DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday it would put on trial 30 Emiratis and Egyptians accused of setting up an illegal branch of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, part of a crackdown on the Islamist organization that has soured relations with Cairo. Full story
CAIRO (Reuters) - "Gangs of New York" seems a fitting favourite movie for Egypt's new culture minister, a film studies professor who styles himself an outsider fighting to break the hold of a privileged elite over spending on the arts. Full story
CAIRO (Reuters) - Sixteen years ago, Adel Mohamed al-Khayat was a member of the militant group blamed for slaughtering 58 tourists in Egypt's Valley of the Queens; today he's promising to keep visitors safe. Full story
The foreign ministers of Egypt and Ethiopia say their countries have agreed to start consultations aimed at resolving their conflict over Ethiopia's huge dam on the Blue Nile River. Full story
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait hanged two Egyptian men on Tuesday, one for murder and the other for abduction and rape, state news agency KUNA reported, in the second set of executions in the Gulf Arab state this year. Full story
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Investment Minister Yehya Hamed said on Monday he aimed to boost Egypt's anemic economic growth to as high as 7 percent in two years by improving the environment for private investors. Full story
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Tear gas poured into Tahrir Square as protests continued hours after Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi vowed that landmark parliamentary elections will start on schedule on Monday. NBC’s Richard Engel reports from Cairo.
NBC’s First Read reported Monday that two missile strikes by Israel leveled a Syrian research facility over the weekend. NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin joins the spin cycle to talk about what this means for U.S. involvement in Syria.
Egyptian women are being sexually harassed and assaulted at an alarming rate in iconic Tahrir Square. NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin talks to survivors and those speaking out.
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Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi meets with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton at El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo June 19, 2013. REUTERS/Egyptian Presidency/Handout via Reuters (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETIN
A guided tourist is seen with a trainer in Giftun island in Hurghada, about 464 km from the capital Cairo, June 19, 2013. Egypt's tourism minister tendered his resignation on Tuesday over President Mohamed Mursi's decision to appoint as governor of Luxor, a member of a hardline Islamist group blam
Tourists use a sea parachute near Giftun island in Hurghada, about 464 km from the capital Cairo, June 19, 2013. Egypt's tourism minister tendered his resignation on Tuesday over President Mohamed Mursi's decision to appoint as governor of Luxor a member of a hardline Islamist group blamed for slau
Tourists dive in Giftun island in Hurghada, about 464 km from the capital Cairo, June 19, 2013. Egypt's tourism minister tendered his resignation on Tuesday over President Mohamed Mursi's decision to appoint as governor of Luxor a member of a hardline Islamist group blamed for slaughtering 58 touri
