All we ask for is a road to tie us to the rest of the world, to connect us to life," explains Ahmed Abdel-Qader, a local blacksmith from the isolated village of Tahsin in Egypt's Daqahliya governorate.

Presidential spokesperson Yasser Ali said Monday that President Mohamed Morsy will explain the successes and failures of the first 100 days to the people once they have passed.

Egypt is destined to become a net importer of natural gas if the government hits the economic growth targets

Egypt's Ministry of Electricity will increase the electricity it exports to the Gaza Strip

The doctors' strike is the only event highlighted in all of Tuesday's newspapers

Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal Eddin said on Monday that the police have entered a new era in which they will respect citizens’ freedoms, without any violations, protect legitimacy and prosecute criminals.

After weeks of protests and negotiations, the administration of the American University in Cairo and its students have reached an agreement stipulating putting a temporary cap on rising tuition fees.

Vice President Mahmoud Mekky told chief editors of several newspapers in a meeting on Monday that the results of a corruption investigation into the presidency would be revealed soon.

The head of the Constituent Assembly said Monday that the body would complete a draft of the new constitution in early or mid-November, adding that its worif a court dissolves it before then, the next assembly could use its work as a starting point.

The owner of a TV station, who is on trial for incitement following his call for the killing of Egypt's Islamist president, has been released after being briefly detained over allegations of theft of electrical power and bounced cheques, security officials said on Monday.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday discussed several pressing regional issues in an address delivered at an annual conference of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party.

A judge authorized by the Justice Ministry to hear the case has decided to refer former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq to a criminal court along with 10 other former officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation over charges of profiteering and seizing public funds.


Saif Abdel Fattah, political adviser to President Mohamed Morsy, said Saturday that Egypt is examining a Qatari proposal on an Arab military intervention in Syria to end the bloodshed.

Popular Egyptian leftist politician and former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahy said on Saturday he is confident a coalition of leftist groups he is working to unite will be strong enough to defeat Islamists and win a parliament majority.

The Doctors Syndicate plans to begin a partial strike on Monday in around 540 state-run hospitals nationwide. In a Saturday meeting, the general syndicate board authorized its local branches in governorates around the country, as well as heads of hospitals and health centers, to take any necessary measures if striking doctors are assaulted.

Egyptian television presenter Tawfiq Okasha was arrested on Sunday after being slapped with five different sentences, four of which involved embezzlement charges.

Egypt's new president assigned himself the heavyweight's role in the Middle East

Egypt opposes foreign military intervention to stop the civil war in Syria

The Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip has called on the Egyptian authorities to provide greater support

Egypt's largest dairy producer, Dina Farms, was able to secure LE92 million ($15.3 million) in funding

In a rare exercise of its anti-blasphemy laws, an Egyptian court has decided to put on trial a radical Muslim blogger who tore pages of the New Testament Bible