On 6 April, security forces clashed with hundreds of protesters, most of them from the April 6 Youth Movement, during a...
Protesters block traffic in Tahrir Square, after Security forces re-opened it, and removed barbed wires, and iron barrier,  Cairo, 27 March 2013.
Protesters block traffic in Tahrir Square, after Security forces re-opened it, and removed barbed wires, and iron...
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A new unit of female police officers is to combat violence against women.
The head of Egypt's National Council for Women Mervat al-Tallawy met Wednesday with members of a new special unit of female police officers formed by Interior Ministry to combat violence against women. Tallawy...
A policeman on guard in Baghdad in May 2004.
Unknown gunmen shot dead at least seven women and five men at a brothel in Baghdad on Wednesday, security and medical officials said. The attack took place in the capital's eastern area of Zayouna, where a number...
The Assiut Criminal Court sentenced four defendants to death and another one to ten years on Wednesday, after finding them guilty of the murder of a priest in February 2011. State-run agency MENA reported that one of...
Meteorologists project the beginning of a heat wave on Thursday, with temperatures expected to rise by eight to nine degrees Celsius. The peak of the heat wave will be on Friday, with a high of 39 degrees Celsius in...
A new unit of female police officers is to combat violence against women.
A policeman on guard in Baghdad in May 2004.

News

President Mohamed Morsy speaks to the press at the Almaza airforce base after the release of the seven Egyptian soldiers on 22 May 2013\
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy has called on political powers and Egyptians to engage in dialogue and on militants who possess weapons to turn them in. Morsy spoke to the press on Wednesday morning at the Almaza airforce base in Cairo, where he...

Economy

Central Bank in Cairo
On Wednesday, the Central Bank of Egypt conducted an US$800 million exceptional auction, its second in the last two months, to meet banks' demands for the currency they need to purchase staple commodities. CBE Governor Hisham Ramez told Al-...

Culture

الفنانة غادة عادل، والفنان صلاح عبد الله، خلال لقطة من مسلسل فرح العمدة، المقرر عرضه خلال شهر رمضان القادم.
Television series producers are facing numerous challenges with the approach of the holy month of Ramadan, traditionally a lucrative season that has...
عمر التلمساني
Omar Abdel Fattah Abdel Qader Mostafa al-Telmissany (4 November 1904- 22 May 1986) was the Muslim Brotherhood’s third Supreme Guide. Famous for...
Fans wait to see actors from the Harry Potter films at the opening of the Warner Brothers Studio Tour- The Making of Harry Potter near Watford north London March 31, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Luke MacGregor
 
A unique first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" annotated by author J.K. Rowling has sold for a record 150,000...