its tone against pro-democracy activists Wednesday, warning of an attempt to "topple the state," as government media said a plot had been uncovered to use upcoming protests to throw the country into a civil (...)
CAIRO: Troops pulled women across the pavement by their hair, knocking off their Muslim headscarves. Young activists were kicked in the head until they lay motionless in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
Unfazed by TV cameras catching every move, Egypt's (...)
CAIRO: It started with a Christian woman who wanted a divorce to marry her Muslim lover. With divorce strictly banned by Egypt's Coptic Christian Church, she found no other way but to convert to Islam.
And so began a chain of events that led to (...)
CAIRO: Relations between Egypt's Muslims and Christians have degenerated to a new low after riots left 12 people dead and a church burned, adding to the disorder of the country's post-revolution transition to democracy.
The attack on the church (...)