A 35 year-old man died in Cairo after being infected with H5N1 bird flu, Egypt’s Health Ministry announced on Friday. The death raises the death toll for those killed with bird flu in Egypt this year to 11, the ministry … read more
New Romantic pioneer and Visage frontman Steve Strange has died of a heart attack in Egypt, his record label has confirmed. He was 55. The Welsh pop star came to prominence in the 1980s as the singer of Visage, who … read more
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry is investigating the authenticity of pictures purportedly showing the Egyptian abductees in Libya, the Ministry Spokesman Badr Abdel Atty said on Thursday. Twenty Coptic Egyptians were abducted in the Libyan city of Sirte on two separate occasions, … read more
Eight security personnel and a civilian were injured early Friday in a blast in Cairo, a source at the Interior ministry said. The explosion was caused by a makeshift bomb targeting a security patrol in Cairo’s Gesr al-Suez, state-run MENA … read more
An Egyptian appeals court ordered on Thursday the release of two journalists from the Qatari Al Jazeera news network on bail pending their retrial. Al Jazeera’s Canadian national Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed are being retried for defaming Egypt … read more
Canadian Ambassador to Egypt Ferry de Kerckhove will meet Egypt`s general prosecutor Hisham Barakat on Wednesday over Egyptian-Canadian jailed Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy. Kerckhove, along with a Canadian delegation, are meeting Barakat to discuss legal procedures that should be taken … read more
The Court of Cassation overturned death sentences on Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and 34 others on Wednesday. The defendants were charged with storming a police station in Al-Minya, and killing a police officer and eight other people, following … read more
Accidents caused by a dust storm in Egypt have left seven people dead and 21 injured, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The inclement weather started on Tuesday and continued through Wednesday, causing accidents in six cities across the nation. … read more
US State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said she does not believe the use of US dollars between Egypt and Russia will end. Psaki’s comments came despite Russian President Vladimir Putin declaring that the two countries might use their national currencies in … read more
Sinai-based militant group Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis (ABM) released a new video online early Tuesday showing the beheading of eight men from North Sinai tribes, alledgedly for collaborating with Egyptian armed forces and Israeli Mossad. The 13-minute video starts with images … read more