Egypt

In a surprise move, several powerful figures within the Coptic Orthodox Church have been barred from running in the next…

Traffic in Tahrir Square is back to normal on Saturday after the previous day's clashes between opponents and supporters of…

  Air traffic to Egypt has been affected by the clashes in Tahrir Square Friday, with several airlines canceling flights…

  Two Egyptians died while performing hajj; one in Mecca and the other near Medina. Mohammed al-Attar, head of the…

  The Administrative Court adjourned on Saturday the lawsuit seeking to ban Tawfiq Okasha from appearing on his show until…

  The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square is open for visitors on Saturday as usual, said Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim.…

  Public Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud has said he will stay in office, adding that he has not and will…

Senior Muslim Brotherhood members took to the press to condemn attacks on their followers in Tahrir Friday, which marked political…

The acquittal of all defendants in the Battle of the Camel case, and President Mohamed Morsy’s subsequent sacking of the…

Egypt Independent interviews historian Craig Daigle, specialist on US-Middle East relations during the Cold War, whose book "The Limits of…