The U.S. Embassy in Cairo has resumed normal operations and the State Department is lifting the “ordered departure” status for its non-emergency staff there, according to a travel alert issued Thursday. “Given the continuing improvements since the January 25 Revolution, … read more
After two months of silence, CBS News correspondent Lara Logan has returned to work and she describes in an interview Sunday with “60 Minutes” the sexual assault she endured. Logan and her crew were reporting in Cairo’s Tahrir Square about … read more
In spite of the apparent calm in Egypt after the historic “overthrow” of the Mubarak regime, travel, a major source of income for the country, has not recovered. While some cruise lines have reinstated Egypt as a port of call, … read more
As former officials go on trial for ordering the killing of protesters, some Egyptians still lack confidence in the ruling military, reports the BBC’s Leana Hosea in Cairo. Egypt’s Supreme Military Council has promised that those responsible for abuses of … read more
The ruling Egyptian authority announced that it started handing responsibility to a new security agency, government sources said. The Egyptian Interior Ministry dissolved the country’s notorious State Security Investigations Service in March. Protesters had stormed the offices of the SSIS … read more
A fire that erupted on an Egyptian gas export pipeline after it was attacked by an armed gang early on Wednesday could rage for days before engineers are able to begin repairs, a security source said. It was the second … read more
In response to news spread about a statement made by Israeli President Shimon Peres to Israeli Radio, asking the Middle East youth — and particularly that in Egypt — to revive relations with Israel, hundreds of Cairo University students demonstrated, … read more
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak won’t be moved to a military hospital in Cairo because his health has deteriorated and transferring him may be life threatening, the country’s prosecutor-general said Tuesday. Adel Saeed, the prosecutor’s spokesman, said the Interior Ministry, … read more
There were chaotic scenes at a court in Cairo when the charges were read out at the start of the trial of former Egyptian interior minister Habib Al-Adly. General Adly and six former aides are charged in relaltion to the … read more
Call it belated full disclosure. Ever since the ouster of president Hosni Mubarak earlier this year, the Muslim Brotherhood has reemerged as a major force in Egyptian politics. For most of that time, however, it has played coy about its … read more