Cairo: Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak has tasked his new Prime Minister on Sunday to ram through democratic reforms as thousands of protesters in central Cairo defied a military curfew to

New Delhi: Amid political upheaval in Egypt, around 300 Indians, mostly women and children, are returning to India early Monday morning aboard a special flight of Air India.

"The government has arran

Cairo: Calling for a general strike, tens of thousands of protesters today stepped up their campaign for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, even as the focus shifted on the influential army for a

Wellington: New Zealand on Monday joined international calls for Egypt President Hosni Mubarak to respect his people's demands for a change in the country's regime.

"There is obviously a strong wish

Cairo: About 5,000 Egyptian prisoners broke out of a prison in the Fayyoum Govenorate amid the nationwide riots on Saturday night, Xinhua quoted the Dubai-based Arabiya TV report on Sunday.

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Cairo: Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 10 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's ant

Cairo: Looters rampaged through malls and luxury shops in upmarket Cairo as more army men doffed their uniforms and joined the unprecedented movement for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's ouster th

Cairo: Protests in Egypt continued unabated as the pro-democracy leader Mohamed El Baradie stuck on the demand of President Hosni Mubarak's resignation and said the appointment of a new vice president

Cairo: Facing a popular uprising, Egypt's president fired his Cabinet on Saturday after protesters engulfed his country in chaos — battling police with stones and firebombs, burning down the ruling pa

Washington: US President Barack Obama today called on his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak to halt the crackdown on protestors, saying Washington would continue to stand up for the rights of the E