Germany’s transport ministry has decided to resume direct flights between German airports and the South Sinai resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh after easing restrictions on air trips, Egypt’s foreign ministry said. A number of European airlines and governments introduced restrictions … read more
Reuters Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday backtracked from remarks in which he said he had threatened to send commandos to Cairo in 2011 to rescue Israeli security staff besieged by demonstrators who had stormed Israel’s embassy. Netanyahu clarified Israel … read more
At least 95 corruption cases in a number of Egyptian ministries were reported in April by anti-corruption NGO Partners for Transparency (PFORT). This comes despite 10 state-led initiative that aimed to raise awareness on fighting corruption. According to PFORT, the … read more
Egyptian prosecutors decided Tuesday to extend for 15 days the detention of five members of a satirical group that filmed selfie-style videos poking fun at the president and his supporters, a Ministry of Interior source told Aswat Masriya. The prosecution … read more
Defense Minister Sedqy Sobhy has instructed the General Service Authority of the Armed Forces to coordinate with the commanders of Egypt’s field armies and military zones to prepare and distribute more than half million packages of food commodities for free … read more
Al-Monitor reported: The Egyptian Ministry of Religious Endowment has shuttered 27,000 local places of worship under the pretext of fighting terrorism, while awarding 400 preaching permits to Salafists. An Egyptian administrative court on Feb. 18 upheld the Ministry of Religious … read more
Eight plainclothes police officers were killed on Sunday morning in an armed attack that targeted a checkpoint operation near Helwan police station, according to a statement issued on the Interior Ministry’s official Facebook page directly after the attack. “On Sunday … read more
Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah Sisi said on Thursday that he will announce next month what he described as the “unprecedented achievements” made over the past two years. Sisi made the announcement during a speech on Thursday marking the start of … read more
Egypt Independent Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri has expressed his concern at the “unprecedented” spate of untimely deaths of Egyptian expatriates living in Italy, the United States and the United Kingdom, stressing that Egyptian diplomats are following up carefully with investigations … read more
A Cairo court sentenced on Wednesday political activist Sanaa Seif for six months for “insulting the judiciary” while the prominent young activist says “she has no more energy.” Neither Seif nor her lawyer attended today’s session, an eyewitness told Aswat Masriya. … read more