CAIRO (AP) – Internal feuds are threatening to unravel the political party of Egypt’s ultraconservative Islamist Salafis, as pragmatists try to shake off the control of hardline clerics who reject any ...

CAIRO (AP) — The leader of Egypt’s largest Islamist ultraconservative party announced Tuesday he is forming a new political party, splitting from the Salafi Al-Nour, which has emerged as the country’s ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Many of Egypt's top business executives and leading firms have or had links to ousted President Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party and the political elite. Ties were often ...

The Salafi Al-Nour party won the second-most seats in the last parliamentary election and is now the only major Islamist political force allowed to operate in Egypt. The group supported Mohammed Morsi ...

CAIRO -- It was an unsettling moment. Ayman Nour, the politician who challenged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's bid for a fifth term, shed tears of joy in the presence of a visiting reporter. He ...

CAIRO - The leadership of Egypt's ruling party stepped down Saturday as the military figures spearheading the transition tried to placate protesters without giving them the one resignation they demand ...

Egypt's new Free Current coalition spoke out against President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's government Monday in a rare act of dissent. Egypt has detained thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters and ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Egypt’s ruling National Democratic Party prefers that its squabbles ...

Air of cautious optimism takes hold despite reported split in Hamas and potential snags in proposal, with Arab countries ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood's party, leading in a parliamentary election, wants to boost tourist numbers to Egypt and will not take steps that would harm the industry, a party official ...