Civil society calls for new laws to protect freedom of expression online
CAIRO: Facing a "deteriorating state of civil society in the Arab world and a growing number of arrests of bloggers and intern activists, journalists and representatives from civil society organizations…
MPs demand an investigation into the blood bags scandal
CAIRO: Members of the People's Assembly called on the legislative committee to launch an investigation into the polluted blood bags scandal Thursday Jan. 11, and requested stripping the implicated MP…
Search called off for four divers missing in Red Sea
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities on Tuesday called off a search for four divers, including three foreigners, missing off a Red Sea dive resort after they were presumed dead, security sources said.…
Female force: Two wives gang up on husband
CAIRO: For the first time, two wives joined hands to sue their common husband, demanding divorce after they failed to "discipline him, Al Akhbar daily newspaper reported. The two wives…
Egyptian Air Force receives upgraded Apaches
Half of military budget earmarked for new weaponryCAIRO: The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) marked in a ceremony the delivery of 35 remanufactured AH-64D Apache helicopters from Boeing Integrated Defense Systems,…
Tension grows between Iraq and Arab neighbors
Condemnation of Saddam execution widening rift, analysts sayCAIRO: The execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has sent ripples of anger throughout the Middle East but may now be cause…
Rice to visit Cairo as part of regional tour
Talks to centre on Iraq, Palestinian peace effortsCAIRO: US Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice will visit Egypt later this month as part of a regional tour to ramp up Middle…
Minister Zaqzuq expels religious counselor for donning full face cover from meeting
CAIRO: Intellectuals and activists denounced Minister of Religious Endowments Hamdy Zaqzuq for expelling an employee from a meeting for refusing to remove her niqab (the full face cover).The religious counselor…