During Osama Farid’s formative years, he was a political prisoner, jailed as one of the founders and leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

The tomb of an ancient Egyptian princess has been discovered south of Cairo

A non-governmental organisation has declared that the number of Egyptian political detainees in Saudi Arabia is over 1,000

Reaction in the Middle East to Barack Obama's re-election has ranged from wariness to disappointment

Egypt's top prosecutor has ordered several government ministries to enforce a ban on pornographic websites, three years after a court denounced the sites in strong terms

Disputes over controversial articles have raised doubts whether members of the assembly drafting Egypt's new constitution will have the document ready by a December 12 deadline

Egyptian ambassador in Greece Tarek Adel urged both Greek's ministry of foreign affairs and general security to take needed measures to provide security to Egyptian expats following a rise of racist attacks targeting immigrants, including Egyptians.

The Cairo Criminal Court is holding its first session in the trial against ousted president Hosni Mubarak's last premier, Ahmed Shafiq, along with four other aviation ministry officials for alleged corruption under Shafiq's watch as Minister of Aviation before the January 25 Revolution.

The Judges Club will hold a special general assembly session Thursday to discuss the judiciary's status in the first draft of the new constitution, as well as the role of the Public Prosecution.

Constituent Assembly member Mohamed Abdel Moneim al-Sawy said he received threats from Public Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud after he had filed a complaint against him on Sunday, accusing him of covering up corruption cases.

The International Monetary Fund will make its final decision on Egypt's request for a US$4.2 million loan within 10 days after the organization’s delegation concludes talks with the government, Finance Minister Momtaz al-Saeed said on Monday.

More than 100 human rights organizations criticized the first draft of the new constitution Monday, arguing it entrenches authoritarianism and fails to protect media freedoms and human rights.

Muslim Brotherhood member and Kafr El-Sheikh Governor Saad El-Hussieny denounced, Monday, a military police decision to release their dogs on a protest organised by Hamdeen Sabbahi's Popular Current movement, outside the delta governorate headquarters on Sunday night.

Youth representatives from of a number of Egypt's oppositional parties apologised for not attending a meeting about Egypt's draft constitution with President Mohamed Morsi's assistants and Constituent Assembly members, in a joint statement Monday.

Egyptian shops and restaurants will be allowed to remain open until 12am and 2am respectively according to draft legislation prepared by the government, official news agency MENA reported on Monday.

Presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali denounced on Monday the "media exaggeration" of the number of troops assigned to secure President Mohamed Morsy's visits outside Cairo.

Presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali denounced on Monday the "media exaggeration" of the number of troops assigned to secure President Mohamed Morsy's visits outside Cairo.

Head of the North Sinai Security Directorate, General Ahmed Bakr was dismissed Sunday during a surprise visit made by Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal Eddin to the border city of Al-Arish, after three local policemen were gunned down by unnamed assailants Saturday.

Younis Makhyoun, a member of the Constituent Assembly, said on Sunday that representatives of the Islamist current and civilian powers have finally agreed on the phrasing of the much-debated Article 2 of the constitution.

Egypt stocks opened the trading week down on Sunday, seemingly affected by domestic political uncertainties and an apparent security vacuum in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.

An October report from IMF’s Tokyo meeting, which Egyptian officials attended, recommends that the government allow the country’s currency to respond to market forces as a short-term policy solution to closing the widening budget deficit.