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

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.