Unknown assailants attacked police officers on Saturday in front of a church in Port Said, leaving four police personnel injured, state-owned Al-Ahram reported.
According to Al-Ahram, the assailants fired birdshot at security forces who were (...)
US Secretary of State John Kerry appointed diplomat David Satterfield on Friday to temporarily replace Anne Patterson who finished her tenure as US Ambassador to Egypt last week amid controversial reviews of her performance.
Satterfield will serve (...)
We took a truck to the absolute end of the village of West Aswan after leaving the house at around dusk. Our task would be to return to the house by foot, only after knocking tirelessly on the doors of the neighbours and friends of the groom's (...)
Minister of Interior Mohammed Ibrahim met with civil society and human rights activists on Monday to discuss human rights issues and to urge civil society groups to support the ministry's campaign against terrorism.
During the meeting the minister (...)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy met his Jordanian counterpart on Sunday morning to discuss developments in the region and defend the interim government's roadmap.
In a press conference on Sunday afternoon following the meeting, Fahmy and (...)
When silence equals complacency with the fate of those whose voices have been stilled by violent conflict, music can become an act of agitation that reminds us to not forget the victims of war.
In the dusty buildings of Downtown, Cairo one such (...)
CAIRO: Last week audiences at the Rawabet Theater in Downtown Cairo were treated to a stunning performance of contemporary dance. Shari'a, or a “Street” in Arabic, consisted of various interrelated contemporary dance performances by seven (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian television program, El Tabaa El Ola, announced government plans to sell the famous Tahrir Square to an influential French hotel company yesterday.
Ahmed El-Mosalamany from Dream TV made the announcement on the program and (...)
CAIRO: The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced on Tuesday his plans to intensify the construction of 240 kilometer metal fence along the Israeli- Egyptian border.
During his recent visit to the border near Eliat, Benjamin (...)
When you are not bathing in Costa Rica's famous clear blue beaches and coasts, spending the night on a volcano retreat, or exploring its lush rainforests take your free 108 minutes in Costa Rica to discover the city of San Jose. You'll find that the (...)
CAIRO: The Arab League and the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur announced their plan to cooperate with the Sudanese government to implement a development project in Darfur on Tuesday in Cairo.
The project will construct 12 model (...)
CAIRO: The Sudanese government and its armed forces are engaged in a campaign of indiscriminate bombing of civilians in the Southern Kordofan region while banning some aid agencies from serving those in need, a recent report by Amnesty International (...)