Police on Saturday arrested another suspect in what they are deeming a “terrorist cell,” revealed last month after police raided an apartment in Nasr City, a security source said Sunday. The source added that the suspect has been referred to … read more
Local tribes and Bedouins in North Sinai continue to protest in several areas of the governorate and at the governorate headquarters in Al-Arish for the second day. Protests have reportedly been taking place in Al-Arish, central Sinai and Sheikh Zowaid … read more
Bishop Tawadros has become Egypt’s 118th Coptic Pope after his name was picked from a box by a blindfolded child during Sunday’s altar lottery at St Mark’s Cathedral in Abbasiya, Cairo. The new Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All … read more
The Egyptian Popular Current led by Nasserist Hamdeen Sabbahi is calling for a Egyptians to petition the International Monetary Fund (IMF) via email to protest a loan negotiated for Egypt. Talks over the controversial loan, estimated at $4.8 billion, requested … read more
Three Egyptian policemen were killed and three others were wounded today in an attack by unidentified gunmen on a police patrol in Arish, North Sinai. The attack is the largest of its kind targeting the Egyptian forces in Sinai since … read more
Policemen held a protest on Saturday evening in front of North Sinai’s Arish Security Directorate, saying that they have been left without protection to face militants’ attacks. A group escalated the protest by blocking the Arish-Rafah road as well as … read more
About 1,000 activists rallied in Cairo on Saturday demanding an end to brutality in Egyptian prisons and calling for a ban on torture in the new constitution. Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was elected in June following 16 months of rule … read more
A fire probably caused by a short-circuit aboard an Egyptian cruise ship forced 77 tourists to be evacuated until the blaze was put out, state-run news agency MENA reported on Saturday, adding that no one was hurt. The fire broke … read more
Al-Jama’a Islamiyya leader and founder of its “Building and Development” Party, Tarek El-Zomor, accuses Egypt’s secret police on Friday of fabricating the alleged Nasr City terrorism cell as a scare tactic. El-Zomor also claims internal terrorism operations are long gone. … read more
The Salafi Front’s statements about a Christian girl in Matrouh Governorate who allegedly converted to Islam could lead to sectarian strife, the head of the National Council for Women warned on Thursday. On 30 September, Sarah Ishaq Abdel Malak, 14, … read more