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

A number of Islamist parties have begun to devise their plans for the next parliamentary elections without the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party.

The State Council General Assembly on Sunday named Ghebrial Abdel Malak the new council chairman

Egypt’s attorney general has referred an outspoken anti-Islamist former lawmaker for investigation by police prosecutors

An Egyptian court sentenced 76 citizens in the September 2011 attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo.

Samir Murqus, a liberal Coptic writer, was named assistant for democratic transition, officials announced.

The Dormition of Theotokos – or 'the sleep of the bearer of God,' a reference to the death of the Virgin Mary – is commemorated by Christians around the world on 22 August, or 16 Masarra in the Coptic calendar. In Egypt, the celebration follows a 15-day fast in honour of the Virgin Mary.

Spokesperson for the Salafi Nour Party Yousry Hammad said Saturday that the interest on the planned IMF loan to Egypt does not involve usury, but instead accounts for administrative expenses on the loan.

President Mursi said he was going to be the president of all Egyptians, including the Copts. As we watch events unfold in Egypt, we have to ask ourselves, was that just a big lie?

The month of Ramadan, which ended earlier this week, proved to be a month of renewed Muslim piety on the one hand, and renewed oppression of non-Muslim minorities on the other

The Muslim Brotherhood rejects fatwas that call for killing demonstrators participating in the planned 24 August protests, said MB lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqsoud on Wednesday.

Leading figure of the Muslim Brotherhood Essam El-Erian used his official twitter account on Wednesday to criticise the Arab left, provoking the ire of Egypt's left.

The Vatican's envoy to Syria Mario Zenari blamed both sides for violations in the conflict raging in Syria and called for humanitarian law to be respected in an interview aired on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Hesham Qandil plans to attend the funerals of recently deceased Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Ethiopian patriarch Pope Paulus.

The government should not borrow from the International Monetary Fund to boost the country’s cash reserve, the Salafi Nour Party stated on Wednesday.

The Muslim Brotherhood's Guidance Bureau has proposed a list of 50 new governors to President Mohamed Morsy, a source within the group told Al-Masry Al-Youm on condition of anonymity Tuesday.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has appointed a Coptic Christian and two women to his staff of senior advisors.