Seventeen members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood were detained on Wednesday on suspicion of engaging in banned political activity, an Egyptian security official said. The Brotherhood is Egypt’s largest opposition group. Though officially banned, members have run for political office … read more
A lawyer for a U.S. couple jailed in Egypt in an adoption case said Egypt should pass a law allowing Christian families to adopt, because a legal gap that disallows the practice is pushing them to do so in secret. … read more
Egypt was named one of the world’s “enemies of the Internet” by a media rights watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), in a report published Thursday. The media rights watchdog said they were concerned with internet censorship and other threats globally … read more
Two U.S. couples pleaded not guilty on Saturday to charges of buying babies in Egypt for illegal adoption, a lawyer and judicial sources said. “They all said they are not guilty,” said Sameh Ahmed Saleh, a lawyer for Louis Andros and … read more
Allegations of British collusion in torture have widened to Egypt, where a young British man says he suffered appalling mistreatment during a week of illegal detention while being interrogated on the basis of information that he says can only have … read more
With gunfire whizzing overhead, an Egyptian mechanic faced down Somali pirates attacking his cargo ship with nothing but an ax. But the 25 Egyptian crewmen aboard the Blue Star never had a chance in the Jan. 1 attack. Seven pirates armed … read more
A fire has damaged a historic apartment building in downtown Cairo, injuring 14 people and sending huge plumes of smoke over the city. Fire fighters doused the nine-story building with water on Saturday as flames leapt from its upper floors. The site, … read more
A Muslim cleric in Egypt issued a fatwa saying community members can file for divorce on a couple’s behalf. Sheik Gamal Qutb, former head of Egypt’s top religious institution, the Fatwa Committee at al-Azhar, said Sunday during a meeting … read more
A bombing in Cairo’s ancient Khan al-Khalili market has raised fears about a new round of terrorist attacks in Egypt coming amid the 2009 tourist season. The February 22 attack left one French tourist dead and over 20 local and … read more
Egypt’s state-owned al-Gomhuriya newspaper quoted Egyptian minister of International Cooperation Fayza Abul- Naga as saying that Cairo will not accept any conditions being placed on U.S. aid. Wednesday, U.S. Senate voted to cut $200 million in economic assistance to Egypt. … read more