Puppet terror suspect (January) The year started with a fuss around well-known puppet Abla Fahita for dropping hints in a Vodafone Egypt ad that bombings would take place, or so stressed her accuser, a wannabe artist known for his conspiracy … read more
An electricity pylon which transfers electricity to a power station exploded early Monday in Menufia, an official at the Menufia Electricity Directorate said. The official told Aswat Masriya that two bombs were planted under the pylon. One of them went … read more
An April 6 Movement member was arrested at his home on Tuesday morning for what the movement says was for ‘liking’ a post on Facebook. Authorities arrested Karam Zakariya, the group says, seizing his laptop and charging him with posting … read more
Egypt has banned the screening of biblical Epic “Exodus: Gods and Kings” from playing in cinemas because it includes “historical inaccuracies” and propagates a “zionist,” point of view, according to statements from Egypt’s culture minister, Gaber Asfour. The decision to … read more
Cairo appeals court reduced on Saturday the sentence of 8 men, accused of “debauchery”, to one-year in prison instead of the three-years they were given in November. The men convicted were shown in a video appearing to take part in a … read more
A policeman was killed and another was injured when unidentified assailants shot at security forces outside a police station in Alexandria on Sunday, a security source said. The source told Aswat Masriya that the two policemen were “combing the area … read more
Egyptian prosecutors referred Friday journalist and writer Fatima Naoot to a misdemeanors court on charges of disdaining religion, after she was critical of the Muslim Eid Al-Adha tradition of slaughtering sheep. The trial will start 28 January. In October, Naoot … read more
Five workers were killed on Saturday when a scaffold collapsed in the Sinai Cement factory in central Sinai, state-run MENA quoted health ministry deputy in North Sinai as saying. Ambulance cars rushed to the collapse site to transfer the injured workers, … read more
Eight people were killed Friday morning in a road accident involving multiple vehicles near the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, a health ministry spokesperson has said. Twenty eight others were wounded in the accident, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar told Ahram Online. … read more
Two armed men were killed, three police personnel and two civilians were injured in a crossfire on the outskirts of Cairo early Friday, a security source said. The incident took place between a security partol and the assailants in Madinat … read more