Egypt

Seven Egyptian soldiers freed by captors in Sinai

2013-05-22 10:37:00

CAIRO — Seven Egyptian soldiers who had been abducted in the Sinai last week were set free by their captors early Wednesday amid conflicting reports as to how their release was secured. Many local news websites reported that tribe leaders in the...

Smugglers provide KFC delivery to Gaza Strip; they advertise on Facebook

2013-05-16 12:55:00

Imagine living in an area where you can't get your hands on your favorite foods. Now imagine how much you'd pay to get them. When people living in the Gaza Strip get a craving for KFC, there's no way they can get it. There are no name-brand fast-food...

Morale hits a new low on Egypt stock market

2013-05-15 16:27:00

CAIRO — His phone doesn't ring and his charts are gloomy. But every day Mostafa Ismail, a financial broker with a hangman's demeanor, steps into the Egyptian stock exchange hoping for positive blips. They are rare in a nation where revolution...

Egypt's border with Gaza stays closed as protest continues

2013-05-19 18:10:00

CAIRO — Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip remained closed Sunday as the families and colleagues of seven Egyptian soldiers who were kidnapped in the northern Sinai Peninsula last week continued a sit-in. A video was briefly posted on YouTube...

Supporters of abducted soldiers keep Sinai-Gaza border shut

2013-05-19 10:10:00

CAIRO — The families and colleagues of seven Egyptian soldiers who were kidnapped last week in North Sinai kept Egypt’s borders with the Gaza Strip closed Sunday for the third day in a row. Nearly 170 demonstrators have gathered inside the...

American man stabbed outside U.S. Embassy in Cairo

2013-05-09 12:19:00

CAIRO — An American man was stabbed by an unidentified assailant outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Thursday, officials said. The reason for the attack was not immediately clear, though Egyptian officials said it did not appear to be politically...

Egyptian Cabinet shuffle strengthens Muslim Brotherhood

2013-05-07 09:43:00

CAIRO -- President Mohamed Morsi reshuffled his Cabinet on Tuesday, strengthening the Muslim Brotherhood’s hold on power and angering the opposition amid Egypt’s economic turmoil and political unrest. The naming of nine new ministers...

USAID develops a bad reputation among some foreign leaders

2013-05-06 20:00:00

WASHINGTON — When Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development from his impoverished country last week, he complained that Washington "still has a mentality of domination and submission" in the region. It...

Uncovered: Ritual public drunkenness and sex in ancient Egypt

2013-04-29 16:37:00

I'll bet you that archaeologist Betsy Bryan's perspective on reality-show behavior is a little longer than most. Since 2001, Bryan has led the excavation of the temple complex of the Egyptian goddess Mut in modern-day Luxor, the site of the city of Thebes...

Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel on Time 100 list

2013-04-18 11:42:00

It's not as juicy as Forbes' annual highest-paid celebrities list, but the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people always provides plenty of conversational fodder, especially when it comes to which TV personalities made the list. Though...

Egypt's Mubarak ordered back to prison

2013-04-17 11:04:00

CAIRO -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was ordered back to Tora Prison after a medical report Wednesday determined that he no longer needed advanced treatment at a military hospital along the Nile. A probe by the general prosecutor’s...

'Arab Spring,' once an inspiration, now a more cautionary tale

2013-04-17 02:00:00

Two years ago, the "Arab Spring" that deposed dictators and demagogues was an inspiration to hundreds of millions of repressed souls across the Middle East who yearned for a say in how they were governed. Today, with the Egyptian economy in ruins,...

While traveling in Europe, I enjoy meeting countless Americans and fans of my TV series and guidebooks. While the political craziness has dented tourism across the board here in Egypt, there are plenty of visitors . . . but almost no Americans.

2013-04-28 18:19:52

Tarek Mousa, of Egypt and Beyond Travel, made sure I enjoyed maximum travel thrills for every mile, minute, and dollar while I was in Egypt.

2013-04-28 18:19:56

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks with reporters after meeting Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on April 24, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Jim Watson-Pool/Getty Images) BESTPIX TCN OUT

2013-04-24 00:00:00