GAZA/CAIRO: Egypt called on Israel and the Palestinians Saturday to halt fire and resume cease-fire talks, but violence continued unabated with Israeli air...
GAZA/CAIRO: A Gaza truce was holding Wednesday as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives on an enduring end to a war...
CAIRO: A possible truce to halt bloodshed in Gaza during the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday next week hinges on complex negotiations that have to give Hamas,...
DOHA/CAIRO: The push for a Gaza cease-fire risks becoming mired in a regional tussle for influence between conservative Arab states and Islamist-friendly...
CAIRO: Egypt’s newly appointed Investment Minister Ashraf Salman said he targets $10 billion in foreign direct investment for the coming fiscal year and $14...
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ordered the interior minister to fight sexual harassment following the arrest of seven men for attacking...
CAIRO: Former egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won 96.91 percent in a presidential vote last week, the election commission said on Tuesday, confirming...
CAIRO: Egyptians voted on Monday in an election expected to anoint Abdel Fatah al-Sisi as president, with supporters hoping another military strongman can end...
CAIRO: A 13-year-old boy was shot dead on Wednesday in southern Egypt in clashes between police and supporters of deposed President Mohammad Morsi of the...
CAIRO: Egypt's government resigned on Monday, paving the way for army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to declare his candidacy for president of a...
CAIRO: Egypt's top military council gave the army chief, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a green light on Monday to seek election as president, a vote...
CAIRO: After crushing the Muslim Brotherhood at home, Egypt’s military rulers plan to undermine the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which runs the...
CAIRO: Egypt's government is likely to call a presidential election before parliamentary polls, officials said on Monday, rearranging the political timetable...
CAIRO: A bomb targeted an Egyptian military intelligence building north of Cairo on Sunday, wounding four soldiers, the army said, in the second bomb attack...
CAIRO: A suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives at a police compound in Egypt's Nile Delta on Tuesday, killing 15 people, the interior...
CAIRO: Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafik, will soon be free to return from self-imposed exile and perhaps to make a political comeback...
CAIRO: A hardline Islamist leader said the army had driven Egypt to the "edge of a precipice", as a new constitution likely to ban Islamic political parties...
CAIRO: An Egyptian court ruled a three-month state of emergency be lifted on Tuesday, a step that may help the army-backed government restore a semblance of...
CAIRO: The Egyptian government will launch a new economic stimulus package by the end of the year, the finance minister said Monday, bringing forward spending...
CAIRO: Ousted Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsi struck a defiant tone on the first day of his trial on Monday, chanting 'Down with military rule', and calling...
CAIRO: After months of turmoil in Egypt, military officers are pushing popular army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to run for president, after the 2011 uprising...
CAIRO: Egypt's prosecutor general on Tuesday ordered the trial of four police officers charged with killing 39 Muslim Brotherhood members in August after...
CAIRO: A U.S. decision to curtail military and economic aid to Egypt to promote democracy may ultimately backfire, pushing Cairo to seek assistance elsewhere...
CAIRO: Egypt criticised on Thursday a U.S. decision to curtail military and economic aid to Cairo after a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, although...
CAIRO: Egypt's second biggest Islamist party on Monday walked out of a committee amending the constitution, to protest against moves to curb the influence of...