Former Egyptian vice president Mahmoud Mekki announced that opposition coalition National Salvation Front (NSF) will participate in the next round of National Dialogue talks on 9 January, in a news conference Tuesday. The series of dialogue meetings were launched by … read more
A source within the Muslim Brotherhood, speaking to Al-Masry Al-Youm on condition of anonymity, said that the majority of members of the group’s Guidance Bureau are inclined to run in the next parliamentary elections without allying with other forces, especially … read more
Hundreds of people from the Ababda and Bashaira tribes staged protests in Aswan after a man from the Bashaira tribe died in the Aswan police station detention room. The man was arrested with six others and charged with illegally digging … read more
Muslim Brotherhood leaders have held secret meetings with members of the most influential families and tribes in Upper Egypt to secure their political support in return for parliamentary seats, ex-Brotherhood member Tharwat El-Kharabawi told Sada El-Balad TV network Tuesday. “Mubarak … read more
Egyptian ambassador Menha Mahrous Bakhoum was involved in an argument with police when she was asked to undergo security checks to enter a departure terminal on 29 December, where she was seeing off members of her family. Cypriot media reported … read more
President Mohamed Morsy’s fact finding committee have said in a report that the president should open investigations into the existence of “Brotherhood group 95” and whether or not it has been involved in acts of violence against anti-Hosni Mubarak protesters … read more
Former MP Hamdy al-Fakhrany has filed a lawsuit against the president, the prime minister and the local government minister, demanding that they close down liquor stores and nightclubs, the state-run egynews website reported Wednesday. Fakhrany is a former independent member … read more
The Egyptian pound will improve its standing against the US dollar after being encouraged by political and economic stability over the coming period, Prime Minister Hesham Qandil said Tuesday. The Egyptian currency had made a record drop earlier this week … read more
Former Nour Party head Emad Abdel Ghafour has announced the formation of the Al-Watan Party, as well as a new alliance with former presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail. In a conference Tuesday at the Al-Azhar Conference Center, Abdel Ghafour … read more
Egyptian police say they have arrested a suspect in a drive-by shooting that seriously wounded a protester in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square, where an open-ended sit-in is taking place. According to witnesses, gunmen before dawn on Monday seriously wounded 19-year-old … read more