Left-wing political activist Wael Khalil, who was a candidate for the presidential staff, has declined the post. Khalil wrote on his Facebook page: “I prefer to be independent of the regime, criticize it sometimes and support it other times.”

Cairo International Airport has declared a state of extreme emergency after a bloody attack by unknown gunmen killed 16 Egyptian security officers near the border with Israel late Sunday.

Five gunmen who killed 16 Egyptian guards near the border with Israel before crossing into the Jewish state in an armored vehicle have been killed, an Israeli army spokesperson said Monday.

The Supreme Administrative Court postponed Saturday the review of appeals contesting the selection of state-run newspapers’ chief editors.

It is too early to judge the policies or the performance of Hesham Qandil’s government, but it is a suitable time to judge the political significance of its makeup and what this represents.

Egypt has always been a mysterious place based on its rich past, hidden and revealed; and exciting stories that have been told for centuries.

Mohamed Salah will start for Egypt in their Olympic quarter-final match against Japan as he looks to add to his three goals in the tournament so far.

The Israeli government renewed its calls Thursday that all tourists in the Sinai region leave immediately, citing intelligence that Gaza-based groups were planning to target Israeli visitors

Tour organizers said Sunday that 27 tours were unable to travel due to protests that erupted in South Sinai on Saturday.

Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Qandil unveiled a new cabinet on Thursday that retained military chief Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi as defence minister while giving the ruling Islamists and their allies several portfolios.

Egypt is set to reveal more of its buried treasures in a bid to lure visitors back to the country.

Seventeen strikes and sit-ins protesting water and power cuts have disrupted the railways in Upper and Lower Egypt over the past 24 hours

As Egypt's first permanent government since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak took shape on Wednesday, the first names to emerge suggest a continuity that could aid the economy after 17 months of turmoil.

Egyptian border guards shot three Eritreans who were attempting to cross into Israel on Thursday, according to state-run news agency MENA.

The Constituent Assembly is considering extending the president’s term to five years to match the terms of members of Parliament, assembly members said on Monday.

Newly-inaugurated Prime Minister Hisham Qandil has appointed Major General Ahmed Gamal Eddin as the head of the interior ministry.

Egypt scored three second-half goals to defeat Belarus 3-1 and reach the Olympic Games quarterfinals for the first time since 1984 on Wednesday.

Justice Minister Adel Abdel Hamid instructed judge Osama al-Saeedy on Wednesday to begin interrogating Alaa and Gamal Mubarak

There is a hybrid process of transitional justice currently taking shape in Egypt. The military, the judiciary and the politicians are all poised in a delicate balance of power.

The defense of former Housing Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Suleiman has appealed Tuesday the eight-year sentence he received for facilitating the acquisition of state land and wasting public funds in favor of SODIC, a construction company owned by Alaa Mubarak’s father-in-law Magdy Rasekh.

The committee created by President Mohamed Morsy to liaise between his office and representatives from the private sector held its first closed meeting on Monday.