CAIRO : Egypt sent police reinforcements to the Sinai after an attack on a police camp on Monday in the wake of the kidnapping of seven security personnel in the lawless peninsula, officials said.According to one security official, 80 Central Security (riot police) units and 26 armoured personnel ...

EL-ARISH - TG - Junk-food starved Gazans can now order Kentucky Fried Chicken to go thanks to a new smuggling service which brings takeout from Egypt via a network of underground tunnels.It's not exactly "fast" - taking several hours to arrive, with the Palestinian delivery company behind it ...

CAIRO  - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Thursday summoned his defence and interior ministers over the kidnapping hours earlier of policemen and soldiers in the Sinai peninsula, the official MENA agency reported.The crisis talks at the presidential palace come after unidentified gunmen ...

cairo - Egyptian security forces have thwarted a plan by an al Qaeda-linked cell to carry out a suicide attack on a foreign embassy, capturing three militants, the interior minister said on Saturday.Mohamed Ibrahim said the men, who he accused of having links to militants in the Middle East and ...

CAIRO - Ex-president Hosni Mubarak, on trial for the death of protesters during Egypt's 2011 uprising that toppled him, said future generations would judge him "fairly" in an interview published on Sunday.  "I have said in the past that history would bear witness and judge, and I am still ...

ISTANBUL : Egypt's new planning minister said on Saturday he was confident the country would reach a deal with the IMF on a $4.8 billion loan programme, although the timing of its next visit to Cairo was unclear. The IMF said on Thursday it was not currently planning a new visit to Egypt to discuss ...

Istanbul - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development cut sharply on Friday its 2013 growth outlook for countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and for Russia and Egypt in particular.The EBRD slashed its January forecast of 3.1 percent growth to 2.2 percent for a broad swath of ...

cairo - Egypt may reach 65 to 70 percent self-sufficiency in wheat production this year because of an expected boost in the local harvest, the prime minister said on Saturday.Egypt usually imports around 10 million tonnes of wheat a year but this year the state says it will buy only around 4 to 5 ...

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan and Egypt have trustworthy political relations and enjoying excellent diplomatic relations, therefore both the countries should also consider to improve economic ties and bilateral trade relations.These remarks were made by Said Mohamed El-Said Hindam, Ambassador of Egypt in ...

CAIRO : Egypt's Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki resigned on Sunday ahead of a cabinet reshuffle in which he was expected to be replaced, state media reported.President Mohamed Morsi had said on Saturday he would order the reshuffle "soon," after months of pressure by opposition groups that demand an ...

CAIRO : Hot air balloon flights resumed in the city of Luxor on Sunday, nearly two months after a deadly accident killed 19 tourists, Egyptian officials told AFP.Four flights took off from the ancient temple city, with around 70 tourists on board, said Ahmed Abboud who heads the Balloon Flights ...

MOSCOW Egypt, struggling to meet domestic energy demand, has asked Russia to help it fulfil its gas supply contracts with Europe, Russia's Energy Minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.He also said Egypt had offered some Russian companies, including Gazprom, Gazprom Neft, Lukoil and Novatek, ...

CAIRO (AFP/Reuters): Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was transferred Thursday from a military hospital back to prison to await a retrial in May over his role in the deaths of protesters in 2011, a security source said.Mubarak was taken by ambulance to Tora prison under heavy security ...

CAIRO :  Negotiations between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund have not failed, the president’s office said on Wednesday after an IMF delegation left Cairo without agreement on a $4.8 billion (3.1 billion pounds) loan needed to ease a severe economic crisis.“Talk that the ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt’s central bank will hold an exceptional foreign exchange auction for $600 million on Sunday to cover strategic imports such as wheat, meat and cooking oil, it said in a statement.The auction is 15 times the size of the three $40 million currency auctions the ...

CAIRO (Reuters/AFP) - Egypt’s parliament approved a revised election law on Thursday setting the rules for lower house parliamentary polls due to be held later this year, but critics are concerned the new statute will not guarantee a fair vote.The Islamist-led upper house will now send the ...

CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt was on edge Monday after a night of sporadic violence outside Cairo’s main cathedral following the death of seven people in clashes between Christians and Muslims.Islamist President Mohamed Mursi has promised to launch an immediate investigation into the bloodshed.Calm was ...

CAIRO - It is not just Egypt’s politicians and experts who are keeping a close eye on loan talks with the International Monetary Fund: ordinary Egyptians suffering the squeeze of a devastating economic crisis are also watching with concern.Sami Mohammed, a 49-year-old civil servant, has been ...

CAIRO - The European Union’s foreign policy chief met Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Sunday to encourage the country’s feuding political leaders to seek a national consensus in tackling mounting economic and political problems.“This is a critical time for Egypt’s ...

KHARTOUM  - Egypt and Sudan plan to double their trade and investment, stepping up cooperation in sectors ranging from manufacturing to tourism, President Mohamed Mursi said on Friday as he ended his first visit to Khartoum.“We agree to benefit from all the resources we have to reach ...

KHARTOUM - Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi arrived in neighbouring Sudan on Thursday to push economic and other ties on a visit Khartoum calls “historic” but which comes nearly a year after Mursi’s election.The two-day trip is the former Muslim Brotherhood leader’s ...

CAIRO - Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef was released on bail on Sunday after nearly five hours of questioning over alleged insults to the president and religion, highlighting concerns over freedom of expression in post-revolt Egypt. Youssef, whose weekly programme Albernameg (The Show) has pushed ...

CAIRO  - Egypt’s public prosecutor on Saturday ordered the arrest of popular satirist Bassem Youssef over alleged insults to Islam and to President Mohamed Morsi, in the latest clampdown on critical media. Judicial sources told AFP that several complaints had been filed against Youssef, ...

CAIRO - The Egyptian state prosecutor decided on Sunday to extradite to Libya two former regime officials wanted on charges of corruption, a judicial source told AFP. Former Libyan ambassador Ali Maria and and Mohammed Ibrahim, the brother of senior Gaddafi-era official Ahmed Ibrahim, were arrested ...

President Asif Ali Zardari Monday urged for concerted steps to bolster the existing Pak-Egyptian relationship to new heights with  focus on their trade and investment ties. President Zardari said the Government and the people of Pakistan highly valued their relations with their Egyptian ...

Linda S HeardProtest has become a way of life for many Egyptians all over the country. Everyone seems to have a gripe; everyone is aware that something is rotten in the state of Egypt but there’s little consensus on how to put things right. Scenes of angry demonstrators firing buildings and ...

A hot air balloon exploded and plunged to earth at Egypt's ancient temple city of Luxor during a sunrise flight on Tuesday, killing up to 19 tourists, including Asians and Europeans, sources said.The balloon carrying 21 people was flying at 300 metres (1,000 feet) when it caught fire, a security ...

CAIRO - Egypt's domestic wheat crop is expected to rise sharply in 2012/2013, a top official said on Sunday, adding that the state had not cut funds for overall grains purchases despite a rising budget deficit and falling foreign currency reserves.Nomani Nomani, adviser to Egypt's supply minister, ...

CAIRO - A pyramid that dates back more than 3,000 years and built for an advisor to King Ramses II has been discovered in Luxor, Egypt’s state minister for antiquities said. The remains of the large mudbrick pyramid - whose original height was 15 metres (49 feet) - was unearthed during ...

CAIRO  - An Egyptian minister resigned on Monday in protest at police abuse as demonstrators and riot police clashed in the Nile Delta after the funeral of an activist who died in custody, state media and witnesses said.The activist, Mohammed al-Guindi, 28, had been arrested in Cairo’s ...