Egypt’s influential Muslim Brotherhood condemned the “assassination” of Osama bin Laden, claiming anyone accused of a crime should be put on trial. However, the conservative group – the inspiration for mainstream political Islamists across the Arab world – said Bin … read more
Hotels in Egypt and other countries hit hard by the Arab uprisings are again starting to fill rooms but a full recovery remains a long way off, industry executives said Sunday. Bookings plunged earlier this year as violent protests gripped … read more
British Foreign Secretary William Hague was in Cairo on Monday for talks with Egyptian officials on the country’s transitional period, as well as on the region’s multiple crises. Britain ‘supports what Egypt has achieved in the last three months,’ and … read more
Authorities stepped up security at Cairo airport on Monday for fear of reprisal attacks by al-Qaeda after its leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces in Pakistan, an airport source said. “Egyptian security authorities at Cairo Internatinal Airport … read more
What effect Osama Bin Laden’s death will have on al-Qaida’s operations is uncertain. Retired CIA veteran Paul Pillar, who served as the agency’s national intelligence officer for the Middle East and South Asia from 2000 to 2004, said that al-Qaida … read more
Lara Logan was groped all over her body and had her clothes ripped off by a baying mob in Egypt who went on to ‘rape her with their hands’. The 39-year-old CBS foreign correspondent revealed terrifying new details of the … read more
British Foreign Secretary William Hague arrived here on Sunday on a two-day visit to Egypt. Hague will hold talks with Chief of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Hussein Tantawi, Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, Foreign Minister Nabil el-Arabi … read more
Tensions were thick in the White House Situation Room after two choppers full of Navy SEALS left Afghanistan to storm a Pakistani compound and kill Osama bin Laden. The President wasn’t 100% certain bin Laden was in the compound. No … read more
Thousands of Egyptian workers demonstrated in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Sunday to demand an increase in the country’s 400 Egyptian pound ($67) per month minimum wage and other rights. The demonstration paled in size compared to the mass protests of … read more
Egypt’s ousted president, Hosni Mubarak, could face the death penalty if he is convicted of ordering security forces to kill protesters during the January and February demonstrations that led to his resignation, the justice minister said Saturday, although many here … read more