India, Egypt seek to expand bilateral ties

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 04:32

Taking forward issues of cooperation between Indian and Egypt, the Secretary East in the Ministry of External Affairs had broad ranging discussions with Egyptian representatives during his two-day visit here.

Policeman killed in car bomb in Egypt canal city

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 02:27

A car bomb exploded near an Egyptian police building in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya, killing one policeman and wounding 35 other people, security officials said.

Egyptian forces raid Al-Jazeera office in Cairo

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 17:47

Egyptian security forces late Wednesday raided the Cairo office of Qatar`s Al-Jazeera TV, arresting 11 Qatari citizens including four officials, it was reported Thursday.

Former top aide to Gadhafi acquitted: Egypt

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 20:58

An Egyptian court has acquitted a top aide of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi of charges of attempted murder.

Dozens arrested as Egypt police disperse Islamist demos

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 09:59

Egyptian police arrested dozens of Islamist protesters on Friday when they dispersed rallies across the country, the interior ministry said.

Leading Egyptian activist turns himself in

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 20:10

Ahmad Maher, a symbol of the popular uprising that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, turned himself in to the authorities on Saturday after an order for his arrest was made for defying a tough new law restricting demonstrations.

Riddle of the rotating ancient Egyptian statue solved

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 09:05

For months, curators at a British museum had been wondering how an ancient Egyptian statue in a sealed display cabinet had been able to rotate on its glass shelf, seemingly of its own free will.

Egyptians kept `meat mummies` with `real mummies` for afterlife

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 18:16

A new study has revealed that mummified cuts of meat were preserved and placed in Egyptian tombs as food for the afterlife.

UAE court adjourns hearing on Muslim Brotherhood case

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 23:03

The State Security Circuit of the United Arab Emirates` (UAE) Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, presided over by Judge Mohammed al-Jarrah al-Tunaiji, Tuesday held its third session of the trial of a Muslim Brotherhood cell.

Egypt`s Brotherhood offers talks to `exit` post-Morsi crisis

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 20:30

An Islamist coalition led by the Muslim Brotherhood offered on Saturday negotiations to end the deadly tumult since Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi`s overthrow, without explicitly insisting on his reinstatement.