Traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal resumed Sunday evening; it had been partially disrupted for a period of three hours due to a grounded ship. The blockage occurred when a 42,000-ton container ship ran aground due to engine failure. The ship … read more
Officials of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s leading Islamic group, have called for the establishment of a Saudi-style modesty police to combat “immoral” behavior in public areas in what observers say in another sign of a growing Islamic self-confidence in the … read more
Egyptian prosecutors opened their most high-profile corruption trial yet yesterday, charging the country’s former housing minister with sponsoring a corrupt land deal, worth hundreds of millions of dirhams, that was allegedly brokered by an Emirati businessman. The opening day of … read more
World-renowned Egyptian archeologist and former head of the country’s Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass has been renamed Egypt’s Minister of Antiquities, Press TV reported. Hawass resigned earlier in March saying that he was leaving because the Egyptian Army could … read more
Egypt’s ousted president Hosny Mubarak had not left for Germany despite a media report to the contrary, an official Egyptian source told the German Press Agency dpa on Sunday. The Qatar-based Al Jazeera broadcaster had earlier reported that Mubarak had … read more
US and Egyptian special forces are providing military training to rebels in Libya, according to Al Jazeera broadcaster on Saturday. The report by the Qatar-based broadcaster quoted an unnamed rebel source who described how he had received military training at … read more
It may have been a secular revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, but religious groups — some with violent pasts — have been building grass-roots networks for years. Now ultraconservative and moderate groups feel their time has arrived. Reporting from … read more
Egypt’s armed forces have detained and tried thousands of people since taking control of the country this year, according to human rights and legal activists, who see it as a sign that the toppling of a president was just the … read more
Tourists are still staying away from Egypt, two months after the start of a popular revolution that ousted long-time President Hosni Mubarak. The decline in visitors is yet another blow to a nation already staggered by inefficiency, corruption and poverty. … read more
An incredible scene took place at Cairo’s main stadium during the much-anticipated match between top Egyptian team Zamalek and Tunisia’s Club African. Club African, which beat Zamalek 4-2 in an earlier match nearly two weeks ago, was again ahead 2-1 … read more