Egypt's new president-elect, Mohammed Morsy, said on Sunday he would be a leader "for all Egyptians" and called for national unity after a polarizing race.
In his first televised speech on state TV, Morsy declared he would be a leader "of all (...)
The Vatican has sharply criticized a book on sexuality written by a prominent American nun, saying she has a “defective understanding” of certain core church teachings on issues like masturbation, homosexuality and marriage.
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Pope Benedict XVI released a message saying that the Catholic Church shares the pain of the Copts over Pope Shenouda III's death on Saturday.
Benedict sent a condolence message to Coptic Christians on Sunday following the death of Pope Shenouda at (...)
A leading media watchdog says an Egyptian military investigation of journalists and bloggers shows the country's ruling generals are trying to muzzle the media.
The journalists and bloggers are among 12 prominent figures under investigation over (...)
The United States' top general is in Egypt for security talks with the country's military rulers, amid tensions between the two allies over charges filed against 16 American civil society workers accused of fomenting unrest, said Egypt's state news (...)
Egyptian authorities arrested an Australian journalist and an American student on Saturday on the accusation of trying to bribe people to join a strike marking the first anniversary of Hosni Mubarak's ouster that demands a faster transition to (...)
At least 71 people were killed Wednesday in violence following a football match in Port Said, when fans flooded the field seconds after a match against a rival team was over, the Health Ministry said Thursday. Without giving specific figures, Deputy (...)
The trial of Hosni Mubarak resumed Wednesday after the former president's arrival, which was delayed because of foggy weather that made it difficult to fly him from his hospital to the Police Academy in New Cairo, where the trial is taking (...)