Egyptian Minister of Interior Ahmed Gamal El-Din announced on Monday a reshuffle within the ministry, affecting the security directorate and the minister’s aides. The reshuffle covered nearly 100 leading positions in the ministry throughout the country including 100 major police … read more
A delegation from the National Council for Women, headed by Ambassador Mervat El-Tallawy, met with President Mohamed Morsi on Monday to discuss the position of women in the draft constitution. President Morsi has been holding a series of meetings since … read more
CAIRO: A Christian woman reported that she had her hair cut off by two veiled women inside the Egypt’s capital city Cairo’s metro and thrown out of the car while being called an “infidel.” Copts United, which reported the incident … read more
A Cairo court sentenced a man on Monday to a two-year prison term as well as a LE2,000 ($330) fine for sexually harassing a woman in an incident which occurred several months earlier. Local rights group El-Nadeem which was handling … read more
The US assistant defense secretary for international security affairs arrived in Cairo Sunday, leading a delegation on a four-day visit to discuss bilateral cooperation, specifically in Sinai security, with Egyptian officials. Derek Chollet, the assistant defense secretary, is expected to … read more
A complaint was filed with the prosecutor general on Sunday by forty Egyptian lawyers, accusing renowned reform campaigner Mohamed ElBaradei of offending Islamists, of being against Islamic sharia law and of having insulted prominent Islamist preachers. According to Ahram Arabic … read more
The Egyptian government will cut subsidies on 95-octane gasoline in a few days. Minister of Finance Momtaz Al-Said told Shura Council members Sunday that the government is going to take the step soon. “It is part of a plan to … read more
Egypt’s government has proposed tax changes and reducing energy subsidies to cut a budget deficit running at about 11 percent of gross domestic product, Egyptian newspapers reported. The austerity steps, certain to be unpopular, are part of an economic program … read more
Jihadi leader Murgan Salem al-Gohary called for the destruction of the Sphinx and the Giza Pyramids in a widely watched television interview with Dream TV on Saturday. Gohary, 50, is well-known in Egypt for his advocacy of violence. He was … read more
Egyptian police said on Sunday they had broken up a child trafficking ring that sold almost 300 babies for $570 each or less. A police official said they arrested five suspects, including two nurses and a doctor working at the … read more