The Egyptian Culture Ministry says nine paintings were stolen from a 19th century palace that used to be the residence of the ruler and founder of modern Egypt, Mohammed Ali Pasha. Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni says the oil paintings appear … read more
An 18-month-old child contracted the H5N1 bird flu virus on 10 March, bringing the number of human cases in Egypt to 58 since records began in 2006, and prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to ask for a study to … read more
Egyptian army cadets in plain clothes have been filmed pelting a police station with stones in a town south of the capital Cairo. Mobile phone footage was posted by Misrdigital, a blog campaigning against police brutality and corruption. One sequence … read more
Egyptian security evacuated guests and staff from a Cairo hotel on Tuesday night after being told a bomb had been planted there, a security official said. A bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs were sent in to the Zoser Hotel, … read more
A convoy led by the maverick MP George Galloway carrying supplies for Gaza has been attacked in Egypt, apparently injuring several people travelling in his party. The convoy, carrying aid worth £1 million, was pelted with stones and vandalised with … read more
At least two sailors died and some 11 people are still missing after their cargo ship capsized off the Egyptian coast in the Red Sea on Monday, Egyptian port authority sources said. The Cypriot-flagged cargo ship, carrying some 6,500 tons … read more
Israeli negotiator Ofer Dekel has held talks in Cairo with Egyptian mediators on a prisoner swap with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, an Egyptian official said on Sunday. Dekel’s visit, the second in as many weeks, was aimed at securing … read more
British MP George Galloway arrived in Cairo on Saturday to join a convoy that had set out from London last month carrying relief for war-torn Gaza, an airport official said. Galloway was met by officials from Mubarak’s ruling National Democratic … read more
Cairo Archaeologists have unearthed the 3,000-year-old tomb of an Egyptian noblewoman in the necropolis of Saqqara, south of Cairo. The Japanese team believes that the tomb belongs to Isisnofret, granddaughter of Ramses II, the 19th Dynasty pharaoh who reigned over … read more
Egyptian security authorities have released an Internet activist after they detained him Monday at his home near Cairo.The activist group April 6 Youth Movement said security agents seized member Rami al-Sweisy in the early morning hours Monday (3:30 a.m. local … read more