"In the context of the emergency law, the deputy military commander issued an order that Hosni Mubarak should be put under house arrest," the office said in a statement. Egypt is under a state of ...

Soon after the overthrow of the authoritarian president of Syria, Bashar Assad, a hashtag gathered steam on Egyptian social ...

Eight years have passed since Egypt's January 25 popular uprising forced autocratic President Hosni Mubarak to step down after 30 years in power. Although the uprising enjoyed a degree of ...

His statement followed the announcement by Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak that he would not stand for re-election. Earlier, the US had told Mr Mubarak not to stand for re-election or to put ...

Since Islamist rebels overthrew the Assad dictatorship in Syria, Egypt, with parallels in its own recent history, has watched ...

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak died today in Cairo, aged 91. He became president of Egypt in the wake of the assassination of Anwar Sadat, and was ousted in 2011 ...

Laila Soueif, 68, has been sitting outside 10 Downing Street for 130 days on a hunger strike. She is a mother who is trying ...

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy visits Cairo on Thursday to press local officials to release a jailed British-Egyptian pro-democracy campaigner. She added that Lammy "should be able to secure Alaa's ...

Japan has granted Egypt $1.17 million to upgrade the Cairo Opera House’s infrastructure and equipment and improve its theatre ...

Japan has granted Egypt USD 1.17 million (EGP 58.9 million) to upgrade the Cairo Opera House’s infrastructure and equipment, ...