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Egyptian Christian activist Rami Jan, founder of Christians against the Coup, has announced that his movement is going to take part in the anti-coup demonstrations across Egypt being planned...

VIDEO Social media activists have circulated a new video that reveals General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi requested the US administration to supply him with a modern Apache aircraft to help...

Egypt's interim Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy expressed his regret on Thursday over his country's total dependence on US aid for decades without diversifying its options, pointing out that he...

The Libyan ministry of defence spokesman, Abdul Razak Chabahi has confirmed that "the ministry has issued orders to the air force, the navy and coast guards to attack any...

Yahoo has announced that it has closed its office in Cairo, citing a plan to merge its offices in the Middle East as the reason. The company did not...

Egypt's interim Interior Ministry has reported the death of Abdel Wahab Mohamed Abdel Wahab Falah; 44 years old in Al-Minya military prison from a diabetic coma. However, the deceased...

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called on Egypt to release two of his country's citizens, a doctor and a company director, who have been detained by the authorities...

Prominent Egyptian writer Salim Azouz has affirmed that the military coup is corroding and has already started to eat its sons. Azouz, an independent writer who opposed President Mohamed...

Egypt's military backed government has released data revealing that the country's exports during the first 100 days under the rule of the interim President, Adly Mansour and his government,...

Media sources in Egypt have reported that the army has closed three major squares for the third day running. Tahrir Square, Mustafa Mahmud Square and Abdel Moneim Riad Square...

On Sunday, Egyptian Copts and activist groups blamed the current Egyptian Prime Minister, Hazem Al-Beblawi, and the interim government for the gunfire that targeted a church and resulted in...

The son of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi announced that he has received a letter from his father saying: "the military coup is ending soon."   The son, Usama,...

Egyptian activists have published through social media networks a list of university professors who have been detained since the military coup which ousted the country's first elected civilian president,...

In an interview with Al-Jazeera Mubashir Misr, Egypt's strategic military expert General Safwat Al-Zayat remarked that, "President Mohammed Morsi dealt wisely with the people of Sinai; therefore, he is...

Tunisia's interim President Moncef Marzouki has described Egypt's situation as shocking to himself or any other "democratic person", based on the fact that liberals and human rights activists have...

Head of the Change Party Bassem Khafaji has said that the suspension of US aid to the Egyptian army is a sign of the US's tense relations with the...

Egypt's interim Finance Minister Ahmed Jalal said on Wednesday that his country does not need an IMF loan because the reasons for it are no longer present mainly the...

Prominent Syrian opposition figure Burhan Ghalioun affirmed on Sunday that more than 800 Syrian refugees are currently being held in Egyptian prisons. Ghalioun wrote on his Facebook page: "According...

Hussein Zakaria, Chairman of Egypt's National Railways Authority revealed that its losses have amounted to 190 million Egyptian pounds as a result of the stoppage of services since the...

The Ministry of Finance in Egypt has been given loans totaling 3 billion Egyptian pounds (around £270m) from local banks through selling treasury bonds of three and seven years...

PHOTOS The death toll from clashes between security forces and pro-Morsi supporters has risen to 51 killed and 268 wounded, Egypt's MENA state news agency has said, quoting figures...

To mark the 100th day since the military coup took place in Egypt, Deputy Head of the Freedom and Justice Party Essam El-Erian has affirmed that the anti-coup protests...

Amnesty International has accused Egypt of detaining and deporting hundreds of refugees who fled from the conflict in Syria. The human rights organisation condemned the detention of children and...

The Egyptian newspaper, al-Masry al-Youm reported that Khairat al-Shater, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood's daughter criticised the accusation that her father has been collaborating with Hamas. The Egyptian Public...

The leader of Tunisia's Al-Nahda (Renaissance) Party, has praised the political dialogue in the country and the general consensus about the resumption of discussions this week. Sheikh Rashid Ghannouchi...

VIDEO Egypt's Rassd network has broadcast a leaked video which it claims shows a meeting between Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and army officers in the country's chemical...

The Deputy Head of Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party, Essam El-Erian, has said that the opposition leader Mohamed El-Baradei distanced himself from the coup authorities after he became certain...

On the decision to summon Egypt's former Justice Minister Advisor Ahmed Suleiman, along with Advisors Ahmad Mekki and Hisham Jenena, for an investigation into their positions on the military...

A number of Fatah members led by prominent official Mohamed Al-Rajab from Hebron met Egypt's Tamarod in Cairo last week in an attempt to transfer the latter's experience to...

A fire broke out early on Tuesday morning in the Al-Jazeera Channel warehouse in Cairo, destroying its videotapes and equipment, a security official from the Interior Ministry said. The...

Egypt's interim government continues to take over projects designed by Dr Hisham Qandil's government under elected President Mohammed Morsi and claim them to be its own. For example, the...

An Appeal Court judge in Egypt has condemned the revolutionary forces "who abandoned the principles of freedom and democracy" because of their differences with the Muslim Brotherhood. Chancellor Walid...