The Ministry of Interior arrested 38 Muslim Brotherhood elements at a Bani Soueif school with arms in their possession, a statement for the ministry said on Tuesday. The elements were arrested in a school where a Brotherhood member, who was … read more
An Egyptian court will on Wednesday review a petition for the release of deposed President Hosni Mubarak filed by his lawyer, judicial sources said. The court will convene at the Cairo prison where Mubarak is being held, the sources said. … read more
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan claims Ankara has proof Israel was behind the July 3 military “coup” that toppled Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, Hurriyet daily reports. Erdogan said the West was beginning to redefine democracy as a process that is … read more
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has called for fresh demonstrations after police ended a tense standoff with protesters in a Cairo mosque. A statement by the Anti-Coup Alliance said several marches would take place in the Egyptian capital on Sunday afternoon, continuing … read more
(Reuters) – Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president overthrown in an uprising in 2011, will be released from jail in the next 48 hours after a prosecutor cleared him in a corruption case, his lawyer Fareed El-Deeb told Reuters on … read more
In a new security message to its nationals, the US embassy in Cairo urged the US citizens to stay away from Rabaa Al-Adaweya and Al-Nahda areas for fears of unrest by the supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi. The US … read more
The authorities in Egypt say police are to blockade two protest camps in Cairo held by thousands of supporters of Mohamed Morsi, the Islamist president ousted by the army a month ago on the back of huge protests against his … read more
Rights group Amnesty International on Friday called for an immediate investigation into allegations that supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi tortured opponents in Cairo. “Evidence, including testimonies from survivors, indicates that supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi tortured individuals … read more
The US embassy in Cairo has announced that it will be closed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, in a statement published on its official website. Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi plan to hold 33 marches around Cairo and Giza … read more
An Egyptian cleric has said on a religious television show that it’s okay for Muslim husbands to beat wives, so long as they didn’t hit them on their faces. The Washington Times reports that cleric Mahmoud Al-Denawy responded to a … read more