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 ...

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 ...

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