Plans to send an Egyptian ambassador to Iraq are progressing, if at a snail's pace, reports Dina Ezzat

Egypt played host to a series of Arab meetings that focussed on regional frictions

Gamal Mubarak, the chairman of the ruling party's influential Policies Committee, is back in action, this time promising to promote social justice, Gamal Essam El-Din reports

The Abu Fana Monastery saga is finally resolved. But at what cost, asks Gamal Nkrumah

European ambassadors have been told they must improve the way their embassies process visa applications, reports Doaa El-Bey

Mona El-Nahhas reports on the controversy surrounding the open letter to Barack Obama penned by jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour

The government's decision to relocate the controversial E Agrium fertiliser plant has yet to allay the fears of civil society in the Mediterranean city, reports Mohamed El-Sayed