CAIRO: Hundreds of Egyptian demonstrators briefly blocked a main Cairo bridge over the Nile river Thursday to back their call for an end to military rule, a sign of growing concern that the generals might try to cling to power.
The protesters (...)
CAIRO: The Cairo Administrative Court has ordered authorities to produce evidence of whether the mother of an Islamist presidential candidate has dual Egyptian-US citizenship, something that could disqualify him from running in the May (...)
CAIRO: A Cairo airport official says a prominent Bahraini activist has been barred from entering Egypt upon the request of a security agency.
Nabeel Rajab has been documenting human rights abuses in Bahrain during the island kingdom's 14-month (...)
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood's surprise decision to field a presidential candidate is stirring fears that the two biggest powers to emerge from the ouster of Hosni Mubarak — the Islamists and the military — are maneuvering to put in place a new (...)
CAIRO: An Egyptian court has ordered the government to ban pornographic Internet websites in order to protect society and its values.
The decision and a similar initiative in parliament has fed into fears by liberal and secular Egyptians that (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak told the court trying him for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising that he was saddened by what he called "baseless" claims against him and expressed confidence in the (...)
CAIRO: A volunteer doctor says police and protesters angry over a deadly football riot have clashed for the second day in the Egyptian capital, and that one man died in the latest violence.
The doctor says the protester died of wounds from (...)
CAIRO: At least 74 people have been killed and hundreds injured after soccer fans rushed the field in the seaside city of Port Said following an upset victory by the home team over Egypt's top club, setting off clashes and a stampede as riot police (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's newly elected lawmakers took aim at the country's military rulers Tuesday, accusing them of trampling on democratic norms and overstepping their powers by passing laws, including a crucial one regulating presidential elections. (...)
CAIRO: An Egyptian security official says gunmen have stormed the branch of a major international bank and robbed an armored car in separate parts of Cairo.
The official said that seven gunmen charged Monday into the New Cairo branch of HSBC Bank (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's military rulers are considering ways to speed up the transition to civilian rule, including moving up the date for presidential elections, a spokesman for a civilian body that advises the army said Monday.
The remarks from (...)
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: A crowd of anti-military activists suddenly converged on a bustling Cairo boulevard, erecting makeshift screens and showing videos of soldiers beating protesters, dragging women on the ground, partially stripping one and stomping on her (...)
CAIRO: Gaza's Hamas premier was in Egypt Monday on his first trip outside the blockaded territory since the Islamists overran it in 2007, saying his meeting with his Islamic ideological mentors threatens Israel.
Ismail Haniyeh discussed Mideast (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's military-appointed prime minister on Thursday called for national dialogue to resolve the country's political crisis and pleaded for a two-month calm to restore security after weeks of protests and bloodshed.
Kamal El-Ganzoury also (...)
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: Islamists and liberals traded accusations of abuses during the second round of Egypt's first post-Mubarak parliamentary elections as voters cast ballots Thursday in mostly rural parts of the country.
Most of the reports accused election (...)
CAIRO: Overwhelmed by Islamists in parliamentary elections, the secular and liberal youths who were the driving force behind Egypt's uprising are scrambling to ensure their voices are not lost as a new constitution and government take shape.
Two (...)
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military rulers say that the next parliament will not be representative enough to independently oversee the drafting of a constitution, and that they will appoint a council to check the influence of religious extremists on the (...)
CAIRO: Reformist leader has said the liberal youth behind the country's uprising have been "decimated" in parliamentary elections dominated by Islamists and expressed concern about the rise of hardline religious elements advocating extremist (...)
CAIRO: It was my first time voting in a parliamentary election in the 20 years I have been eligible. Getting to this moment was a journey from excitement to dismay, and finally empowerment.
Ten days ago, I was overjoyed with these elections. I (...)
CAIRO (AP) — A prominent Egyptian-born U.S. columnist says local police sexually assaulted, beat and blindfolded her after she was detained near Tahrir Square during clashes, leaving her left arm and right hand broken and in casts.
Mona Eltahawy, (...)
CAIRO: An army crackdown on a protest that killed more than 25 Christians has not only stunned Egyptians, it has left them with deeply torn feelings toward the force seen as the protector of the nation. Even supporters of the ruling military are (...)
CAIRO: Flights in and out of Egypt's main international airport were severely disrupted Thursday because of a work slowdown by Cairo air traffic controllers to protest the revocation of a promised bonus, airport officials said.
More than 200 (...)