Egypt will not hesitate to send military forces into the territory of Arab Gulf allies to offer protection if asked by the leaders of those countries, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday. The most populous Arab state, the recipient … read more
Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali will be buried on Thursday at the Petrine Church located on the extension of Ramsis Street in Abbasseya, Cairo. Boutros-Ghali passed away on Tuesday at the age of 94. A military funeral will take … read more
Egypt’s interior ministry said that the two militants killed on Wednesday in the Cairo suburb of Maadi were planning attacks in response to the earlier killing of an Agnad Masr militant group leader by authorities. The ministry said that the … read more
Italy’s foreign ministry on Thursday confirmed the death of missing student Giulio Regeni in Egypt and summoned Cairo’s ambassador to demand maximum cooperation in a probe into what happened. In a statement, the ministry said Italy expected its own experts … read more
An Italian student from Britain’s Cambridge University who went missing last week in Cairo is likely dead, the Italian foreign ministry said on Wednesday. It said that it was still waiting for official confirmation from Egyptian authorities about the fate … read more
Egypt Independent Turkish radical militants loyal to the Islamic State are possibly behind the downing of a Russian passenger plane in Sharm el-Sheikh last October, Russian Sputnik news agency reported Monday, quoting a report by online daily Kommersant. “The FSB … read more
A man threw himself in front of a Cairo underground train early Saturday, halting Metro services for 10 minutes, a statement by the Metro Authority read. The incident took place in Al-Mazalat station and was reported to the police for … read more
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called on Egyptians to take care of the security, stability and the prosperity of their country, in a Saturday speech marking Egypt’s upcoming National Police Day. “We have paid a lot for the security and stability that … read more
Egypt’s administrative court has upheld a decision by Cairo University that prohibits staff members from wearing the Niqab, the full face veil. In September 2015, Cairo University President Gaber Nassar decided to ban female academic staff and their assistants from … read more
The Egyptian military was deployed on Friday to assist the police in securing state institutions and vital facilities, the Egyptian army said in a statement, ahead of the anniversary of the 2011 revolution. The official army spokesman said that the … read more