Egypt

  A new Cabinet is expected to be sworn in on Thursday, but Prime Minister-designate Hesham Qandil revealed few details…

  Dar al-Ifta, an educational body within Al-Azhar that is tasked with issuing religious opinions based on Sharia, issued a…

Protesters at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier in Nasr City ended their sit-in Thursday against President Mohamed Morsy and…

  President Mohamed Morsy granted former Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri the Order of the Republic on Thursday to honor him…

  The week-long clashes between Muslim and Coptic residents in the Giza village of Dahshur seemed to have drawn to…

The president would be the supreme commander of the armed forces. The defense minister, to be recruited from the military…

  Seventeen strikes and sit-ins protesting water and power cuts have disrupted the railways in Upper and Lower Egypt over…

  President Mohamed Morsy will visit Iraq soon to reaffirm the good relationship between the two countries, said Egyptian ambassador…

  Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr sent a message Wednesday to his Yemeni counterpart, Abu Bakr al-Qurba, asking for a…

News updates and analyses about President Mohamed Morsy’s first Cabinet take the lion’s share in Thursday’s papers. After almost one…