Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met King Abdullah II of Jordan on Thursday as the two held a “closed session” in which they discussed concerted efforts in the “fight against terrorism”, a presidential statement said on Thursday. The statement added … read more
US sources told the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai that Washington is considering an international ground force of 30,000 soldiers to expel the Islamic State from western and northern of Iraq as well as eastern and northern Syria. The sources said the force … read more
Over 400 more Egyptian migrant workers in Libya returned to Egypt Thursday morning via two trips from Tunisia, state-media reported. A total of 16 flights bringing Egyptians back have been carried out over the past two weeks, while over 3,600 … read more
Two small bombs exploded on Thursday morning in a bus depot in the city of Aga, Dakahliya, causing damage to a number of vehicles. Explosives experts defused a third bomb as they cordoned off and combed the area. This is … read more
Six people- including 4 police personnel- were injured after a bomb exploded in front of a police station in El-Waraq district in Giza governorate, a security source told Al-Ahram Arabic news website. A team of explosives experts have moved to … read more
Six people- including 4 police personnel- were injured on Thursday morning after a bomb exploded in front of a police station in El-Waraq district in Giza governorate, a security source told Al-Ahram Arabic news website. El-Waraq explosion marked the fourth … read more
A Cairo court scheduled the verdict date for the trial of former president Mohamed Mursi and 130 others for May 16, during a session on Wednesday. Brotherhood politician Mursi and the rest of the defendants face charges of murder and … read more
Australia on Wednesday imposed financial sanctions on the Egypt-based militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in a statement that the sanctions accorded with a United Nations Security Council resolution on preventing and suppressing terrorist acts. Breaching … read more
Egypt is projected to become one of the 32 largest economies in the next 35 years, joining a list of newly-emerging and established emerging economies, according to a new report. The February 2015 report, “The World in 2050: Will the … read more
Egypt’s Finance Minister retracted on Tuesday an earlier decision regulating the allocation of money collected from a new tax on cigarette sales to the health budget. The minister issued a decision on Monday tasking the Tax Authority to allocate 50 … read more