Will Egypt’s protests reach Jordan?

The online calls for protests to bring down the regime in Egypt and other calls on social media for protests demanding reforms in Jordan encouraged Jordanian activists to unify their ranks.

Egypt

Hamas orders its supporters not to comment on anti-Sisi demonstrations

Hamas decided to distance itself from Egyptian demonstrations demanding the departure of Sisi.

Palestine

Egypt, US combine efforts to boost family planning programs

Egyptian parliament recently approved amendments to a deal signed with USAID that would provide $10 million for Egypt’s family planning program.

Egypt

Egypt tries to get new Sudan government to its side

Egypt has recently hosted a meeting of Sudan’s revolutionary forces and armed opposition to help advance negotiations and peace talks, as Cairo believes security in Sudan is linked to its own internal stability.

Egypt

Israel’s ambassador to Egypt still sitting at home

Amira Oron is an experienced diplomat, who was supposed to be the first woman to serve as Israel’s ambassador to Cairo; yet one year after her appointment was approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she is still sitting at home.

Egypt

Egypt’s opposition threatens to freeze political activities over crackdown

Some Egyptian political parties, reacting to recent arrests made to curtail protests, have threatened to cease political activity to express opposition to the authorities' approach.

Egypt

Trump intensifies ‘Arab NATO’ talks after Iran strike

The Donald Trump administration is working to push forward with a military alliance of Middle Eastern states as the international community looks to respond to a suspected Iranian attack on a Saudi oil facility.

Saudi Arabia

Cairo clamps down on dissent as Egypt sees rare unrest

Egypt arrests government critics and thwarts mass downtown protests in the capital.

Egypt

Will Thomas Cook's collapse have long-term impact on Egypt's tourism sector?

Egypt's tourist industry was just getting back on its feet when Thomas Cook collapsed, producing more uncertainty in the sector.

Egypt

Is new revolution in the making in Egypt?

Egyptians protested for the second week in a row against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and government corruption, as authorities widened their crackdown.

Egypt

Intel: How Congress is trying to get US prisoners out of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey

Saudi Arabia

Meet the boxer who blows into glass in Cairo

Glassblowing dates back to pharaonic times in Egypt, but these days there's one man trying to keep the tradition alive.

Egypt