CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak's elder son Alaa called for a tough stand amid an escalating diplomatic row following the loss to Algeria in a World Cup qualification playoff, as angry soccer fans rioted long into the night and early Friday near the (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian official investigating last month s deadly train accident says traces of hashish have been found in the conductor s blood.
The official said Saturday that the conductor will now also be charged with driving under the (...)
CAIRO: Egypt said Thursday that it will invite rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to Cairo in late October for a final round of talks that it believes will result in a signed reconciliation agreement.
The Gaza Strip s Hamas rulers and (...)
CAIRO: An Egyptian official says a Shia cleric and 12 others has been accused of receiving funds from Iran to promoting extremist Shia doctrine in Sunni-dominated Egypt.
Shias form a small minority in Egypt, where Sunni Islam is the official (...)
