It’s March 2015, and in Cairo a middle-aged Egyptian journalist called Nour is writing fevered letters to his younger sister, ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

In November 1976, the United Arab Emirates was on a date with the birth of the Emirates News Agency, as a news and knowledge media entity that expresses the country, and on June 18, 1977, “WAM” ...

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

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 ...

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

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, ...