Former Egyptian Ruler Mubarak Sentenced to Life in Prison
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — It’s the day the pharaoh fell. A court sentenced Hosni Mubarak, the embattled and ailing former ruler who led Egypt with an iron first for 30 years, to life in prison for his role in the killing of hundreds of…
Egypt Ends State of Emergency After Three Decades
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(CAIRO) — After 31 years, Egypt has finally ended its notorious state of emergency.The set of sweeping powers that had given security forces a free hand to detain and even torture Egyptian citizens was put to rest on Thursday.It’s …
Two Americans Kidnapped in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
iStockPhoto/ThinkstockUPDATE: The two American tourists who were kidnapped in Egypt this week were released on Thursday, ABC News has confirmed.
(CAIRO) — Two Americans tourists been kidnapped in Egypt.
The American embassy in Cairo tell ABC News the …
Islamist, Mubarak Crony Enter Runoff Election for Egyptian President
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images(CAIRO) — With the results released Monday, no one received at least 50 percent of the vote in Egypt’s presidential election last week, meaning that Mohamed Mursi and Ahmed Shafiq are the two candidates on the ballot in th…
Islamist, Mubarak Crony Enter Runoff Election for Egyptian President
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images(CAIRO) — With the results released Monday, no one received at least 50 percent of the vote in Egypt’s presidential election last week, meaning that Mohamed Mursi and Ahmed Shafiq are the two candidates on the ballot in th…
Early Results in Egypt’s Presidential Election Points to Run-Off
John Moore/Getty Images(CAIRO) — Early results in Egypt’s first contested presidential election show remarkable leads for two candidates from opposite ends of the spectrum that will likely end up in a run-off between both men.Just over half of the vot…
Egyptian Election Outcome Nears as Vote Counting Begins
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(CAIRO) — Egypt is coming closer to seeing a new democratically elected government. After two days of polling, the polling stations are closed and election officials have started to count votes to see who will be the nation’s…
Egyptian Presidential Election Moving Along Smoothly
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images(CAIRO) — For the most part, things went very smoothly during the first day of Egypt’s presidential elections as voters made their picks for the person they want to run their country after Hosni Mubarak’s 30 years of autho…
First Presidential Election Since Mubarak’s Ouster Underway in Egypt
John Moore/Getty Images(CAIRO) — Long lines snaked out of polling stations across Egypt Wednesday morning as Egyptians went to cast their ballots in the country’s first presidential election since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted last February. …
International Monitors Allowed in Egyptian Presidential Election
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images(CAIRO) — Egypt’s presidential elections are going off as planned on May 23 and May 24 and with them, international monitors to report any voting irregularities.This means Egyptians will finally get the chance to chose a s…
Egypt Holds Historic Televised Presidential Debate
GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/GettyImages(CAIRO) — Despite a lower administrative court’s decision Wednesday to suspend the election planned for May 23 and 24, the two leading Egyptian presidential candidates faced off Thursday for an unprecedented televised …
Egyptian Court Suspends Presidential Elections
Hemera/Thinkstock(CAIRO) — A possible political crisis in Egypt is in the making after presidential elections scheduled for later this month were suspended on Wednesday.Citing various errors in the law that include not giving the Supreme Presidential …
Egypt’s Most Popular Comedian Guilty of Insulting Islam
AFP/Getty Images(CAIRO) — The verdict of a popular Egyptian comedian convicted of offending Islam has been upheld by a Cairo court, raising fears among Egyptian liberals and secularists about the Islamic tide rising since the downfall of former Presid…
Egypt Ex-Spy Chief Barred from Running for President
Tara Todras-Whitehill-Pool/Getty Images(CAIRO) — Egypt’s electoral commission ruled Tuesday that the man who experts say oversaw torture for the Mubarak regime is ineligible to run for president. Former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman had appealed a …
Egypt Ex-Spy Chief Barred from Running for President
Tara Todras-Whitehill-Pool/Getty Images(CAIRO) — Egypt’s electoral commission ruled Tuesday that the man who experts say oversaw torture for the Mubarak regime is ineligible to run for president. Former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman had appealed a …
Egypt Ex-Spy Chief Fights to Run for President
Tara Todras-Whitehill-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former Egyptian spy chief Omar Suleiman, who experts say oversaw torture for the Hosni Mubarak regime, has appealed a government ruling barring him from running for president in the country’s…
Egyptian Presidential Candidate Oversaw Torture, According to Intelligence
Tara Todras-Whitehill-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — One of the men campaigning to lead Egypt into its post-Mubarak future used to oversee torture for the Mubarak regime, according to Western intelligence experts, and even aided the CIA in its controve…
Accusation Imperils Egyptian’s Presidential Hopes
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — An ultra-conservative Islamist running for president in Egypt is facing accusations that his mother was an American citizen, a charge that if true, could see him disqualified from the race.Hazem Salah Abu …
Secretary Clinton to Allow Egypt Military Aid
FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — On Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will formally notify Congress that she plans to allow $1.3 billion of aid to go to the Egyptian military, according to a Senior State Department official. Eg…
Omar Sharif Jr. Comes Out as Gay, Half-Jewish: "Am I Welcome in Egypt?"
Jason Merritt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The grandson of two-time Golden Globe winning actor Omar Sharif “hesitantly confessed” in an article published Sunday that he is gay and half Jewish, and worried about being welcome in Egypt.Omar Sha…