Egyptian police shot and killed a Sudanese man as he tried to slip into Israel on Friday, security sources said, at least the 32nd migrant killed at the sensitive frontier so far this year. Border forces spotted Suleiman Yahya Ishaq, … read more
Egyptian police say a dispute between Moldovans and Bedouin traffickers demanding more money to take them to Israel has left one Bedouin dead. Security officials say the Moldovans told police Saturday the Bedouins doubled the $1,000 amount agreed upon to … read more
Radical Muslim groups around the world plan to burn American flags in protest of Florida Pastor Terry Jones intention to burn copies of the Koran on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks on New York’s World Trade … read more
When Irini Ibrahim, a young Coptic Christian woman, floated the idea of divorce from a husband she said was abusing her, her parents immediately opposed it, reminding her of the Biblical vow, “What God has joined together let no man … read more
There’s a sewer outside Azza Suleiman’s office, a hot ditch in which the filth of one of Cairo’s worst slums has been reduced to a slowly moving swamp of black liquid. A blue mist of exhaust fumes and dust moves … read more
A previously unknown group of activists in Egypt is putting up posters and collecting signatures urging Gamal Mubarak, the son and presumed successor of the country’s leader, to stand for president in next year’s election. The campaign appears to be … read more
Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Lebanon announced they would celebrate the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, on Friday. In Saudi Arabia, seen as the beacon of Sunni Islam, the supreme court ruled … read more
Egypt has expressed concern over Israel’s insistence on being recognized as a “Jewish state,” saying this would endanger the fate of Israel’s Arab minority. “Israel wants to call itself a Jewish or Hebrew state. This is worrying,” Egyptian Foreign Minister … read more
Palestinians could get up to $50 billion in compensation under a future peace agreement with Israel, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said Tuesday in an interview with local television. Aboul-Gheit did not elaborate on where he had received that information, … read more
Large numbers of Palestinians have begun to cross Egypt’s border into the blockaded Gaza Strip as the Islamic holiday marking the end of the Ramadan approaches, Egyptian security sources said Tuesday. Palestinians turned up at Egypt’s Rafah border crossing in … read more