At the beginning of September, the Facebook posts of three young Egyptians were widely shared across social media networks expressing their will to commit suicide. All three men followed through with their reported intentions. Social media users in Egypt circulated … read more
A Hurghada Court has ordered on Sunday the release on bail of an Italian tourist allegedly involved in beating an Egyptian hotel manager to death in the Red Sea resort of Marsa Alam mid August pending investigation The court set … read more
Egypt is considering rejecting 59,000 tonnes of French wheat purchased by state grain buyer GASC due to the presence of poppy seeds, the second cargo to come under such scrutiny and raising fresh uncertainty over the country’s import policy. The world’s … read more
Nine alleged terrorists have been killed in an exchange of gunfire with police in central Cairo’s Agouza district, an interior ministry official told state-run news agency MENA on Sunday. Five policemen were also injured during the raid. The gunmen were … read more
Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani announced on Saturday the discovery of a Pharaonic goldsmith tomb that dates back to 1000 BC. The tomb, found in the Dra’ Abu el-Naga area of Qurna mountain, belonged to Amenemhat, under the number 390, … read more
Founder of al-Tayaar al-Shaabi (translated to popular current), Hamden Sabahi, announced that he will not run for the 2018 presidential elections. Sahbhi affirmed that he can still play his role as a revolutionary, just as he did in January 2011 … read more
Egypt is set to conduct a joint military exercise with Russian Armed Forces next week in the Russian city of Krasnodar, located on the Kuban River, approximately 148 kilometers northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. According to the … read more
Giza Criminal Court sentenced Saturday 11 members of what is known in the media as the “Giza terrorist cell” to death on a number of terror-related charges. The court’s preliminary death verdict is scheduled to be referred to the country’s … read more
A Libyan Red Crescent team assisted the Libyan army in retrieving the bodies of 13 Egyptian migrants Thursday in the Libyan desert, about 150 kilometers southwest of Tobruk. After legal procedures and identified the victims, the bodies were buried in … read more
Egypt is set to host the joint military exercise Operation Bright Star 2017 with US forces in western Alexandria’s Mohamed Naguib military base, a statement by the Egyptian armed forces read on Tuesday. The joint exercise, set to take place … read more