Alicia Keys Shares First Photo Of Baby Son Genesis
Alicia Keys’ baby boy, Genesis, is very adorable. The star took to Facebook on Friday to share the first photo of her son, whom she welcomed with husband Swizz Beatz,…
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Obscure Group Says It Set Off Blasts in Egypt, Raising Alarm
CAIRO — A wave of explosions killed a passer-by and wounded at least nine other people early Thursday morning across the Nile from Cairo, raising alarms about a pattern of…
Egyptian Protest Leader to Be Jailed Five Years
Alaa Abd El Fattah, a political activist, and Ahmed Abdel-Rahman were sentenced to five years in prison for violating a law that seeks to curtail demonstrations. ISTANBUL — A blogger…
How Egypt Is Harming, Not Helping, The ISIS Fight
WASHINGTON — Egypt’s forceful response to the Islamic State’s murder of Egyptian Christians in Libya this past weekend seemed to be a welcome addition to the fight against the extremist…
Islamist Faction in Libya Now Strikes From the Sky
CAIRO — The Islamist-backed faction in Libya’s civil conflict said Tuesday that it had carried out its first airstrike, targeting opponents in the town of Zintan in an escalation of…
Egyptian Court Orders Release of 2 Al Jazeera Journalists
CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Thursday ordered the release of two journalists jailed here for more than a year on charges of broadcasting false news in a conspiracy with…
Putin Gives Egyptian President El-Sisi The Gift Of An AK-47
Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Egypt this week, and like any good guest he didn’t come empty-handed. After arriving in Cairo airport on Monday, the Russian leader cracked open…
Deadly Egypt Soccer Violence Revives Scrutiny Of Police
The killing of more than 20 soccer fans outside a Cairo stadium in a melee with security forces has revived scrutiny of police tactics in Egypt less than a month…
Egypt Moves Toward Retrial for 2 Jailed Al Jazeera Journalists
CAIRO — Egypt began moving on Sunday toward a retrial of two journalists whose yearlong incarceration has drawn widespread condemnation from Western governments and human rights groups. Defense lawyers raised…
Two Vatican Mummies Declared Fake
They’re fake! That’s what archaeologists are saying about two mummies that have long been part of Vatican’s collection of antiquities. The small mummies, each about two feet long, had been…
For Egypt, Al Jazeera prisoners were PR disaster amid bigger problems
As Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste was flying to freedom Sunday after 400 days in jail, the man in charge of Egypt was making a long speech lamenting his country’s…
Egypt releases one Al Jazeera journalist, but 2 others remain
Australian journalist Peter Greste left Egypt at about 4 p.m. local time (9 a.m. ET) and is in the air, Egyptian Interior Ministry spokesman Hany Abdel Latif said. – Egypt’s…
Simultaneous Attacks in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula Kill at Least Two Dozen
EL-ARISH, Egypt — Militants struck more than a dozen army and police targets in the restive Sinai Peninsula with simultaneous attacks involving a car bomb and mortar rounds on Thursday,…
Ideal Body Types Through History Could Teach Us All Something About Women’s Bodies
The “ideal” woman’s body type has taken on a number of forms over the past 3,000 years. In ancient Egypt, it was slender shoulders and a narrow waist; during the…
At Least 18 Die in Egyptian Violence
CAIRO — At least 18 people were killed in political violence on Sunday, the fourth anniversary of the Arab Spring uprising, a reminder of the ruthless crackdown the military-backed government…
Court in Egypt Orders Release of Mubarak’s Sons Pending Corruption Retrial
CAIRO — An Egyptian court has ordered the release of the imprisoned sons of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s deposed president, pending their retrial on corruption charges, according to Al-Ahram, a state…
Human Rights Watch Slams Rampant Torture And Abuse In Egyptian Prisons
ISTANBUL — Egyptian authorities have blood on their hands, Human Rights Watch said in a damning report published Wednesday that detailed scores of detainees dying and wasting away while in…
Travel photos that defy perspective
Bored with taking the same, tired poses at monuments on their trip to Egypt in 2010, Alla Shubina and her husband began tinkering with perspective to create clever, funny photos….