An Egyptian steel official reported Monday that Egypt's steel imports from Turkey picked up strongly in the past two to three weeks after global prices fell although prices on the Egyptian market stayed firm

President Hosni Mubarak held talks Sunday with the US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mile Mullen, and the African Union's Darfur Committee members.

Egypt is set to produce its first fighter and drone "in cooperation with a foreign side", official MENA news agency reported Saturday

CAIRO, Looking extremely shabby, Abdel Moneim Abazeid, also known as Corombo, approached people sitting at the Green Cafe in the luxurious district of Maadi in southern Cairo.

The former Egypt U-20 playmaker was included in Ahli's squad for the first time this season and had a chance to make a dream first-team debut when he was introduced when his side were 1-0 down.

The international community should rally efforts to prod Israel into halting its non-stop settlement activities in the West Bank, especially East Jerusalem, which threaten ongoing peace efforts, Egypt's People's Assembly Speaker Ahmed Fathi Sorour said Friday.

The Egyptian inflation rate was probably little changed in January, supporting the Egyptian Central Bank’s decision to keep interest rates on hold, according to Bloomberg

Around 400 workers from the Egyptian Tanta Flax and Oils Company staged an open-ended sit-in Monday in front of the Egyptian Council of Ministers' Cairo headquarters amid a heavy security presence.

Prosecutors in the southern Egyptian governorate of Beni Sueif have ordered a police sergeant to stand trial for torturing a street vendor and extracting from him a false confession that he had stolen an apartment flat.

Egypt will build its first nuclear power plant in the Mediterranean coastal town of El-Dabaa, reviving Egypt's civilian

In yet another crackdown,Egyptian Police Monday detained more than a dozen members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in different parts of the nation, according to sources inside the group.

Egypt's earnings from tourism dipped to $10.8 billion in 2009, the tourism minister said Monday, down from almost $11 billion a year ago but not as sharp a fall as analysts had expected.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held on Saturday talks with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on means of reviving the Middle East peace process.

CAIRO, Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul- Gheit urged Israel to stop its "hostile" remarks about a possible war in the Middle East.

A top Egyptian cleric has issued a fatwa banning the use of Facebook, alleging that the social networking site encouraged adultery.

EGYPT is to host a reconstruction conference for the war-torn Darfur region of western Sudan on March 21, senior official at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

Egyptian security forces have seized a book that apparently criticizes the Libyan regime, and have arrested its publisher, media reports said on Friday.

Egypt Tuesday welcomed statements by Hamas leaders that they were ready to seal a unity deal with the rival Fatah faction but said Cairo's blueprint for Palestinian reconciliation was not up for negotiation.

The Egyptian government said on Monday that it is hopeful 2010 will return Egypt’s economy to pre-financial crisis levels.

The People's Assembly (the Lower House of Egypt's Parliament) approved Monday an Antiquities Bill after a heated controversy that ended up with chief archaeologist bowing to the law.

The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak congratulated the team on their latest title and "their manly performance"