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

Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawwas returned to Cairo on Saturday with the wooden

Commenting on the Friday detention of 250 Islamists in four Egyptian governorates, a lawyer for the banned Muslim Brotherhood said yesterday

The 81 year old died of a heart attack on Wednesday, while on a visit to Saudi Arabia. Tantawi was the head of Egypt’s most prestigious seat of Islamic learning, al-Azhar.

The former chief of U.N. nuclear Mohamed ElBaradei turned Egyptian reform advocate has strongly condemned the beating of one of his supporters, allegedly by State Security agents.

Egypt aims to set up four nuclear plants by 2025, with the first to start operating in 2019, Electricity Minister Hassan Younes was quoted as saying by the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) on Tuesday.

Secretary-general of the Egyptian ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Sawfat el-Sherif reported Tuesday that

PRIME Minister Ahmed Nazif has denied rumours that the Government is planning to raise the prices of oil products in Egypt, stressing that diesel shortages in some governorates would end within a fewdays.

The Egyptian Minister of Health Hatem al-Gabali announced Monday that President Hosni Mubarak's health continues to improve after an operation in Germany to remove his gall bladder

With just a few dozen Jews left in Egypt and a public that's deeply critical of Israel, Cairo is not the most obvious staging ground for a government-funded restoration of an historic synagogue, according to CNN

The Egyptian Shura Council approved on Sunday legislation that opposes human trafficking in principle. For his part, a speaker of Egypt's Shura Council Safwat el-Sherif said that "Human trafficking has become

Egypt wants to see a further fall in global sugar prices before resuming its raw sugar purchases, an official at the state-owned Sugar and Integrated Industries Company (SIIC) told Reuters on Sunday.

The Egyptian National Democratic Party (NDP) opposes amending the Constitution, opposition figures, including Mohamed ElBaradei, have called for amendments to permit open elections