Egyptian Army kills 9 militants in Sinai offensive

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 01:16

Egyptian Army troops backed by helicopter gunships attacked hideouts of Islamic militants in Sinai on Tuesday, killing nine and arresting 10, a military official said. The latest raids raised the death toll from four days of operations to 29.

Egyptian troop column moves into the Sinai

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 14:12

A military official says Egypt is deploying new troops backed by tanks and other armoured vehicles to insurgent strongholds in the northern Sinai Peninsula.

New timeline for ancient Egypt established

Last Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2013, 14:35

Scientists have established a new timeline for the ancient Egypt`s origin.

Egypt judges recommend dissolving Muslim Brotherhood

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 21:29

A panel of judges has recommended the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt`s largest Islamic political organisation, after it was accused of committing illegal acts, including murder, terrorism and sabotage.

11 Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to life

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 19:21

Fifty-six members of Muslim Brotherhood were on Tuesday sentenced, including 11 to life imprisonment, by an Egyptian military court on charges of acts of "aggression" against the Army in Suez city last month.

Egypt`s consul attacked in Tripoli

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 16:06

Egypt`s consul in the Libyan capital of Tripoli was attacked Monday by a group of unidentified militants, the Egyptian embassy said.

Bangladeshi arrested over threat to Egyptian embassy

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 18:24

An activist of the student wing of Bangladesh`s largest Islamist party was arrested on Wednesday on charge of threatening to blow up the Egyptian embassy here.

Earliest iron artifacts came from outer space

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 15:41

Cosmic jewellery! Some of the earliest iron artifacts ever found - beads strung into a necklace found in a 5000-year-old Egyptian cemetery - were made from a meteorite, archaeologists have found.

Egypt ex-president Mubarak’s trial postponed

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 18:16

The trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on charges of complicity in the deaths of protesters was adjourned on Saturday until August 25, after a brief session.

Mohamed Morsi supporters cleared from Egypt mosque

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 17:36

Egyptian security forces have stormed a Cairo mosque after firing tear gas at hundreds of Islamists supporters of the country`s ousted president barricaded inside. Muslim Brotherhood`s leader Mohamed Badie`s son was shot dead.

Thousands of Turks protest Egypt violence

Last Updated: Friday, August 16, 2013, 22:14

Thousands of Turks on Friday protested the bloody crackdown on demonstrators loyal to ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, chanting that "Infidels are killing Muslims!"