The Cairo Appeals Court for Urgent Matters cancelled Saturday the verdict designating Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement, “a terrorist organisation” due to the court’s lack of jurisdiction. Hamas, which is in power in the Gaza Strip, welcomed the court’s decision … read more
The owner of a Cairo nursery and two nursery employees were arrested on Friday on charges of negligence after a toddler drowned in the nursery’s pool, judicial sources said. The two-year-old boy drowned a day earlier in the pool of … read more
Anadolu Agency’s Cairo office has been closed by the Turkish news outlet’s management, to give it more freedom in their editorial policy, sources told Daily News Egypt. Inaugurated in 2012, the Garden City-based office of the international news agency employed … read more
Dana Gas and British Petroleum (BP) signed a participation agreement, where BP will conduct the drilling of a first exploration well in the El-Matariya onshore Concession Area, located in the Nile Delta. The drilling is expected to start in the … read more
Egyptian security services arrested two Muslim Brotherhood leaders late on Monday, security sources said, a day before a court is expected to give a final ruling on a death sentence recommendation against Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s former Islamist president. The arrests … read more
An Egyptian court on Tuesday adjourned its final verdict against leading Muslim Brotherhood members in the Hamas espionage case to 16 June, and adjourned the final verdict against Mohamed Morsi in the Natroun prison break case to the same date. … read more
Egypt is suffering its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a former finance minister of the country and one of its leading economists have warned. In terms of its devastating effect on Egypt’s poorest, the country’s current economic predicament … read more
A call supported by the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, which is witnessing an internal war of words, and endorsed by thousands, justifies killing politicians, judges, security officers and media personnel. A statement by Islamic scholars from around the Muslim world supporting … read more
A prominent lawyer has called for the bodies of terrorist convicts to be burned after execution. Speaking to Al-Assema satellite channel on Monday, lawyer Samir Sabry said cremation should be added to execution when it comes to defendants involved in … read more
Egypt signed an exploration deal worth $2 billion with Italian company Eni, the Petroleum Ministry said on Monday. The deal encompasses four years of exploration activities in the Sinai and Nile Delta regions, worth $1.5 billion, said Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail … read more