Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfuz is pictured on 12 February 2006 at a hotel in Cairo AFP PHOTO / Cris Bouroncle
Culture

Anniversary of Naguib Mahfouz’s death

Six years have passed since the Nobel Prize winner’s death

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
Egyptian tanks are seen being carried on the back of trucks on the Egyptian side of the border city of Rafah on 29 August AFP PHOTO / Stringer
EgyptPolitics

Operation Eagle apparently ongoing

Despite reports of retreat, operation launches latest activity

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
Tunisia's ruling Islamist party Ennahda founder and president Rached Ghannouch who ash been accused by opposition activists of increasingly authoritarian behaviour, speaks during a press conference in Tunis AFP PHOTO / SALAH HABIBI
PoliticsRegion

Tunisian Islamists take to the streets

Friday protests demand greater action against old regime

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
Bahrain women protesters (file photo) AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH
PoliticsRegion

First authorised protest in Bahrain gathers thousands

A mass rally in Bahrain for liberty and democracy

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy
An opposition fighter shouts for help as he delivers the body of a civilian who was wounded during shelling by Syrian government forces outside a hospital in Syria's northern city of Aleppo AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS
PoliticsRegion

Aleppo clashes intensify, NAM summit condemns Al-Assad

Increased offensives within Syria, defections and mounting regional pressure

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Ambulances and firemen arrive following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on 28 August AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED
PoliticsRegion

Israeli airstrike targets militants, injures civilians

Hits against "two terror activity sites" in Gaza leave two civilians injured

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (right) welcomes his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Morsi during a meeting on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran on 30 August AFP PHOTO/IIPA/SAJAD SAFARI
EgyptPolitics

Morsy’s words changed in Farsi translation

Morsy speech at NAM mistranslated to avoid reference to Syria fighting

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (right), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (centre) and Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi attend the Non-Alligned Movement summit in Tehran AFP PHOTO / MEHR NEWS / RAOUF MOHSENI
PoliticsRegion

Iranian nuclear programme comes under microscope as NAM wraps up

Ban Ki-moon makes use of his visit to Tehran, discusses the Iranian nuclear programme with Iranian officials

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Afghan men stand at the site of a suicide attack in Kandahar on August 28, 2012. A "massive" suicide truck bombing overnight killed four civilians and wounded General Abdul Raziq, the provincial police chief who has a strong anti-Taliban background, authorities said. AFP PHOTO/ JANGIR
Politics

Twelve killed as Afghanistan struggles with transition

Suicide bombing kills twelve in Gazni

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
A Pakistani army soldier arranges seized weapons and ammunition in Peshawar on 29 August after a military operation against militants in the country's lawless tribal northwest AFP PHOTO/Hasham AHMED
Politics

US drone strike in Pakistan kills five

Tensions rise between US and Pakistan over US action in North Waziristan

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh