Egypt’s state prosecutor ordered on Sunday an extremist Islamic preacher detained for questioning on suspicion of insulting religion after a complaint from a Christian activist, a judicial source said. The preacher Ahmed Abdullah, known as Abu Islam, is already on … read more
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s proposed $4.8 billion loan will not be enough for Egypt to overcome its post-revolution economic dilemmas, David Malone, president of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), said in Cairo on Sunday. Malone, a renowned development … read more
Former Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud will leave to Kuwait within days, after he was appointed as a legal adviser to the Kuwaiti parliament, state newspaper Al-Ahram Massai reported. Mahmoud will bring a legal team from Egypt that consists of … read more
Egypt’s state prosecutor ordered on Sunday an extremist Islamic preacher detained for questioning on suspicion of insulting religion after a complaint from a Christian activist, a judicial source said. The preacher Ahmed Abdullah, known as Abu Islam, is already on … read more
Prominent journalist Hani Shukrallah said the current Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated administration of the country’s flagship paper Al-Ahram has driven him out of the institution. In a note published on his Facebook page, Shukrallah — the former editor-in-chief of English-language website Ahram … read more
The World Bank is granting Egypt US$6.7 million to improve its management of water resources, World Bank Senior Operations Officer Husam Abu Dagga said Sunday, according to state news agency MENA. During a workshop held by the World Bank in … read more
The Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria experienced another building collapse early Sunday, which killed one and injured at least five others. The three-storey residential building in the district of Muharram Bek in Alexandria was affected by construction taking place in … read more
Prosecutors are investigating telephone calls where unknown people allegedly threaten to burn down the office of Muslim Brotherhood deputy leader Khairat al-Shater, according to a judicial source. The source told Turkish news agency Anadolu that workers at Shater’s office in … read more
President Mohamed Morsi met on Saturday with founder and head of the Ghad El-Thawra Party and 2005 presidential candidate Ayman Nour. The presidency released a statement explaining that the meeting was held as part of a series of meetings planned … read more
Detained Egyptian activist Hassan Mostafa started a hunger strike Saturday complaining of maltreatment inside his Borg El-Arab prison, announced his lawyer Hamdy Khalaf, according to Al-Ahram Arabic website. Mostafa is currently detained pending investigations on accusations of assaulting the judiciary. … read more