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Jailed trio face third hearing of their trial after families sent letters by Egypt's interim president Patrick Kingsley ...

Businesswoman says she was sexually assaulted by hotel security guard in resort of Sharm el-Sheikh Hampshire police are assisting the investigation into the alleged rape of a British businesswoman in a luxury hotel in Egypt. The woman, aged in her 40s, has reported that she was attacked while staying at a five-star hotel at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. She has claimed that she was sexually...

The joy of the January revolution of 2011 has given way to the return of a form of authoritarian rule. How much power does the country's new strongman, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, intend to wield? The activist Alaa Abd El Fattah is one of at least 16,000 political dissidents languishing in an Egyptian jail and it was from his cell that he wrote the following last week: "Everyone knows that most of those...

Mohamed Fahmy, one of four imprisoned journalists, reveals injury has worsened after being denied treatment since arrest One of the four jailed al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt no longer has full use of his arm after being denied proper medical treatment in prison for a shoulder injury suffered before he entered custody. In his first trip to a civilian hospital since his arrest in late December, the...

Richard Wike: The numbers are in, and the people want their internet freedom – no matter what Putin and Erdogan say Richard Wike ...

Resumption follows two-year live exports suspension in the wake of cruelty revelations at two Egyptian abattoirs ...

Young people under 30 are the majority in many countries in the Middle East and South America, yet politicians do little or nothing for them. Is the demographics of the 'youth bulge' enough to explain the huge rise in disaffection? • A youth heatmap of the world Towards the end of January, Egyptian activists shared a picture on social media of some of their grey-haired countrymen. The people pictured...

Stance of Dr Gaber Nasser toward campus incident that was filmed by bystanders sparks fury among women's rights activists The head of Egypt's leading state university has provoked furious condemnation for claiming that an on-campus sexual harassment case was the fault of its female victim, and saying that she may be punished. The Cairo University student was surrounded on Monday by a group of male...

From bottled water to the Suez Canal, the Egyptian army is tightening its grip on the country's business activities In the shadows of a harsh political crackdown, the military that overthrew Egypt's first democratically elected president last summer is positioning itself to become the country's uncontested economic power. Egyptians have focused in recent months on the likely ascent of military commander...

Captain Amr Farouq's jail-term among first given to an official involved in country's recent crackdown on dissent An Egyptian police captain has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for the manslaughter of 37 prisoners who were gassed to death inside a police van in August 2013. Three other officers were given year-long suspended sentences. Captain Amr Farouq's jail-term is one of the longest ever given...

Former deputy MD of the IMF and permanent secretary of Dfid will oversee banking and markets in a newly created job at the Bank and will join the monetary policy committee Nemat Shafik's appointment as deputy governor of the Bank of England will turn her from a relative unknown to arguably the most powerful woman in the City of London. Shafik, known by her nickname of Minouche, will oversee banking...

Adly Mansour promises a ‘speedy resolution’ that would see jailed journalists freed from jail ...

'This moment showed defeat in its most bitter form … It sums up today's Egypt in one image' Reading on mobile? See the full image here I often look back at the staggering events that Egypt has gone through since January 2011 . The revolution faltered and the challenges mounted up, and so the initial victory, euphoria and hope were replaced by tragedy, disillusionment and despair. Violence spread as...

There's no doubt Mohamed Morsi's government made mistakes, but now Sisi's regime is bringing the country to its knees The military coup in Egypt in July 2013 was predicated on three deceptively simple arguments: Mohamed Morsi's year in office was a disaster; the people demanded his removal; the military would do better. As a former minister in the Morsi government I will not claim that we made no...

Army blames dawn assault on Muslim Brotherhood 'terrorist group' Egypt's state news agency said gunmen have attacked a checkpoint operated by military police in a suburb north of Cairo, killing five of them. Separately, the country's most active militant group said that one of its founding leaders was killed when a bomb he was carrying was set off by a car accident. Major General Mahmoud Yousri, the...

10 - 14 March 2014: Catch up with our selection of this week’s development-related news, images and key reports Anna Leach ...

Dr Raslan Fadl and father of the 13-year-old girl who died during cutting are the first to be prosecuted in Egypt for practice of FGM A doctor will stand trial for the first time in Egypt on charges of female genital mutilation, after a 13-year-old girl died following an alleged operation in his clinic last year. In a landmark case, Dr Raslan Fadl is the first doctor to be prosecuted for FGM in Egypt,...

Turmoil in Egypt has triggered a sharp fall in tourist numbers, but it is still safe, and if you go now you'll have its treasures all to yourself The sun is soft and warm as I write this. It hangs delicately a little way above the westerly line of palms, mango and guava trees. The waves beat a rhythm against the steel hull, ropes creak occasionally as they hold back two massive sails filled by a fresh...

Here’s our weekly round-up of great city content we found online – from shipping containers turned into housing to decrepit amusement parks Marta Bausells ...

Egyptian-brokered truce follows Israel pounding Gaza with air strikes in return for militants firing rockets over border Gaza's Islamic Jihad group said on Thursday that an Egyptian-brokered truce had been restored following a brief but intense confrontation a day earlier when Israeli warplanes pounded the Strip after heavy cross-border rocket fire. Although there was no immediate confirmation from...