The trial of ten people accused of responsibility for a mass food poisoning incident at Al-Azhar University will begin on Wednesday. The head of the university dormitories, the kitchen supervisor and eight cooks are charged with neglect and disregarding regulations … read more
Members of Egypt’s 6 April Youth Movement who were detained during a March protest against the interior minister – and eventually released on 29 April – held a Monday press conference at which they claimed to have been mistreated while … read more
Members of the Shura Council, Egypt’s upper house of parliament, requested on Monday the removal of the Israeli ambassador from Egypt and the withdrawal of his Egyptian counterpart in Tel Aviv in response to the continuing assaults against Al-Aqsa mosque … read more
The police used to rule the streets in Egypt with a firm and often frightening hand. But now that they have virtually withdrawn from public view, and the streets are becoming increasingly lawless, people are asking where they are and … read more
“The Muslim Brothers (MB) will not be around by the end of this year…” That statement first came from Dr. Amar Ali Hassan, one of Egypt’s leading experts on Islamic movements. Amar was murmuring those few words, which were later … read more
Egypt’s 6 April Youth Group has joined the recently launched ‘Rebel Movement’ campaign, which aims to collect citizens’ signatures for a petition calling for a vote of no-confidence in the administration of President Mohamed Morsi. Khaled El-Masry, 6 April spokesman, … read more
Egypt’s April 6 Youth Movement founder Ahmed Maher stated late Saturday: “What is taking place now is worse than what was being experienced during Mubarak’s time.” Maher’s comments on the private Al-Nahar channel’s Akher Al-Nahar programme came a day after … read more
The lawyer of Hosni Mubarak has denied that a recent interview with the deposed president, published in privately-owned Egyptian daily Al-Watan, took place. Farid El-Deeb told Ahram Online on Sunday that the interview was a fabrication. The interview with Mubarak … read more
A Christian-Coptic man in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut committed suicide on Saturday by jumping off the fourth floor of the Assiut courthouse, where he was set to face questioning over the stabbing of his wife. Romany Farhan Amir … read more
Centamin Plc (CEY), a producer of gold in Egypt, fell the most in almost than five months in London as it said a report by the State Commissioner’s Office was “not positive” as it appeals the annulment of its mine … read more