CAIRO: Islamists who swept to victory in the first stage of Egypt's parliamentary elections were looking to extend their winning streak in a second round of voting on Wednesday.
Some 18.8 million Egyptians are eligible to cast their ballots in (...)
CAIRO: Secular activists in Egypt were outflanked in recent parliamentary elections by Islamists, but they say they are digging in for a long battle with the ruling military leadership.
The secular, pro-democracy movement —a loose coalition of (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's military rulers apologized on Thursday for the deaths of demonstrators at the hands of police as calm returned to the outskirts of Tahrir Square, the scene of days of deadly clashes.
At least 35 protesters have been killed since (...)
CAIRO: Just south of Cairo's Tahrir Square, down a pockmarked and rock-strewn street, a military crane builds a concrete wall to staunch the flood of deaths on the frontline of a renewed battle for democracy.
More than 30 people were killed on (...)
CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced a man to three years in jail with hard labor on Saturday for insulting Islam in postings on Facebook, the official MENA news agency reported.
The Cairo court found that Ayman Youssef Mansour "intentionally (...)
CAIRO: Egypt and Israel are adding the "final touches" to a deal to swap an Israel-American detained in Cairo for a group of Egyptian prisoners and children, the official MENA news agency said on Saturday.
"MENA has learned that the final touches (...)
CAIRO: Parliamentary election, the first since a popular revolt ousted president Hosni Mubarak in February, will start on November 28, the official MENA news agency reported on Tuesday.
"The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has set November 28 (...)
CAIRO: Turkey's expulsion of the Israeli ambassador puts pressure on Egypt to downgrade ties following outrage over the border killings of Egyptian policemen, analysts said.
But they said post-Mubarak Egypt's military rulers are unlikely to expel (...)
CAIRO: A lone protester became a hero to an exultant crowd of Egyptians and many more online by hauling down the Star of David flag atop Israel's embassy in Cairo after the border killing of Egyptian policemen.
More than 1,000 protesters gathered (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's cabinet said on Sunday that an Israeli statement expressing regret for the border deaths of five policemen was not enough but stopped short of saying if it would recall its Tel Aviv envoy.
"The Israeli statement was positive on the (...)
CAIRO: His arm in a sling and his head bandaged, Mohamed Morsi, still mourning his son, looked across the room at the cage that held Egypt's fallen dictator Hosni Mubarak and cursed, almost under his breath. "May God burn his heart."
Minutes (...)
CAIRO: Despite official assurances that Hosni Mubarak will be in the defendant's cage on Wednesday for his murder trial, few Egyptians cannot imagine seeing the ousted strongman in a courtroom.
Even a day before Mubarak is set to stand trial for (...)
CAIRO: Tens of thousands packed Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday, with Islamist groups dominating the protest meant to show unity during a fragile transition from ousted president Hosni Mubarak's regime.
The rally was officially to start after the (...)
CAIRO: Hundreds of Egyptian protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday to push for reforms, as Islamists held a separate demonstration calling for stability.
Pro-democracy activists had called for a rally in Tahrir Square — the (...)
CAIRO: The new cabinet, aimed at mollifying protesters demanding quick reforms, was expected to be sworn on Thursday, three days behind schedule, after intense wrangling left the premier in hospital.
"Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has completed (...)
CAIRO: For a country where over-the-top venality characterized politics for decades, Egypt's first ever presidential candidates' debate on Saturday was a sedate and courteous occasion.
So polite, in fact, that some of the hopefuls had forced the (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's military was feted for its stand during the revolt that ousted president Hosni Mubarak. But when a general recounted its role to over 1,000 young people, several in the crowd showed they were in no mood to accept any (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's decision to permanently open its border crossing with Hamas-ruled Gaza starting on Saturday signals an adjustment in its foreign policy that will boost the group despite Israeli objections.
The decision was first announced in April (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's state prosecutor decided Friday to move ailing ex-president Hosni Mubarak to a military hospital, then to prison when his health improves, in a probe over a deadly crackdown on protesters that could send him to the gallows, state (...)
KAFR EL-MOSEILHA: When Hosni Mubarak, then an aloof young military officer, returned to his Nile Delta hometown to bury his mother he was so disliked, according to residents, he was told to find another burial site.
"They told him: 'You have (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's plan to build four nuclear powerplants by 2025 underscores the emerging interest in atomic energy across the Middle East, where even oil-rich nations such as Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates are eyeing fossil fuel alternatives to (...)
CAIRO: Former UN atomic watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei has been in the firing line of Egypt s official press since announcing he might run for president and analysts say he may yet become a top dissident.
The Nobel laureate conditioned his (...)
CAIRO: Egypt s Muslim Brotherhood was swift in its rejection of reports that its leader resigned after a row with conservatives, but the crisis exposed a profound rift among the Islamists, analysts said.
The Brotherhood was reacting to front page (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday began his first visit to the United States in five years, to meet his US counterpart Barack Obama for talks that will focus on Middle East peace.
His trip comes as the United States pressures (...)
CAIRO: Arab health ministers agreed on Wednesday to ban certain people including the elderly and young children from pilgrimage to Mecca in an effort to contain the spread of swine flu.
"Hajj and Umrah will continue with some conditions, Ibrahim (...)