CAIRO: Protestors in Tahrir Square called for the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to step down and distributed leaflets against a constitutional principles document drafted by Egyptian Prime Minister Deputy Ali el-Selmy as marches (...)
CAIRO: UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said a free and fair elections is not possible unless there is a certain limit of security available in the country.
He said that the people need to feel secure and free to vote for their choices, “this (...)
CAIRO: The United Kingdom has no problem working with Islamist political parties, according to Irfan Siddiq, Head of the Arab Partnership Department at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
“We will work with the groups who are the successful (...)
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: The Pyramids of Giza beat off stiff competition from Victoria Falls, the Serengeti National Park and Mount Kilimanjaro to win the Africa's Leading Attraction award at this year's World Travel Awards.
National airline Egypt (...)
CAIRO: Sharm el-Sheikh will host the World Travel Awards (WTA) for the first time under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism.
The Egyptian Tourist Authority (ETA) and Ministry of Tourism will provide all the required facilities to (...)
CAIRO: Muslim Brotherhood members made up a large contingent of the audience at Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's speech at the Egyptian Opera House Tuesday evening, according to attendants.
Some attendants criticized the disorder the (...)
CAIRO: Plainclothes Egyptian security forces stormed the Al-Jazeera office in Mubasher Misr in Cairo today to interrogate staff about office work permits, reported Ahmed Zein, a member of the Al-Jazeera staff.
The office applied for renewals on (...)
CAIRO: International singer Sami Yusuf arrived in Egypt after Hosni Mubarak was ousted. He stayed in Egypt after the January 25 Revolution because he believes in charity roles and activities to provide help for children with cancer.
Yusuf will (...)
ISTANBUL, Turkey: Turkish President Abdullah Gul met on Sunday with representatives of Egypt's January 25 Revolution during their visit to Turkey.
They generally discussed democratic change in Egypt, and the political and economic Turkish (...)