Egypt

Authorities have released an independent journalist from jail 12 days after he was cleared of drug possession charges.Security forces arrested…

Disparate political opposition movements on Monday called for a protest over fraud in Sunday's parliamentary poll. Vote counting continues but…

The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Minya Governorate, Upper Egypt, have today filed a lawsuit calling for the cancellation of the…

The head of the High Elections Commission (HEC), Sayyid Abdel Aziz Omar, said voter participation rates registered at 25 percent…

The commission supervising the voting process in Gharbiya announced today the results of the poll in six constituencies, namely Bassioun,…

In an election day rife with NDP triumphs, all cabinet ministers nominated by the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) were…

Qousiya constituency in the Upper Egyptian province of Assiut has seen violent clashes between security forces and candidates' supporters, leading…

Among 250,000 classified US cables which began to be released on 28 November by online whistle-blower WikiLeaks are diplomatic messages…

Jerusalem--Israel discussed its planned war on Gaza with the Palestinian leadership and Egypt ahead of time, offering to hand them…

As the vote count nears an end, preliminary results of Sunday’s parliamentary poll indicate a sweeping victory by the ruling…