A media ban was imposed Saturday by Judge Abdel-Aziz Shahin on covering ongoing investigations into violence that took place in January in Egypt’s city of Port Said. The decision was taken to ensure the integrity of the investigations, according to … read more
Renowned TV satirist Bassem Youssef arrived at Egypt’s High Court on Sunday morning in response to an arrest warrant submitted by the country’s top prosecutor. In evident mockery, Youssef appeared outside the court wearing an outsized version of the hat … read more
Hesham al-Qarmouty, attorney general of the supreme state security prosecution, said on behalf of Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah that a recent Cairo Court of Appeals ruling stripping him of the post is unenforceable and unconstitutional. Qarmouty visited Abdallah in his … read more
Mubarak-era Trade and Industry Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid, paid back LE 204,000 for the value of gifts he received from Al-Akhbar, according to Mostafa al-Husseini, attorney general for the Public Funds Supreme Prosecution. Judicial sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm Saturday that … read more
Human Rights Committee Secretary Ezzeddin El-Komy of the Shura Council condemned on Friday a recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on Egypt’s proposed Law on the Protection of the Right to Peacefully Demonstrate in Public Places. The HRW report published … read more
Egypt’s prosecutor-general has ordered the arrest of famous political satirist Bassem Youssef to look into complaints accusing him of insulting President Mohamed Morsi, denigrating Islam and spreading false news with the aim of disrupting public order, reported state news agency … read more
Subsidies remain one of the most unique national problems, one that harks back to the Sadat years and even before. It has been widely known for some years that subsidies constitute a pressing burden that Egypt could not sustain indefinitely. … read more
Power cuts in the summer have been slightly increasing in Egypt over the past few years, yet were most profoundly felt this year, affecting homes and businesses adversely. Areas around Cairo and major cities have rotating power outages lasting often … read more
An Egyptian security official says two Argentinian tourists and their Egyptian driver have been killed in a road accident near the ancient city of Aswan in southern Egypt. The official says two other tourists were injured in the accident Friday … read more
Five protesters were arrested following clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in front of the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Zagazig, the capital of Sharqiya in Egypt’s Nile Delta on Friday. The liberal Constitution Party confirmed that one of its … read more