The Chinese embassy in Egypt held a reception here on Sunday evening to celebrate the 58th anniversary of the foundation of the People's Republic of China. Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Wu Sike said at ...

The ancient Egyptians swore by it for its aphrodisiac qualities. Five thousand years later, the Japanese and South Koreans are making it into green tea, tofu and even ice cream. This is molokia, a green vegetable of the jute or mallow family, which is one of Egypt's most traditional dishes.

EGYPT abruptly allowed about 100 Palestinians who had been stranded since Hamas seized the Gaza Strip in mid-June to return home before dawn on Sunday, witnesses said. Most were supporters of the Isla...

GAZA CITY Under a deal struck with Egypt, dozens of Hamas members were allowed to return to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing yesterday after months of being stuck at the border, a Hamas spokesm...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Under cover of darkness, Egypt has allowed dozens of stranded Palestinians to return to the Gaza Strip. In a rare sign of cooperation between Egypt and Gaza's Hamas (hah-...

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met here Sunday on the latest developments in the Palestinian territories, the official MENA news agency reported. Acc...

+ ] By Will Rasmussen CAIRO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Like thousands of other people in Cairo, Ashraf Ali, 33, has lived his whole life on a downtown roof. Seven floors above the dirt and din of Cair...

A controversial Egyptian newspaper editor is going on trial over a report about the president's health.

+ ] JERUSALEM, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Israel releases 87 jailed Palestinians on Monday in a bid to shore up President Mahmoud Abbas against rival Hamas Islamists and ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conferenc...

Cairo: Egyptian pro-women groups are disappointed that several TV serials being shown on local and Arab TV feature polygamy as a recurrent theme. "I have been working in the field of women's welf...