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Egypt's military relaxed a nighttime curfew Saturday and banned current and ex-government officials from traveling abroad without permission in its first moves since taking power after President Hosni Mubarak's ouster.
The moves came as...
Singapore--Oil prices rose above US$87 a barrel Friday in Asia as Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak clung to power amid growing protests calling for his resignation.
Benchmark crude for March delivery was up 30 cents at US$87.03 a barrel at midday...
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptian protesters endured a disheartening anticlimax Thursday night as President Hosni Mubarak dashed hopes of an early resignation by vowing to stay in office until September's presidential elections.
Mubarak said in...
Washington--Amid reports that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was about to step down, President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States stands ready "to support an orderly and genuine transition to democracy" in the Middle Eastern...
Washington--Talks are under way between the Obama administration and top Egyptian officials on the possible immediate resignation of President Hosni Mubarak and the formation of a military-backed caretaker government that could prepare the country...
Washington--Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday appealed for Egyptian authorities to respect the rights of their citizens amid a crackdown on swelling anti-government protests, and urged them to heed demands for political and...
Egypt's ruling party said Thursday it was ready for a dialogue with the public but offered no concessions to address demands for a solution to rampant poverty and political change heard in the country's largest anti-government protests in...
Trading has been temporarily suspended on Egypt's stock exchange after the benchmark index fell over 6 percent for a second consecutive day as fears mounted over anti-government protests in the country.
The benchmark EGX30 index dropped 6.25...
Egyptian security officials say 860 protesters have been arrested during two days of anti-government demonstrations.
The officials say nearly 600 were detained in Cairo. The remainder were arrested in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria and...
Davos--The head of the Arab League said Wednesday that Arabs were angry and frustrated and "the name of the game is reform" — a call lent urgency by turmoil of recent days, when a corrupt regime was overthrown in Tunisia and several...
