The Railway Workers’ Union announces it will appeal the involuntary manslaughter and negligence ruling against rail workers involved in the Badrashin train accident in Upper Egypt that killed at least 19 police conscripts. Union President Mohamed Fouad abstained from commenting … read more
Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied recent media reports that Egypt’s acting ambassador in Syria has returned to Damascus, thus re-establishing diplomatic relations between Egypt and Syria. “When Egypt withdrew Ambassador Shawqi Ismail (in February 2012) from Damascus, the … read more
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has officially withdrawn all lawsuits filed by the presidency against the media, state-run news agency MENA reported Saturday. Morsi sent a letter on Saturday to Prosecutor-General Talaat Ibrahim Abdullah to drop the lawsuits filed by the … read more
Australian livestock exporters said on Saturday they were suspending live cattle exports to Egypt after a graphic video purportedly showed animal cruelty in Egyptian abattoirs and prompted Canberra to launched an investigation. Agriculture officials said they had taken the matter … read more
Three people were killed in Egypt after a Facebook overnight spat over President Mohamed Morsi turned into a bloody fight, state-run Al-Ahram news website reported Friday, APA reports quoting Xinhua. The bloody episode, which took place at a village in … read more
Businessman Naguib Sawiris and his family returned to Egypt on Friday after their names were lifted from Egypt’s travel ban list, the Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported. Orascom Construction Industries, a company owned by the Sawiris family, reached a … read more
France-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders added Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to their list of ‘Predators of Freedom of Information’ for 2013 on Friday, which marks the World Press Freedom Day, accusing the group’s members and supporters of attacking journalists. “Members … read more
A recent UN survey suggested an astounding 99.3% of Egyptian women had experienced harassment of one form or another. Sixty percent of those asked said they had been touched inappropriately. Of course, the problems started within Egyptian society long before … read more
Hundreds of activists demonstrated in front of the Alexandria governorate headquarters against the Muslim Brotherhood on Friday, days after the governor had openly accused the Brotherhood of seeking to control the governorate. Governor Mohamed Abass had earlier this week said … read more
Scores of residents beat to death the son of a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm Friday in Zagazig city in Egypt’s Nile Delta Sharqiya governorate, which has seen a significant number of mob killings recently. Security sources told … read more