Russian state-controlled energy group SoyuzNefteGaz has started operations off the Syrian coast amid a rapid military build-up by Moscow in the war-torn country.
Omar Zorba, a well known satirist who was arrested after being sued for defamation by a former Jordanian PM, was to be released Thursday after the lawsuit was dropped.
Blog: Talk show host Tamer Amin has warned that Egypt will soon be under threat from weaponised "natural" disasters sparked by a shadowy group intent on world domination.
Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris, who has said he wants to buy an island for refugees to call their home, has finally been offered an island - in the Maldives.
Egyptian opposition politician Ayman Nour has said a Syrian security delegation that was in Cairo last week discussed a handover of power from Assad to another government figure.
