Egypt’s security chief fired about 700 police officers in a step to cleanse the much-hated force, the latest concession military rulers have made under pressure from protesters holding a sit-in in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for the past six days. Widespread … read more
The tens of thousands of Egyptians whose chants for change are ringing through Cairo’s Tahrir Square got a stern warning Tuesday from ruling generals not to disrupt daily life in what some activists are calling a second revolution. The crowds … read more
Egypt’s parliamentary election may not be held until November, about two months later than originally planned, an army source said on Wednesday after some political groups called for the vote to be pushed back. But the source said the registration … read more
The Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday handed down sentences to former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, former Interior Minister Habib El-Adli and former Minister of Finance Yousuf Botrus Ghali over car number plate case. Nazif was given a suspended one-year jail, … read more
The Ministry of Finance on Monday raised the minimum wage by 59 percent from LE444 to LE708 per month for government employees. The precise wage is determined by an employee’s rank and number of years working. In a statement on … read more
Monday was Day Four of massive protests that have again filled the streets around Cairo’s Tahrir Square, bringing traffic to a standstill and by some accounts, annoying Egyptians who just wanted to get on with their day. No police or … read more
Saboteurs blew up an Egyptian gas pipeline distribution station in northern Sinai on Tuesday that supplies natural gas to Israel, the official MENA news agency reported. Nile television said flames from the blast near the town of Al-Arish could be … read more
Egyptian demonstrators in the Suez Canal city of Suez detained four U.S. nationals and an Egyptian translator on Monday and handed them over to military police, military sources said. They said the military police were questioning the four to find … read more
Egyptians, camping out in central Cairo to push for massive changes, yesterday threatened to take “escalatory measures” if the country’s military rulers fail to respond to their demands. The protesters have already shut down the Mogama, a mammoth administrative building … read more
Mark Hopkins has lived in Egypt for the past three years studying Arabic at a local private school, but when he went to renew his tourist visa in order to continue his studies, Egyptian officials told him he couldn’t have … read more