The Salafi-oriented Asala Party held its first internal elections on Friday since the 25 January revolution. Ehab Shiha won the seat of chairman with 179 votes, while former party chairman Adel Afifi received 13. Mahmoud Sultan, a member of the … read more
Tribal chiefs from South and North Sinai plan to meet with high-level Cabinet officials to discuss problems in the region, informed military sources said on Friday. The meeting comes after the defense minister’s decision to ban private ownership of land … read more
A detainee escaped from the al-Zatoun Police Station on Friday after his relatives attacked the station. Three other detainees also attempted to break free, but were restrained by the police. The four suspects had been arrested for driving without a … read more
A group of Egyptians currently detained in the United Arab Emirates on charges of attempting to form a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood there could face the death penalty if found guilty, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information said … read more
As the Egyptian government comes to terms with its dwindling funds and struggles to navigate a worsening financial crisis, the country’s expensive public service of subsidizing energy usage is once again in spotlight. One researcher believes that he has found … read more
A draft law in the works to regulate protests and strikes is raising eyebrows and causing concern over the future of the right to demonstrate. The Islamist-dominated Shura Council’s Human Rights Committee has used its newly granted legislative powers to … read more
Armed assailants in Sinai hijacked a police car Wednesday evening, the Anadolu news agency has reported. According to the Turkish news agency, the car was taken after fire was exchanged between the assailants and police forces. The attack took place … read more
Presidential aide Pakinam El-Sharkawy contacted members of the opposition group the National Salvation Front and asked them to join the seventh national dialogue meeting with the presidency, a source from the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) told Ahram Online. The … read more
The Islamic Jihad movement has called on the Freedom and Justice Party’s Essam al-Erian to resign from his role as advisor to the president and apologize to the Egyptian people for his statement asking Egyptian Jews to leave Israel and … read more
Yasser Ali, presidential spokesperson, announced Wednesday that President Morsi’s aide for foreign affairs, Essam Haddad, is currently on a two-day visit to the UAE to deliver a message to Sheikh Khalifa, UAE head of state. Ali added that Haddad would … read more