Egypt Jails Christians Over Soldier Clash

An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced two Coptic Christians to three years in prison for seizing a soldier's rifle during a deadly Oc...

Egypt Opposition Rejects Mohammed Morsi Dialogue Call

Riot police beat an anti-Mursi protester during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge in Cairo, on Monday.  Egypt's main opposition alli...

Egypt Court Sentences 21 To Death In Football Disaster Trial

Egyptian fans clashING with riot police following THE Al-Ahly club soccer match against Al-Masry club in Port Said, Egypt, on February 1,...

Egypt’s Christians Worried By Islamists’ Rise

Egypt’s Christians were worried about their safety on Monday as they marked the first Christmas under Islamist rule, with Coptic Pope Taw...

Mubarak Has Cracked Ribs, Fluid In Lungs

Ousted president Hosni Mubarak has a build-up of fluid in his lungs and cracked ribs, Egypt's official news agency MENA reported afte...

Egyptian Opposition Leaders Under Investigation For Plot To Topple Morsi

Left to right: Mohammed El-Baradei, Amr Moussa and Hamdeen Sabahi Egypt was facing renewed political tensions on Thursday after three le...

Egypt Judges Club Reaffirms Boycott of Constitution Vote

Senior Egyptian judges are set to boycott the supervision of a referendum on the controversial draft constitution which is being held tom...

Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership: No winner

There is no winner this year for the world's most valuable individual prize - the Mo Ibrahim prize for good governance in Africa. N...

Egyptian boys aged 9 and 10 detained 'for defiling Koran'

Two Coptic Christian boys have been put in juvenile detention after locals accused them of urinating on pages of the Islamic holy book. I...

Google defends hosting of Islam film

GOOGLE'S executive chairman Eric Schmidt defended on Thursday YouTube's hosting of an anti-Islam film that sparked violent globa...

Turmoil spreads across Muslim world over controversial Mohammed film

An angry mob forced its way into the American embassy in Yemen as violence linked a film denigrating the Prophet Mohammed spread turmoil...

US Embassy flag in Egypt torn down in Prophet Muhammad video protest

Protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday and pulled down the American flag during a protest over what they sa...

Egypt’s new president Mohammad Morsi sacks army chief

Egypt's Islamist president sacked the country's top generals on Sunday night in a dramatic attempt to stamp civilian control ove...

Olympics football: Spain eliminated at group stage

Spain's shock 1-0 defeat by Honduras saw their Olympic campaign fail to get beyond the group phase. The ...

Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes

Protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 's motorcade on Sunday during her first visit to Egypt...

Mubarak sons on trial again for corruption

The sons of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak appeared in court to face a new corruption trial on Monday, after the two were acqui...

US 'pleased so far by new Egypt leader'

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the Obama administration is pleased so far with commitments made by Egypt's Islamist pre...

Israel anxious after Islamist wins Egypt presidency

Israel expressed anxiety on Monday after Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi was elected Egypt's next president, with the med...

Mubarak fell down in the prison bathroom- Lawyer

A new sense of political intrigue compounded the confusion over the health of  Hosni Mubarak  on Wednesday when one of his lawyers contr...

Hosni Mubarak 'defibrillated after heart stops'

Hosni Mubarak, who has been in critical condition since the ousted Egyptian president was moved to prison, was defibrillated twice after...