Qatar’s prime minister said on Tuesday his country would stand by Egypt and did not want to see it go bankrupt, a week after the Gulf state said it would lend Cairo an additional US$2 billion and grant it an … read more
The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned until 12 February the trial of 41 current and former police leaders, including Major General Hassan Abdel Rahman, former head of the now disbanded State Security Investigation Services. The defendants in the case stand accused … read more
Dozens of demonstrators and political activists blocked railway lines at Ramses Train Station on Tuesday evening, after a train derailment in the Badrashin district of Giza claimed the lives of 19 central security recruits and injured 117 others. The protest … read more
The U.S. government on Tuesday strongly condemned disparaging comments about Jews that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was reported to have made almost three years ago when he was a Muslim Brotherhood leader, and urged him to repudiate his remarks. White … read more
The appointment of the prosecutor general is the sole responsibility of the Supreme Judicial Council, and the Justice Ministry would not interfere in that decision, Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky said. Mekky told the Judges Club Board of Directors that he … read more
The public funds prosecutor has agreed to drop charges against former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif in exchange for his repayment of funds he illegally received in the form of gifts from the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper. The public funds prosecutor interrogated … read more
A wave of protests against poor living and working conditions swept through the nation’s governorates on Monday. Residents of the villages around Kafr al-Sheikh blocked the highway to protest against continuous power outages. They left only after the mayor promised … read more
Dozens of protesters began a sit-in at Egypt’s High Constitutional Court (HCC) on Monday afternoon. The sit-in was planned in anticipation of an HCC verdict on Tuesday on whether or not the Shura Council – the upper house of Egypt’s … read more
Nineteen Central Security Forces conscripts were killed and 120 injured after a train carriage derailed minutes before midnight on Monday in the Giza town of Badrashin, according to a statement released by the ministry of transportation on Tuesday morning. The … read more
The Muslim Brotherhood is legalizing its status after the parliamentary elections by declaring its funding sources, budget and the number of its members to the Ministry of Social Solidarity, said a spokesperson Sunday. “This does not mean the group today … read more