Egyptian anti-government activists clashed with police for a second day Wednesday in defiance of an official ban on any protests. Beefed up police forces on the streets quickly moved in and used tear gas and beatings to disperse any demonstrations.

Hundreds of Egyptian demonstrators calling for economic and political reforms broke through police barriers on Tuesday and began marching in Cairo’s streets, in a protest inspired by Tunisia's uprising.

The Polls opened across Egypt on Sunday for a parliamentary election expected to strengthen the ruling party's grip in the most populous Arab nation but marred by a crackdown on the Islamist oppositio

Egypt is for the first time guaranteeing 64 out of 508 parliamentary seats being contested in Sunday's election for women, boosting their profile in a male-dominated society, but some see it as a cyni

A branch of Al Qaeda has called on the French government to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan in return for the safety of five French hostages kidnapped in Niger, in a message broadcast by al-Jazee

After months of uncertainty, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has set November 28 as the date for parliamentary elections in the country, where the state of emergency is in place since 1981.

An Egyptian bus driver working for a private construction company shot dead six labourers on Tuesday and injured as many as 12 others in a suburb of Cairo, the official MENA news agency reported.

Archaeologists have discovered a hidden tunnel inside the ancient tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Seti I, who ruled the country more than 3,000 years ago, Egypt’s culture minister Hosni Farouk said on Wednes

Saudi Arabia’s central bank holds more than twice the amount of gold previously estimated, a shift that analysts said reflected more of an accounting adjustment than an indication the oil rich nation

Austrian archaeologists have located an underground Egyptian city which they believe to be Avaris, the capital used by the Hyksos who ruled 3,600 years ago, the culture ministry said on Sunday.