Egypt's military has confirmed on Friday that a "limited explosion" struck a vital natural gas pipeline in the northern part of the Sinai peninsula on Thursday.
Archaeologists in Egypt said Saturday they had found 59 well-preserved and sealed wooden coffins over recent weeks that were buried more than 2,500 years ago.
Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president overthrown in 2011 and the first leader to face trial after the Arab Spring uprisings that swept the region, was freed on Friday after six years in detention, his lawyer said.
Egypt - Egypt's military coup ousted him. He didn't resign. He was pushed. Washington did the heavy shoving after he fell out of favor for opposing America's war on Iraq, and plans to organize regional Sunni states against Syria, Iran and Lebanon's H
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo is showcasing for the first time the earliest writing from ancient Egypt found on papyrus, detailing work on the Great Pyramid of Giza, antiquities officials said Thursday.
Leading international rights organisation Amnesty International has accused the Egyptian government of using abductions and torture as "shocking tactics" to quell dissent.
Whoever bombed the Russian airliner that was destroyed over Sinai last week must be having a hearty laugh watching the ensuing chaotic reaction of the great powers.
Over the course of the last several days, it's become increasingly clear that an explosion was the likely cause of the disaster that caused a Russian passenger plane to abruptly stall and then plummet to the ground at 300 miles per hour last weeken
A US official on Tuesday snapped back at Egypt after criticism from Cairo over possible human rights violations in the racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.
Egyptian authorities have invited foreign software companies to help the government track online speech amid a sweeping crackdown on dissent. A twin bombing Monday killed two police officers.
Egypt’s military junta continues to move forward with mass trials of those involved in public protests against last summer’s coup, and today sentenced another 683 protesters to death for “inciting violence.
Cairo-based IPS News journalist Adam Morrow discusses the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s turn from democratically elected government to outlawed terrorist group in six months time; the bigger Egyptian protests despite harsher and deadlier crackdowns b
Despite the upheaval of the last two years, it was business as usual for US companies providing Egypt's tanks, helicopters, and bullets. GlobalPost looks at some of the key contracts.
Once-cool relations between Russia and Egypt are quickly warming as Russian officials visit Cairo today to reportedly negotiate an arms deal worth up to $2 billion.
An unnamed U.S. official claims the United States will cut off military aid to Egypt in response the ousting of former President Mohamed Morsi. However, the White House was quick to deny the initial reports.