An Egyptian court has blocked an appeal by ousted President Hosni Mubarak , allowing prosecutors to seize his billions of dollars that he had illegally transferred during his nearly 30 years of reign. Judge Makram Awad rejected a request for … read more
Shortly before midnight on Wednesday 9 February, I was with a friend in a small coffee shop in Zamalek, the Cairo district where I live. It was that period when Hosni Mubarak’s government had unlocked the jails, turned thousands of … read more
Women hoping to extend their rights in post-revolutionary Egypt were faced with a harsh reality Tuesday when a mob of angry men beat and sexually assaulted marchers calling for political and social equality, witnesses said. “Everyone was chased. Some were … read more
The Egyptian government has detained a total of 47 police officers for allegedly destroying documents in offices of the State Security Services. The arrests came on Monday amid destruction of security buildings across Egypt by angry protesters a Press TV … read more
Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, joined Marine Corps KC-130 aircraft March 5 in airlifting displaced Egyptian citizens here from Djerba, Tunisia. More than 300 passengers traveled on four flights. The aircraft and teams conducted … read more
Ministers in the new Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf were sworn in by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces on Monday. Some ministers of the previous government headed by former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq remained, and eight … read more
Less than a month after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s caretaker government faces a new crisis: what to do about thousands of documents that protesters seized from State Security Agency offices over the weekend. The military-led interim authority has … read more
Thousands of Christians, joined by many Muslims, have been staging sit-in since March 5 in front of the Egyptian TV building on the Nile Corniche in Cairo, protesting the attack on the church in the village of Soul and the … read more
In a phone conversation with Egypt’s new Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, US State Secretary Hillary Clinton stated that the US is willing to assist the country in its transition to democracy and supply it with economic aid. In their conversation … read more
U.S. military aircraft flew 640 Egyptians home today and yesterday from the Tunisia-Libya border where the refugees fled to escape the violence that continues between government forces and rebels in Libya. Three U.S. Air Force C-130Js and one U.S. Marine … read more