CAIRO - It's something Egyptians rely on daily: the ''ambooba,'' the steel canister of government-subsidized cooking and heating gas, hooked to the stove or water heater in the cramped homes of nearly everyone in this country's large population of poor.

Cairo - Tunisia won its 8 th African Cup of Nations after beating Egypt 24-21 t in the final game in Cairo on Saturday. Immediately after the Ivorian referee blew the final whistle, thousands of supporters of the

HAVING been at the centre of a massive controversy in Egypt over recent months, former United Nations nuclear chief Mohamed El-Baradei is contemplating his future after arriving back in Cairo on Friday to an exuberant welcome from supporters.

New York - Millions of Egyptian children continue to live in poverty, despite recent gains made for young people, particularly on the legislative front, a study commissioned by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) revealed Friday.

In a written address to the Muslim nation on Thursday, freshly-elected Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie talked about "trying times," recalling how the Prophet Mohamed had

Egypt came under review Wednesday for the first time at the United Nations Human Rights Council for its rights record.

Egyptian security detained two members of a protest group Wednesday after they spray-painted walls in Cairo to support a potential presidential challenger to Hosni Mubarak, members of the group told Reuters.

(CNN) -- The legendary Egyptian "boy king" Tutankhamun, commonly known as King Tut, died of conditions including malaria and complications from a leg fracture, according to a study

Hundreds of thousands of low-income Egyptians are being denied vital healthcare because of a financial dispute between the government and hospitals, a U.N. news agency reported on Monday

Egyptian airports, seaports and border crossings were Monday notified in writing of a decree banning a former minister of housing from travel and adding him to

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.