A microbus crashed in a truck on the Upper Egypt’s Luxor-Aswan desert road on Saturday night leaving nine dead. Another six were injured and sent to Luxor international hospital. According to AP, Egyptian police estimate road accidents kill about 6,000 … read more
Investigators from the Agouza police department in Cairo have suspended Wednesday an unlicensed health club where the manager was procuring female minors to businessmen clients for prostitution. Investigators found that the manager, identified as Rana, 26, had previously been convicted … read more
At least 24 were injured on Thursday night in clashes between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood – which dominate governmental positions, incuding the presidency – and opposition activists in the central Al-Saa Square in the northern Nile Delta city of … read more
The Shura Council’s National Security Committee has called for the reduction of the number of embassies to cut down the Foreign Ministry budget. “We need to reduce the budget deficit by LE20 billion,” said the council’s majority leader Essam al-Erian. … read more
The Cairo Criminal Court adjourns the multiple-defendant trial that includes former president Hosni Mubarak, his sons Gamal and Alaa as well as former interior minister Habib El-Adly and his six aides to Monday. The court on Saturday also rejected all … read more
Unknown assailants set on fire the anti-Morsi Rebel Campaign headquarters in Cairo’s downtown district in the early hours of Friday, Al Ahram Arabic news website reports. Assailants threw Molotov cocktails at the office, the group posted on its official Facebook … read more
In an interview with state daily Al-Ahram published late Thursday evening, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said that, while Egypt had a “keen interest” in maintaining friendly relations with African states – especially Sudan and Ethiopia – it was also keen … read more
Egyptian doctors had to use the light generated by their mobile phones to perform surgery after a sudden power cut at a hospital, local media report. The patient was about to have a minor gall-bladder operation when the lights went … read more
A Wednesday meeting between leading strategist of the Muslim Brotherhood Khairat El-Shater and opposition leader Amr Moussa has put the latter under fire. The dinner meeting was mediated by Ayman Nour, founder of the liberal Ghad El-Thawra party, and took … read more
In an interview published late Thursday in Egyptian state daily Al-Ahram, President Mohamed Morsi responded to questions on various issues of importance as he approaches the end of his first year in office. The president said that some of his … read more