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.

Egyptian left reminds Muslim Brotherhood's Essam El-Erian of their support during the time of Mubarak after El-Erian accuses them of receiving foreign funds

Former MPs Mohamed Abou Hamed and Mostafa Bakry, as well as anti-Brotherhood media host Tawfiq Okasha, had called for protests outside the group’s headquarters in Moqattam

Egypt is searching for 120 wanted militants and believes around 1,600 extremists are hiding out in the Sinai

Thousands of Copts on Tuesday celebrated the Virgin Mary’s flight into Egypt and performed the “Renaissance” prayer on the last day of a two-week religious festival marking the holy family's stay in Egypt.

Christians in Egypt and Nigeria continue to suffer at the hands of Islamists.

Presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali said the president has no intention of granting the Shura Council legislative powers.

A reshuffle is expected at Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights

In the less than two months since Egypt's new Islamist president has been in office, there's been a mixed bag of information coming from Cairo.

Vice police have detected numerous instances of sexual harassment on the first two days of the Islamic Eid al-Fitr holiday at several public areas in Cairo, the state-run news agency MENA reported.

This is the first Eid celebrated by Egypt under a new regime that has managed to extend its power to all aspects of Egyptian life

Two sons of Gaber Abdel-Monem Ali, who goes by the name Gaber Gahlan, were arrested and then released, antiquities officials said.

They share a single goal: to topple the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. But the myriad rebel groups that have sprung up are riven by infighting about funding, weapons and even how to wage their war.

Flyers handed out by members of the Constitution Party during Eid El-Fitr prayers Sunday in Qena provoked mockery by members of the Muslim Brotherhood who accused the party of "mixing religion with politics."