Egypt's security deployed several hundred extra forces on its northern border on Thursday, declaring the area under "extreme emergency" following what officials said was the launch of rockets from the area earlier in the week, said Ma'an

CAIRO-In an attempt to ease the tension between Egypt and Algeria, Ahly president Hassan Hamdi decided to head his side's contingent that will travel to JS Kabylie in mid-August.

CAIRO- Egypt will not raise local wheat prices or cut bread subsidies after a Russian wheat export ban sent world prices

EL-MAHALLAH - Workers in a Nile Delta ginning company briefly blocked the main roads Saturday, threatening to commit suicide under trains over a dispute with their employer over paying their wages.

A picture released on Aug. 6 by the EU Navfor shows Spanish frigate SPS Victoria tracking a pirate skiff (bottom) on Aug. 3 in the Gulf of Aden. The Spanish warship foiled an attack on a Norwegian chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden, holding seven suspected Somali pirates pending possible prosecution. (AFP Photo/ EU NAVFOR)

Cairo – An Egyptian political front called “The Free Country”, held the government responsible for prices hike calling the Egyptians for joining a demonstration next Monday under the motto “We became hungry”.

CAIRO - The Egyptian Government made the decision to set the clocks an hour backward starting from Wednesday until September 9. Ramadan is set to start next Wednesday.

CAIRO - A co-Founder of a youth movement, using the Internet to press for political change in Egypt, has said that his group is completely independent from other opposition powers.

CAIRO-- Egypt Tuesday voiced "full support" with Lebanon against "Israeli violations" following the eruption of a border clash between Lebanon and Israel for the first time in four years.

Egypt's Judge Mustafa Hanafi said that Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court will rule on the validity of Talaat Moustafa Group Holding’s purchase of land for its Madinaty real-estate project on Aug. 5

The Egyptian presidency said that Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak and Israeli President Shimon Peres discussed Sunday efforts to relaunch direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians

CAIRO- Three major Egyptian oppostion have rebuffed calls for boycotting the forthcoming legislative and presidential elections.

MANSURA- An Egyptian man jumped off a police station in the Nile Delta town of Bani Ebeid to escape alleged torture.Mohamed Salah Mahmoud, a 18-year-old driver, is now lying in a hospital under security after surving the jump, said his family.

PARIS- President Hosni Mubarak Monday meets his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy on peacemaking in the Middle East, a senior Egyptian official has said.

CAIRO - Rivalry for Egypt’s rule has gathered speed after supporters of President Hosni Mubarak’s

CAIRO - Egypt Monday denied that the five rockets, which fell near the Israeli beach resort of Eilat and Jordan's port of Aqaba were fired from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.

Russian state grain trader United Grain Company (UGC) Monday denied that it had defaulted on a wheat shipment to Egypt, adding it was considering legal procedings against its counterparty in the deal

CAIRO - A new group of activists Sunday announced plans to stage a massive protest outside the Egyptian Cabinet building in central Cairo this month against rising food prices and what they termed as the “exploitation of traders”.

CAIRO--A stoppage-time goal from Wael Gomaa earned Ahly a 2-1 home victory over Ismaili on Sunday evening to dent their bitter rivals' hopes of reaching the African Champions League semi finals.

CAIRO - The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) will announce its candidate for the 2011 presidential elections next may, according to a senior official.

SOHAG (Egypt)-Prosecutors in the Upper Egyptian city of Sohag have ordered a Coptic chef in a monastery be remanded for four days pending further investigations on making a false alert.