Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will return to Egypt on Saturday following gallbladder surgery in Germany this month, a government minister said late on Friday.

Egypt will participate in Earth Hour, a global effort to spur policy makers to take action to reduce the impact of climate change.

INFLUENTIAL Muslim clergymen are trying to stymie a new bill submitted by Parliament's Health Committee for sterilising poor couples.

GRAND Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayyeb (R) during a meeting with Pope Shenouda III, the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Egypt, in Cairo on Tuesday.

For the second consecutive time the Egyptian judiciary has issued release orders to MB members, according to ikhwanWeb.com The Egyptian judiciary has issued release orders to the MB supporters of the Aqsa mosque in Egypt.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has delegated Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to attend a pan-Arab summit conference, which will open in the Libyan city of Sirte on Saturday.

Internet telephony firm Skype has questioned the move by the Egyptian Government to ban international calls made through mobile Internet connections and said markets should be left open for consumers to choose

Orascom Construction Industries, Egypt's top listed builder and fertiliser maker posted a 42 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit after construction margins and global fertiliser prices improved

Six-time African champions Ahli suffered a stunning 1-0 defeat by Gunners of Zimbabwe in the first-leg of the Champions League round of 32 on Saturday.

International donors gathered in Cairo Sunday for a conference to raise 2 billion dollars in aid for the western Sudanese province of Darfur that has been battered by seven years of war.

The former President of the International Atomic ُEnergy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei and a potential contender in the 2011 presidential elections postponed his return to Egypt, which was originally scheduled for today.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resumed his activities on Friday, 12 days after a successful gallbladder operation in Germany, Egyptian television reported Saturday.

Corruption in Egypt is on the rise, watchdog Transparency International said on Saturday in a report that called for an urgent overhaul of election procedure and the role of the judiciary to be strengthened.

Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood group's General Guide Mohamed Badie would meet Thursday with other senior members--including Seif el-Islam Hassan el-Banna, son of the movement's founder--to discuss

CAIRO - Egyptian archaeologists have discovered two red granite statues in Luxor, one of Tutankhamun's grandfather Amenhotep III who reigned about 3,350 years ago, Egypt's antiquities chief said on Tuesday

The German hospital where the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had surgery this month says Egypt's president is recovering well, but offered no details on when he would be released, according to The Associated Press

Thousands of angry Egyptian university students held demonstrations Monday across the country in protest against Israel’s decision to include two mosques in the West Bank into a list of its national

A coalition of four major Egyptian opposition parties--Al-Wafd, Al-Tagamu, Al-Nasseri and Al-Gabha--wrapped up a conference devoted to constitutional reform on Mondayin Egypt

Egyptian stocks fell, pushing the benchmark index to its biggest three-day drop since November, on investor concern over the health of President Hosni Mubarak following surgery earlier this month, Bloomberg reported.

A coalition of four major opposition parties in Egypt will issue a statement requesting constitutional amendments limiting the presidency

AN alliance of several opposition parties on Saturday assailed the ruling National Democratic Party for what they called “its manipulation