AQABA, Jordan: US Vice President Dick Cheney makes a lightning visit to Egypt on Sunday for talks with President Hosni Mubarak expected to focus on helping Iraq and curbing Iran's rising influence.
Tottenham boss Martin Jol has made it clear he will come down hard on Hossam Ghaly after the Egypt midfielder threw his shirt at the feet of the manager after being substituted in the club's 1-1 draw with Blackburn.
The wife of jailed Egyptian opposition politician Ayman Nour, the main challenger to Hosni Mubarak in a 2005 presidential election, said he was assaulted by security men on Saturday in a courthouse stairwell.
A mob of Muslims in Egypt attacked Christians on Friday after being stirred up by a sermon and distributed leaflets that informed them that Christians were planning to build a church without ...
Egyptian police have arrested 59 people, all Muslims, after clashes broke out in a village as Muslims opposed the extension of a local church, security sources said on Saturday.
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Egypt's antiquities chief says if persuasion doesn't work, he will fight for an ancient bust of Nefertiti that a Berlin museum maintains is too fragile to ever travel.
Italian firm ENI is to spend around $12bn in natural gas projects in Egypt during the next five years, according to a statement released by the Egyptian Ministry of Oil. ENI is already the biggest oil and gas producer in Egypt and it is also set to tap an extra 180m barrels of oil in its Balaim field in the Gulf of Suez.
Egyptian security forces arrested 59 Muslims on Saturday accused of setting fire to Christian homes and shops in clashes over church construction that underlined lingering sectarian tensions, security sources said.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni held talks Thursday with Egypt and Jordan, which are trying to persuade Israel to accept an Arab initiative aimed at reviving the Middle East peace process.
Egyptian police have arrested 35 Muslims and are seeking another 25 suspects after clashes broke out in a village as Muslims opposed the extension of a local church, security sources said on Saturday.