The Pyramids and the Sphinx, normally bathed in the golden glow of high-powered floodlights, will go dark for an hour on Saturday, in a symbolic statement Egyptian environmentalists hope might indirectly save the Nile Delta from inundation. The World Bank … read more
In Cairo, the 30th anniversary of the signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt is seen by many as a moment for regret, not celebration. “It’s a celebration for Israel – not for Egypt, not for the Arabs, … read more
The Egyptian government has sought to dispel rumours that a mobile phone text message “from unknown foreign quarters” is spreading around the country and killing those who receive it. The extraordinary move by Egypt’s health and interior ministries follows press … read more
Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir arrived in Cairo on Wednesday, flaunting his freedom in defiance of an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Beshir was met at the airport by Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, … read more
Egyptian police have charged a father with murdering his child by burying it alive in the desert, independent daily al- Masry al-Youm, reported Wednesday. Police told the newspaper that the man, from the Egyptian town of Beni Suef, roughly 115 … read more
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