Cairo - Colonel Amr has forbidden his family to discuss his police work; with militants relentlessly targeting Egypt's security forces he remains perpetually on guard against what he says is "an unseen enemy".

Cairo - Two bomb blasts in Cairo wounded six people including at least two policemen, the latest attacks since Egypt's Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was ousted.

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt have been banned by court order from running in upcoming elections in that country.

Cairo - Two Egyptian policemen and a civilian were wounded in a bomb attack targeting a security checkpoint in central Cairo on Tuesday, officials and a medic said.

Cairo - Three Al-Jazeera journalists were back in court Thursday over their alleged links with the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood, with Amnesty International denouncing their detention of more than 100 days.

Cairo - The brother of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri will stand trial in Egypt along with 67 others on charges of forming a "terrorist group", state media reported on Sunday.

2013 was a dangerous year for Christians. Many were tortured and killed, mostly by Islamists throughout the Middle East. Jesus said "love your enemy," so Christians don't usually seek revenge, making them easy targets.

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Cairo - At least 18 people were killed in tribal clashes in Egypt on Saturday, security officials said, prompting police to send reinforcements to quell the unrest.

Cairo - Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi was due back in court on Saturday over his alleged involvement in the killing of protesters in clashes during his rule.

Cairo - An Egyptian police general was killed and an assistant interior minister wounded in twin bombings targeting security posts near Cairo University on Wednesday, police said.

Cairo - Violent clashes continue between police and anti-government protesters. The clashes were in Cairo and three other Egyptian cities.

Cairo - Egypt's electoral commission said Sunday the presidential election will take place on May 26 and 27, 10 months after the army overthrew Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi.

Cairo - As has been long expected, army chief General Sisi announced that he will run for the presidency of Egypt. In a speech in which Sisi also announced his resignation from the military, he promised "there will be no personal score-setting."

Cairo - Egypt's farcical trial that sentenced to death more than 500 Muslim Brotherhood supporters and Islamists for killing a single police officer shows the extreme example of a judicial system gone berserk.

Cairo - Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday he had quit the military to run for president and vowed to rid the country of "terrorism" almost nine months after he toppled its elected leader.Sisi, who was also defence minister, faces no serio...

Cairo - Egypt's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday he had quit the military to run for president, vowing to rid the country of "terrorism" almost nine months after he toppled the elected leader.Sisi, who was also defence minister, faces no serious ...

Cairo - Around 700 supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi, including the supreme guide of his Muslim Brotherhood movement, were Tuesday due in court, a day after 529 co-defendants were sentenced to death.The trial of more than 1,200 Islamists in ...

Cairo - While Egyptian security forces killed at least 500 and possibly over 1,000 pro-Morsi protesters while breaking up protest camps, when one policeman is killed 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters are sentenced to death for his murder.

Cairo - An Egyptian court sentenced 529 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death on Monday after just two hearings, in the largest mass sentencing in the country's modern history.The shock verdict, which came amid a sweeping crackdown on...