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The director of the Azhari Mohammad Sharawi Islamic High School in Aswan, Egypt has suspended 32 students for a week on charges of defying Egypt's Defence Minister General Abdel...

The US embassy in Egypt has warned its nationals of possible unrest following the announcement by pro-democracy supporters that they intend to organise protests to denounce the ousting of...

A senior leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, Salah Bardawil, said he was disappointed with the third Arab-African Summit in Kuwait and the Arab Peace Initiative Committee which...

The leader of Tunisia's Al-Nahda Party has said that he and his colleagues have full confidence in the country's political factions. Shaikh Rashid Ghannouchi said on Sunday that all...

On Friday the South African foreign minister criticised the Israeli occupation of Palestine and said that it reminded her of the era of racial discrimination in her country, news...

VIDEO Mohammad Salim Al-Awa, a member of the legal committee defending Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, and 13 members of his government, revealed details of his half hour meeting with...

The Director of Egypt's General Intelligence Service, Mohamed Farid Tuhami, disclosed that the cooperation between Egypt's two intelligence services and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has now been...

Rashid Ghannouchi, the head of the Tunisian Al-Nahda Party, which is currently leading the ruling coalition in Tunisia, reiterated on Thursday his party's refusal to recognise the resignation of...

Cairo's Criminal Court refused on Monday the appeal filed by Muslim Brotherhood leaders against their detention on charges of violence, a judicial source told mass media. The defendants who...

Moheb Dous, a founding member of Egypt's Tamarrod movement, believes that none of its members have benefited from the movement, claiming that the only ones who have benefitted are...

US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has told the Washington Post that Egypt's economy will collapse if the military continues to rule the country. As Graham explained to veteran reporter...

A group of generals in the Egyptian army, along with the leadership of a military services branch, have met with ousted President Mohammed Morsi to launch a campaign called...

Ayman Nahid, a member of the legal authority for the defence of those indicted of the "itihadiyah events", has revealed that deposed President Mohammed Morsi told a legal delegation...

Egyptian, Arab and Western political sources have revealed that secret talks are taking place between Cairo and Abu Dhabi regarding a change in the economic support that the United...

The Secretary General of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Dr Mahmoud Hussein, has denounced the recent statements by US Secretary of State John Kerry, who described the Muslim Brotherhood as the...

Egypt's Ministry of Sports has decided to ban Kung Fu Champion Mohammad Yousuf from representing Egypt in the next round of international events after he made a gesture with...

The defence minister and a number of army officials carried out a military coup on July 3, 2013 against the legitimate government of Egypt that came into office by...

Video Published by pro-coup Al Watan newspaper, November 3, 2013. Below is the transcript of the video. (The coup) is legally a full-fledged crime. Hence, I am the president...

Arab MK Jamal Zahalqeh has called upon the Palestinian Authority to "immediately" stop peace talks with Israel in the wake of the Knesset's overwhelming vote on Monday to return...

The list of those being considered for prosecution by a team of international lawyers includes journalists and clerics associated with the coup in Egypt, it has been revealed. Tayab...

A senior member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Saad Al-Husseini, revealed in court that the coup leaders have offered to release Muslim Brotherhood leaders and members of Egypt's Anti-coup alliance...

Dr Amr Darraj, a leader of Egypt's Anti-Coup Alliance, has revealed that the interim government is offering the Muslim Brotherhood a post as Head of the Cabinet to resolve...

Egyptian politician Amr Mousa has been denied a place in the Association of Arab Parliamentarians because he holds no official position in the coup-led government. Although he is heading...

Ahmad Shafiq, Egypt's former presidential candidate has exposed details of a counter-revolution that the Egyptian government has planned against the January revolution. Shafiq has reappeared after a suspicious disappearance...

Human Rights Watch issued a report on Monday accusing the Egyptian authorities of detaining around 1,500 refugees who fled the internal conflict in Syria and preparing to deport them...

Bassem Yousef's controversial satirical show "El-Bernameg" (the Program) has been permanently suspended after disputes between the show's production company and the Egyptian CBC channel escalated when the channel decided...

Fekri Nabil, a member of the Misr Al-Qawiya party, said the Committee of 50 to rewrite Egypt's constitution has drafted articles about the armed forces' mandate that signal a...

Egyptian women who were sentenced to 11 years in prison on Tuesday for taking part in a protest against the coup have sent a letter of defiance and hope...

The conviction and imprisonment of 21 female protesters, including seven girls, after they participated in a peaceful pro-Morsi demonstration in Alexandria shows the Egyptian authorities' determination to punish dissent,...

In an editorial published on Wednesday, the New York Times newspaper asserted that opposition voices against Egypt's interim government and Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi are on the...

24th November marked one hundred days since the demonstrations in Rabaa Al-Adawiya and Al-Nahda Squares were violently dispersed, resulting in what Human Rights Watch described as the largest mass...

Egyptian coup leader General Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi said that the state institution has received a "strong attack" because of hostility to the police and the interior ministry. In a...