A veiled woman, Fatma Nabil, anchored a news programme on Egyptian state television for the first time on Saturday.

Liberals and leftist powers and parties plan to unite in a new electoral alliance to face Islamists in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The proposed coalition would comprise the Third Current, a coalition of activists and politicians; the Popular Current, led by former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi; and the Constitution Party, led by Mohamed ElBaradei.

Essam al-Erian, presidential adviser and acting head of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, praised the military and its conduct during and after the revolution, in a sign that the party is attempting to sooth friction between the two after President Mohamed Morsy sent senior Supreme Council of the Armed Forces members into retirement.

Over five thousand protesters gathered in downtown Cairo's Talaat Harb Square late Friday night protesting allged Muslim Brotherhood attempts to dominate state institutions, urging that the revolution's demands be met instead.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday evening changed the leadership of Egypt's Administrative Control Authority (ACA), a public-sector watchdog, by appointing Mohamed Omar Wahabi and Badawy Hamouda Ibrahim as head and deputy head of the ACA, respectively.

Egyptian revolutionary groups are calling for a march on Friday evening in downtown Cairo

Egyptian revolutionary groups are calling for a march on Friday evening in downtown Cairo

Cairo, Egypt, is a riveting blend of ancient and modern. I was apprehensive traveling here, though, because of reports of lingering unrest

Israel's defence minister is praising Egypt's efforts to combat militants in the Sinai Peninsula but is asking Cairo to remove its forces there when the military operation ends.

Ever since the toppling of the Mubarak regime in Egypt, Palestinians in Gaza have hoped that they would see an end to the punishing restrictions

The Muslim Brotherhood and its Freedom and Justice Party have called on Egyptians to receive President Mohamed Morsi at Cairo International Airport to show their support

Salafi groups attacked Salafi Dawah vice president Yasser Borhamy Tuesday for his public comments that a loan Egypt is set to receive from the International Monetary Fund does not constitute usury, a practice prohibited in Islam.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party has decided to orient its satellite channel, Misr25, toward preaching the group’s ideology to the Egyptian public.

The militants who killed 16 troops at the Sinai border checkpoint attack earlier this month were all of Egyptian origin

President Mohamed Morsi is heading to Iran on Thursday for a four hours visit to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran

Egyptian authorities on Wednesday charged one of deposed leader Hosni Mubarak's most trusted men with corruption

Human-rights activists in Egypt have called on Saudi Arabian authorities to release Egyptian wedding designer, Naglaa Wafa

Egyptian media reported Tuesday that Egypt's military has ceased its activities in the Sinai Peninsula, after carrying out a three-week operation there.

Egypt's newly appointed presidential assistant, Samir Morcos, has denied the position is symbolic and designed to fill a quota of Coptic Christians on Mohamed Morsi's advisory team

The charge added to concerns that the government is backtracking on the democratic aims of the uprising that toppled the autocratic regime last year.

The Egyptian leader used his first interview with the Western press since coming to power