Al-Qaida confirmed the killing of Osama bin Laden and vowed revenge, saying Friday that Americans’ “happiness will turn to sadness.” The statement was the first by the terrorist network since its leader was slain in a U.S. raid on his … read more
Israeli officials have expressed alarm at a succession of moves by the interim Egyptian government that they fear signal an impending crisis in relations with Cairo. The widening rift was underscored yesterday when leaders of the rival Palestinian factions Hamas … read more
Cairo yesterday witnessed four major protests . The first protest was held by 300 Salafists who have marched towards Nour Mosque in the Abbasiya district of Cairo to express their anger over the assassination of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden … read more
In Egypt more than 2,000 representatives of the groups that took part in the uprising against former President Hosni Mubarak are to hold a national council. The meeting aims to plan their strategy for the election for September. It is … read more
Egypt’s Freedom and Justice Party, set up by the Muslim Brotherhood to run in this year’s parliamentary election, is proposing the government sell Islamic bonds for the first time. “There’s a high percentage of the Egyptian people that has reservations … read more
Camilia Shehata, a woman at the center of a religious dispute between Coptic Christians and Muslims in Egypt, has appeared with her husband and child in a new picture published by Al Ahram. The 26-year old Ms. Shehata, the wife … read more
Iranian Foreign Minister announced joint Tehran-Cairo efforts to reestablish embassies, Press TV reported Thursday. Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi emphasized the importance of expanding bilateral ties with Egypt. He added that the establishment of friendly relations between the two … read more
Egypt has rejected an offer of $150 million in US aid to help overcome the economic losses triggered by the January 25th Revolution and to support the country’s embryonic process of democratization. While details are still sketchy, local media is … read more
An Egyptian court sentenced the former interior minister who oversaw the expansion of the Mubarak regime’s vast security apparatus to 12 years in prison for corruption, in the first conviction of a senior former regime official since a popular uprising … read more
The ongoing ordeal of the case of Camelia Shehata, the wife of a Coptic Priest, who some in Egypt believe to be held by the Coptic Church in a monastery for her alleged conversion to Islam, has continued this week … read more