Pakinam El Sharkawy to head Egypt’s delegation to UN Commission on the status of women
Meetings will include discussions on the bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to strengthen these relations in various fields.
Funeral of Mansoura resident crushed by CSF vehicle begins
Political forces enraged and demanding investigation as CSF vehicle crushes a citizen in Mansoura
Tunisia renews state of emergency amid crisis
Tunisia is facing a grave political crisis after the February assassination of leftist politician Chokri Belaid
Rights groups release findings of investigations into Port Said deaths
Local and international human rights groups criticise government officials for the deaths of protesters in January
Kerry comes to Cairo
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Cairo and will meet with Morsi government and political figures
Fire at a police building in Port Said amid increasing unrest
Unrest increases in Port Said, activists call for disobedience in all canal cities
British University students occupy auditorium
The students accuse the university administration of corruption and negligence of student demands
Well-armed jihadists raise fears of new war in Syria
Leaders of the rebel Free Syrian Army in the eastern oil hub of Deir Ezzor are in a quandary
Press Syndicate president attacked by journalists
Journalists protesting the alleged assassination of colleague Al-Husseini Abu Deif attacked President of the Press Syndicate and Muslim Brotherhood member Mamdouh Al-Wali as he tried to enter the syndicate building
Benedict XVI steps down as pope
The former pope Benedict will now be known as 'Roman pontiff emeritus', a completely new title created especially for this unprecedented situation in the Church's history since the Middle Ages