A car bomb exploded outside a military intelligence building in Egypt’s Suez Canal city of Ismailiya on Saturday, wounding six soldiers, the army said. The blast destroyed part of the military compound’s wall and set fire to several cars in … read more
“At least we’re number one at something, even if it’s from the bottom,” quipped one of my friends in Cairo. We had just finished reading the recently issued World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014, which rates Egypt as the … read more
Cairo Rugby was formed in 1980 and welcomes players from age 6 to 60+ both ladies and gents. We compete in the Egyptian Rugby Football Union and travel to the Dubai 7s and Istanbul competitions. We welcome players of all … read more
October 17th is looming ever closer on the horizon. No deal has been struck between the US Senate and the US congress. The US remains partially shut down. Will the debt ceiling be lifted? Quite simply it has to be … read more
(AP) — Egyptian security forces on Wednesday shuttered the main office of the newspaper of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party and confiscated equipment, journalists from the Freedom and Justice daily said. In a statement Wednesday, the journalists appealed to Egypt’s … read more
TUI Germany, part of Europe’s largest tour operator TUI Travel, is restarting holidays to Egypt with immediate effect after the German foreign ministry relaxed its travel advice for the country. With the Red Sea resorts remaining calm, some tour operators, … read more
(Reuters) – Egyptian police arrested Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Gehad El-Haddad on Tuesday, three security officials said, the latest high-profile detention in the army-backed authorities’ crackdown on the Islamist movement. Haddad was detained with two other Brotherhood officials in an apartment … read more
Rescuers found three missing survivors of a ship that sunk at Hurghada port in Egypt but five people were unaccounted for, rescue workers said. The Jasmine sank Sunday morning after it collided with the Riyadh Ferry, which had been carrying … read more
