Jerusalem: Israel has told its diplomats in the United States, Europe and elsewhere to encourage their host nations to support the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, daily Haaretz reported on

Cairo: After 24 years in Canada, Rafik and Leila Baladi moved back to Cairo two weeks ago to settle down.

Now, like many other residents of the Egyptian capital, they're stocking up on bottled water

Mumbai: More than 300 Indians evacuated from Egypt, which is in the midst of a political upheaval, on Monday reached Mumbai on a special Air India flight and thanked the government and the airline for

Cairo: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appointed a new interior minister on Monday as part of a revamped cabinet designed to defuse the most serious challenge to his rule in three decades.

But it wa

London, Jan. 29: The US secretly backed rebel leaders, who are responsible for the uprising in Egypt and the US embassy in Cairo even helped a dissident to attend a summit for activists in New York.

New Delhi: Indian Embassy in Cairo has made arrangements to airlift Indian nationals in Egypt wanting to return home in the wake of violent agitation against the Hosni Mubarak regime.

The arran

Cairo, Egypt: Thousands of prisoners escaped from the Wadi Natrun facility, north of Cairo, a security official said on Sunday, as anti-government riots entered their sixth day.

Inmates overwhelmed g

Gaza city: The Rafah crossing between southern Gaza and Egypt was closed on Sunday, a Palestinian official told AFP, saying Egyptian officials had left the border following the spiralling political un

New Delhi: India has sent an Air India's plane to Egypt to evacuate Indian citizens from the country, the airline said on Sunday.

An aircraft left India at 1710 local time (1040 GMT) bound for Cairo,

Jerusalem: Israel's leaders anxiously watched events in Egypt on Sunday as analysts warned that if a new leadership was dominated by Islamists it could threaten 30 years of peace between the two neigh