Former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq has withdrawn from the running for the country's presidency, saying he is the wrong person for the job. Mr Shafiq announced his candidacy in November in ...

Mr Shafiq, who is a member of Labour’s ruling NEC, said that any assertions that the upcoming by-election was a referendum on anti-Semitism was “deeply offensive”, and instead suggested it ...

A source close to Mr Shafiq's family told Reuters he had been arrested at his home and taken by plane to Cairo. Mr Shafiq fled to the Gulf state after losing a close presidential election to ...