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Former Egyptian presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi said on Wednesday that he would support General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi if he ran for presidency because he has become a "popular hero."...

Interim Egyptian president, Adly Mansour, appointed by the military coup, issued a presidential decree to amend the army officers' oath of allegiance. Presidential decree number 562 removed the phrase...

Egypt's interim Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi has admitted that the country's army and security services committed "atrocities" against anti-coup protesters in Rabaa Al-Adawiya and Al-Nahda Squares in Cairo two...

The General Union for the Egyptian Chamber of Commerce announced on Tuesday that it is suspending all official relations with Turkey in protest of what they are calling Turkish...

Continuing the mass arrest campaign against anti-coup Egyptians in recent weeks, on Tuesday night security services arrested at least 64 members and sons of members of the Muslim Brotherhood...

Egypt's interim foreign minister is fast becoming a national embarrassment and an object of ridicule across the Middle East. In his latest gaffe, Nabil Fahmy introduced his Saudi counterpart,...

On Sunday, Egyptian security forces arrested the head of Al-Jazeera English's bureau in Cairo and expelled four journalists, while detaining two more. The Al-Jazeera network issued a statement stating...

An Egyptian judicial panel advised a court to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood as a legally registered non-governmental organization on Monday, posing a legal challenge to the group as the...

Nearly two months after the military coup that ousted Egypt's elected President Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's state-run newspapers are now recognising Morsi and his government's achievements. Al-Ahram newspaper published an...

The Egyptian army is working to create a buffer zone on the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip in a purported effort to undermine weapon smuggling and chaos caused...

Spokesman of Egypt's interim president, Ehab Badawi, said "Egypt's patience with Turkey is running out". Badawi made his statement in an apparent reference to Turkey's official statements which oppose...

Hundreds of residents of the Egyptian town of Rafah took to the streets on Sunday morning in protest at the army's intention to create a buffer zone along the...

The officers and men of Egypt's security services who smashed the anti-coup, pro-Morsi protests last month leading to the deaths of thousands of civilians have been rewarded for their...

Muslim Brotherhood leader Dr Mohamed Al-Beltaji has insisted in a letter sent from his prison cell that "right will always win over wrong in the end". The leading member...

The Egyptian security forces intensified their presence on Friday morning in all streets and whereabouts leading to Tahrir and Rabaa Al-Adawiya Squares in an effort to undermine any attempt...

A retired Egyptian general has revealed details of an Egypt-UAE plot to impose a stranglehold on the Gaza Strip and overthrow the Hamas-led government. The plot, claims General Sami...

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information denounced Egypt's interim government for punishing media channels with recent judicial decisions to shut down a number of satellite channels operating in...

The source of jamming of Al-Jazeera's Egyptian TV service is outside Cairo, according to a company that investigates interference with satellite signals. Bruno Dupas, president of Integral Systems, said...

Two Egyptian lawyers have filed a lawsuit calling a freeze on all activities of the Salafi Al-Noor Party. The move is seen as a prelude to calls for the...

On Tuesday morning Egyptian military helicopters launched several airstrikes against Egyptian neighbourhoods near and adjacent to the Gaza Strip. Witnesses said that the helicopters targeted the Al-Toma, Al-Jamee and...

The Palestinian Islamic Movement Hamas affirmed on Monday that the Egyptian authorities' closure of the Rafah Crossing and destruction of the tunnels have nothing to do with securing Egypt's...

Video Spokesman of the interim Egyptian presidency Ihab Badawi has said that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) attempted to set up a "theocratic fascist regime" and described the Palestinian Islamist...

An Egyptian military court convened in Suez city has today, Tuesday, sentenced 11 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to life imprisonment. 45 others were sentenced to five years each....

The Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday that it has serious concerns about the mistreatment of its officials and members being held by the coup authorities in Egypt. A statement...

The United Arab Emirates has pledged to supply fuel and consumers goods throughout 2013 and 2014 to help the ailing Egyptian economy. The announcement was made by Egypt's Prime...

The Egyptian Judges' Club has decided to expel 75 of its General Assembly members following a complaint to the Supreme Judicial Council accusing them of siding with a political...

Interim president Adly Mansour has denied that any Egyptian civilians have been tried by military courts since the coup in July. Mansour, who was appointed by coup leader General...

Two months after the military coup that led to the ouster of the first freely elected president of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, the information advisor to the interim Egyptian president,...

Former Parliamentarian Hamdi Al-Fakharani filed a lawsuit against the 6 April Youth Movement before the Magistrate Court, in an effort to add the group to the known list of...

According to sources in the Governorate of Northern Sinai, the Governorate has suffered losses amounting to 33,495,183 Egyptian Pounds due to the events of 30th June. The detailed losses...

The adviser of the Tunisian government, Nouriddin Al-Bohairi, denied early on Thursday information about the government's intention to give the US permission to build a military base in the...

At least four Egyptians were wounded on Thursday when the convoy of the Egyptian Interior Minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, was targeted by a roadside bomb in Cairo. Egyptian media sources...