The Egyptian government has decreed that ... Standing to attention as the state flag is raised to the strains of the national anthem has long been a daily routine in schools, but the decision ...

Minister of Local Development Manal Awad and the new Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Program ...

The flag-raising provoked a public outcry and prompted the public prosecutor to order an investigation. Homosexuality is not explicitly criminalised under Egyptian law. But the authorities ...