Kidnappers free 2 Brazilian women in Sinai
By Ashraf Sweilam / AP AL-ARISH: Armed tribesmen freed two Brazilian women and an Egyptian police officer who was with them late Sunday, hours after abducting them in the Sinai desert,…
IMF official says Egypt talks to last a few weeks
By Patrick Werr and Marwa Awad / Reuters CAIRO: Talks over an International Monetary Fund loan for Egypt are continuing and will take a few weeks, rather than days, to conclude,…
Copts mourn Pope Shenouda with eyes set on unclear future
By Reem Abdellatif CAIRO: Just hours after his announced death on Saturday, thousands of inconsolable Coptic Christians flocked to the Cairo and Alexandria Cathedrals, uniting to mourn the death of a…
Five candidates that may succeed Pope Shenouda
By Essam Fadl CAIRO: Competition will intensify among five leaders of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church to replace the late Pope Shenouda III, who passed away Saturday. The Holy Synod agreed…
Campaign aims to issue national IDs for 2 million Egyptian women
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: A national campaign to issue national IDs for 2 million Egyptian women kicked off in Qaliubiya, dubbed “Your National ID: Your Rights.” “Our objective is to issue…
Politicians warn of Islamists monopolizing Constituent Assembly
By Heba Hesham CAIRO: Political powers denounced the criteria set by both houses of parliament for selecting members of the Constituent Assembly, tasked with drafting a new constitution. The People’s…
Two Brazilian tourists kidnapped in Egypt’s Sinai
By Reuters ISMAILIA: Gunmen kidnapped two Brazilian tourists travelling through Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Sunday after a visit to an isolated mountain monastery, security sources said. The gunmen were believed to…
Advocacy group to press for rights by pressuring policy makers
By Mennatallah Fouad Youssef CAIRO: As the presidential election nears, political activists are launching several campaigns to bring attention back to the forgotten goals of the revolution. One of these was…
Damascus blasts kill 27 as Syria gears up for monitors
By AFP DAMASCUS: Two huge bomb blasts killed at least 27 people in Syria's capital on Saturday, as special envoy Kofi Annan warned of regional fallout from the year-long bloodshed.…
Egypt’s military struggles with Sinai, its white elephant
By Samer Al-Atrush / AFP CAIRO: A Bedouin siege of an international peacekeepers camp in Egypt's Sinai underscores the ruling military's weak grip over the restive frontier territory more than a…