Armed assailants kidnapped a Norwegian and an Arab Israeli tourist in South Sinai on Friday, reports Al-Ahram Arabic news site. The masked gunmen, who come from North Sinai according to police, stopped the victims’ car on the road between Nuweiba … read more
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to defend its buildings against demonstrators after Egyptian security forces clashed with protesters outside the headquarters of the party in the capital city, Cairo. “We have the right to defend our buildings, using all possible … read more
An alleged thief has been beaten to death by a mob in Egypt’s Nile Delta. Dozens of people chased the man before tying him to a tree and beating him to death in El-Guindiya village in Sharqiya governorate. It is … read more
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Thursday attended a ceremony at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University marking the university’s 39th ‘Teachers Day.’ The event was also attended by Prime Minister Hisham Qandil, Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyib and Shura Council head Ahmed Fahmi. … read more
Renowned Egyptian political analyst and writer Mohamed Hassanein Heikal stated on Thursday that the administration of President Mohamed Morsi had used “unjustified violence” in response to clashes outside the Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters in Cairo’s Moqattam district earlier this week. He … read more
The Jama’a al-Islamiya intends to present a plan for organizing vigilante justice committees to the Shura Council within a few days, said on Thursday Khaled al-Iskandarany, spokesperson for the group’s Construction and Development Party. The committees would be under the … read more
The dawn collapse of the Berket al-Sab al-Gadeed Bridge in Monufiya Thursday blocked traffic for tens of kilometers along the Cairo-Alexandria Agricultural Road. Security forces on the scene found a large portion of the bridge had collapsed, with the remaining … read more
The Supreme Administrative Court’s State Commissioners Authority recommended the Muslim Brotherhood be dissolved due to its shaky legal status, according to state-owned Akhbar al-Youm’s website Wednesday. The body announced its decision in a court report as part of a trial … read more
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood now enjoys a “legitimate” status after being legally registered as an NGO earlier this week, Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Maksoud, a lawyer for the Islamist group, said on Wednesday in televised comments. Abdel-Maksoud made the assertion shortly after Egypt’s State … read more
Qasr El-Nil Misdemeanour Court acquitted 34 defendants who were recently arrested during on-and-off clashes in front of the InterContinental Semiramis Hotel on the Nile Corniche near downtown Cairo. However, the court sentenced Mostafa Mamdouh to two months in prison and … read more