About 600 Egyptians have been refused entry to Libya on arrival at Tripoli’s Matiga airport due to invalid visas, an airport official said on Saturday. The airport, like the rest of the Libyan capital, is under the control of an … read more
Egypt signed $350 million worth of financing agreements with Saudi Arabia on Saturday aimed at upgrading its power grid and securing imports of petroleum products as it seeks to end its worst energy crisis in decades. Power cuts have become … read more
Egyptian national security officials have discovered a local “terrorist cell” whose members received training in Syria, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. A statement on the ministry’s Facebook page said the cell members returned to Egypt after receiving training on … read more
The Qasr al-Nil Misdemeanour Court sentenced on Saturday eight men to three years in prison on charges of inciting debauchery and violating public decency after appearing in a Youtube video depicting an alleged homosexual marriage ceremony. The video, titled “Egypt’s … read more
Three people were injured when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off in downtown Cairo on Saturday morning. Sami Youssef, director of the general administration of civil protection, told state-run news agency MENA that the IED was discovered by street … read more
A pupil has died after a water fountain fell on him at a school in Qalioubiya, the latest in a series of fatalities at schools in Egypt. A local education ministry official in the Nile Delta town said an … read more
Yasser al-Borhamy, vice president of the Salafi Daawa, blasted statements Pope Frances made on Tuesday, accepting scientific theories of evolution and the Big Bang. “It destroys the Catholic religion and denies the Koran, the Torah and the Gospel,” said Borhamy … read more
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has said that some parties are using media outlets to provoke instability in the country, days after several Egyptian state and private press organizations pledged support for his government. In the third part of an interview … read more
After working as a war cameraman for 18 years, getting injured twice along the way, Egyptian journalist Ibrahim al Batout decided to get away from the real-life violence and make movies. But his latest venture “El Ott” or “The Cat”, which premiered … read more
Egypt began clearing residents from its border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to create a buffer zone following some of the worst anti-state violence since President Mohamed Mursi was overthrown last year. A day after being ordered by the army to move, many in … read more