Gamal Mubarak, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's son who is widely tipped as his successor, has fled to London with his family, Arabic website Akhbar al-Arab said on Tuesday. Gamal Mubarak, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s son who is widely tipped as his successor, has fled to London with his family, Arabic website Akhbar al-Arab said on Tuesday. The report came as violent unrest broke... 

President Mubarak’s security services have a tighter grip than those in Tunisia. Thousands of Egyptians are expected to protest today against the repressive 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak. If there are mass demonstrations, it will be the biggest test so far of the theory that this month’s Tunisian uprising could result in a domino effect across the region. Egypt’s biggest... 

A Coptic protester in Alexandria hurls an object at riot police who opened fire outside The Saints church, after an attack outside the church that killed 21 people and wounded 79. Egypt said a suicide bomber killed 21 people and wounded 79 outside a Coptic Christian church, in an attack President Hosni Mubarak said was the work of “foreign hands.” Growing numbers of Christians were continuing... 

A Palestinian woman and her daughter arrive at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip hoping to cross into Egypt on June 1, 2010. More than 5,000 Palestinians have crossed the border between Gaza and Egypt since the Egyptian president ordered it opened eight days ago, border security sources said on Tuesday. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak opened the crossing in the border town of Rafah...