Egypt News

A Coptic Christian blogger in Egypt entering his second year of prison without charge is being pressured to convert to Islam in exchange for his freedom, his attorneys said.

CAIRO R and B singer Beyonce, who put off a gig in Malaysia following Islamist outrage over her "gyrating moves" and "sexy outfits," has brought her world tour to Egypt where she faced more hostility.

HIS picture is plastered all over Egypt, looking strong and healthy and ready to lead the country for years to come.

China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economic ties, China's commerce minister said in an article published Saturday.

Iran's Arabic-language television channel, Al-Alam - "The World"- has been taken off the air in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

CAIRO a " Egyptian authorities have prevented a leading political dissident from traveling to the U.S., saying Friday that the conditions of his early release from prison do not permit him to travel abroad.Ayman Nour, freed on Feb.

It's been an exciting week in Egyptian politics. The charismatic Arab League Secretary-General Amr Mousa has hinted for the first time that he may throw his hat into the 2011 presidential ring.

Despite a number of positive economic indicators, Egypt has a hunger problem: Nearly a third of all children are malnourished, according to a new report compiled by the Ministry of Health and the UN Development Programme .

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is winding up her Middle East trip with a last minute stop in Cairo.

Gamal Mubarak has done some good work, but the status of the president's son represents all that is wrong in Egyptian society It isn't really about whether Gamal Mubarak , the younger son of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, would be a good leader.

A German expert will attend talks next month to discuss Cairo's demand for the return of a 3,400-year-old statue of Queen Nefertiti, Egypt's antiquities chief said.

Entry sign on King Tut's tomb. Photo by Molly McCahan. It was 87 years ago today when British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the entrance to King Tut's tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt.

Although he was buried more than 2,500 years ago, a priest named Irethorrou, who lived in Akhmim, Egypt, circa 500 BC, has attained a measure of the eternal life he sought.

Travel by: December 8, 2009 The deal Egypt's rich history is still as mesmerizing now as it was when we first discovered evidence of ancient civilizations.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ,right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu react during a press conference in Jerusalem.

Egypt is a divided country - split between places with water and those without. There is the long ribbon of the Nile and its lush delta; there are thin green fringes on the coasts; then there is the desert.

By Cynthia Johnston Mubarak's failure to choose a successor could leave Egypt grappling with a power vacuum after him THE elderly Egyptian president's silence on succession, even as a presidential vote approaches, has fuelled doubts over whether Hosni Mubarak has settled on a successor and will secure a smooth transition in his lifetime.

The 21st century has arrived in this fabled land of sun and stones, but tourists don't come to see the newest marvels.

It is regrettable that Egypt is playing a "negative role in the region," a senior Foreign Ministry official said on Monday, responding to the cancellation of a scheduled meeting of EU and Mediterranean states in Istanbul in November because Egypt did not want to sit around the table with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.

The CIA assists with the interrogation in Egypt of Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, an Islamist extremist the agency recently rendered from Italy .