Authorities free Al-Jazeera’s Cairo bureau chief Reporters Without Borders noted today that Al-Jazeera’s Cairo bureau chief, Hussein Abdel Ghani, was released late yesterday on bail after being arrested in the southern

Riot police wielding batons chased away protesters from Egypt’s supreme court yesterday as two judges who favor reform faced a disciplinary hearing for alleging fraud in last year’s parliamentary elections.

In the early morning of April 14, 2006, Mahmoud Salah al-Din Abd al-Raziq, a Muslim, entered the church of Mar Girgis (Saint George) in Alexandria’s al-Hadra district and stabbed three

The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentary bloc issued a statement today condemning assaults by police on its parliament members during demonstrations yesterday in Cairo. Dr. Mohamed Al Katatni, head of the

Massive demonstrations erupted in downtown Cairo led by the Muslim Brotherhood parliament members in solidarity with the judges during their general assembly session on Thursday April 26, and to protest

On February 14, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt met with King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman al-Saud on board the USS Quincy, anchored in the Great Bitter Lake along the Suez Canal

There are few hundreds in the Egyptian Press Union (Syndicate) who are besieged since yesterday. They ran out of food and potable water.   Security forces besieging the syndicate are

Thousands of riot police sealed off access to Egypt’s High Court on Thursday, beating and arresting protesters who had turned out to support two judges facing a disciplinary panel because

Egyptians Rally Behind Magistrates Targeted After Alleging Election FraudThousands of police surrounded the stately square building on Abdel Khaleq Tharwat Street downtown Thursday, while up on the balcony a group

 Human rights activists condemned the arrest of at least 30 protesters at demonstrations held on 26 and 27 April, held in support of pro-reform judges. Among other groups, the South