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The grief-stricken parents of a five-year-old girl who drowned in Egypt were flying home last night as a row intensified over who was to blame for her death. Chloe Johnson was reportedly left by a shallow toddler pool in Sharm … read more

Judge Adly Mansour was named the new head of Egypt’s High Constitutional Court (HCC) on Sunday. Mansour, formerly the court’s vice-president, succeeds Judge Maher El-Beheiry whose term will end on 30 June. According to HCC law 48, which was amended … read more

Cairo Criminal Court has issued a life prison sentence of 25 years and a fine of LE20,000 ($2,800) for Salafist Hazemoon movement member Ahmed Arafa, on possession of firearms without a licence. Arafa, an engineer, was arrested in December 2012 … read more

A video appeared online on Sunday purporting to show seven Egyptian security officers kidnapped last week in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and listing their captors’ demands. In the video, the seven men – wearing blindfolds – identify themselves by name, age … read more

Gunmen stormed an Egyptian security forces base in the Sinai Peninsula at dawn on Monday and exchanged gunfire with forces inside the base before retreating, security sources said. The gunmen attacked the base in the Al-Ahrash area in North Sinai … read more

Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo’s airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague’s death, leaving passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage. Airport officials say senior officials from the … read more

The ‘Rebel’ campaign has collected 3 million signatures denouncing the presidency of Mohamed Morsi, Mai Wahba, a leading member of the campaign, stated on Sunday. ‘Rebel’ is a grassroots movement established late April to register opposition to President Morsi and … read more

Egypt’s defense minister will send a large combat force to Sinai within 48 hours to free seven kidnapped Egyptian servicemen, a source in his office said Saturday. The decision to send in the troops came after unsuccessful efforts to negotiate … read more