Egypt's military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi visits Libya on Monday to boost ties between the two neighbouring countries where popular protests have unseated veteran leaders, officials said.

Egypt will celebrate with pomp and parade the revolt that unseated president Hosni Mubarak, making January 25 an official public holiday, a member of the ruling military council said today.

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A prosecutor in Hosni Mubarak's trial on Thursday demanded the death sentence for him and his former security chief, saying the fallen Egyptian president had ordered the killings of anti-regime demons

Former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, ousted in a popular revolt, on Tuesday faced prosecutors who would grill him on charges of ordering the killing of anti-regime protesters, abuse of office and c

Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, accused of ordering the killing of anti-regime protesters, appeared in court again on Monday accompanied by his sons, before the high-profile trial was adjourn

An Egyptian court today ordered the country's army to stop forced virginity tests on women detainees which the military claimed were performed so that they do not later claim they were raped.

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Agitated over the brutal crackdown and mistreatment of women protesters by the Egyptian military, women are preparing for a massive rally here on Tuesday to denounce the atrocities committed by the ar

Egypt's ruling military council, which took power when Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February, said on Monday it had uncovered a plot to burn down parliament.

General Adel Emara, a member of the Suprem

At least three people were killed and 257 wounded on Friday as Egyptian protesters and security forces clashed in the worst violence in weeks, overshadowing the vote count in the latest round of a landmark general election.

Egypt on Tuesday wrapped up the opening round of the first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak's fall, with Islamists winning a landslide victory at the expense of weakened and divided liberal