Hamdeen Sabahi launches presidential campaign as ‘independent’
CAIRO: Popular figure and founder of Al-Karama Party, Hamdeen Sabahi, announced the…
State-owned press overhaul announced days before planned protest
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: In a decree that many deem as overdue, Prime…
Protesters demand Syria release Egyptian detainee Mohamed Radwan
CAIRO: Supporters of Mohamed Radwan, an Egyptian-American engineer detained in Syria earlier…
Evacuated US diplomats to return to Egypt
WASHINGTON: The State Department says American diplomats who were evacuated from Egypt…
Ethiopia to build Nile dam, in defiance of Egypt
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia's government says it plans to build a hydroelectric power…
Judge El-Bastawisi discusses political program in symposium
CAIRO: Former Vice President of the Cassation Court and presidential hopeful judge…
Arab nations in retreat at London conference on Libya
LONDON: Some Arab countries appeared to distance themselves from Tuesday's London conference,…
Arab League could host Palestinian unity talks
CAIRO: The Arab League is willing to host Palestinian reconciliation talks, Secretary…
Japan’s recovery bonds
TOKYO: The tsunami raced through the town at eight meters per second,…
Yemen’s regime change gets personal
SANAA: When Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered his military on March…