Egypt tightened security on Sunday on the anniversary of the popular uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011. State news agency MENA said 22 armoured army vehicles were stationed around Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of the revolt … read more
An Egyptian conservation group said Friday it will sue the antiquities minister over a “botched” repair of the mask of King Tutankhamun that left a crust of dried glue on the priceless relic. The golden funerary mask, seen Friday by … read more
Movement on the Zagazig-Ismailiya railway was halted Saturday after an improvised explosives device exploded on the tracks. The improvised device was placed on a small bridge, where trains pass, Reuters’ Aswat Masriya reported. Al-Sharqiya’s governor checked the site of the … read more
Five police conscripts and a female civilian were injured when a private vehicle exploded near a police car in Cairo late Friday, the Health Ministry said. The six injured were taken to hospital, one of whom was moved to the … read more
Egyptian authorities have ordered pardons for 584 prisoners on the occasion of the anniversary of the January 25 Revolution and Police Day, the interior ministry announced Thursday. Authorities did not yet announce the names of those pardoned. Last week, President … read more
The Egyptian presidency declared seven days of mourning over the death of Saudi King Abdullah, who passed away at the age of 91 early Friday after being hospitalised for weeks, Egypt’s state television announced on Friday. The Saudi monarch’s brother … read more
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Islam needs a reboot as Egypt and France battle the same enemy by waging war against Islamic extremism and terrorism, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Thursday. It’s a tolerant religion, he said, but in the past … read more
President AbdelFattah Al-Sisi offered his condolences “on behalf of the Egyptian people” to King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and “prayed that God grant him good for all that he has given his people,” a presidential statement said Friday morning. The … read more
Cairo governorate has announced an intensive security campaign in the capital’s streets in preparation for the fourth anniversary of the January 25 Revolution, reported Youm7 Thursday. Deputy governor for Cairo’s western area, Mohamed Ayman, told Youm7 the securing process includes … read more
Six Egyptian banks have reached a deal to fund an electricity generation project worth 3 billion Egyptian pounds ($405 million), the state news agency MENA reported on Thursday. The deal was led by the National Bank of Egypt, Egypt’s largest … read more