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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...

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...

A recent study for Brussels University reveals the wages of kings and presidents around the world. The study found that the King of Norway takes around €1.2 million ($1.58...

Abdullah Haddad, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's Information Office in London, said the High Commission's recommendation to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood has been taken into action since 30th...

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...

Egypt's Prosecutor General, Hisham Barakat, has referred the indictment against Nobel Laureate and former deputy prime minister, Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, to the Central Cairo Prosecution in order for an...

An Egyptian activist has filed a lawsuit before the Administrative Court to strip Mohamed ElBaradei, the former interim Vice President, of his Egyptian nationality. Reports claim that plaintiff Mohammed...

Egyptian human rights NGOs have condemned on Monday the trial of civilians at military tribunals. They have listed around 60 such cases since the army ousted Egyptian President Mohammed...

A senior Israeli Defence Ministry official has praised Egypt's latest military operation against armed groups in the Sinai. After the coup that ousted former President Mohammed Morsi, the Egyptian...

Egypt's former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq revealed on Sunday details of a phone conversation between him and General Mohamed Ibrahim, the current Minister of Interior who also served under...

Deputy Head of the Freedom and Justice Party Essam El-Erian affirmed that the military coup has failed to establish itself as the "de facto regime" because it has been...

Former candidate for the Egyptian presidency Ahmed Shafiq has said that he would not run against General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in the upcoming presidential elections, describing the bloodshed of...

A spokesman for the Egyptian army announced that Egypt's "largest military campaign against the terrorists in the Northern Sinai Peninsula" would continue until the whole area is "fully cleansed."...

A campaign has been launched in Cairo to push for army chief General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to make a presidential bid. He is the current self-appointed Deputy Prime Minister...

Chief of the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya Bashir Al-Kabti suggests that there is a national consensus about Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zaydan no longer fitting into this transitional stage,...