Germany has toned down its travel warning for citizens taking Nile cruises between Aswan and Luxor, now allowing trips to ancient touristic sites south of the Nile Valley. A press statement by the Egyptian embassy in Berlin attributed the decision … read more
Students at the British University in Egypt chanted slogans against the administration at a campus demonstration on Sunday, demanding the return of several colleagues expelled for participating in previous protests. The demonstration was organised by the student union in response … read more
A former Egyptian police officer and parliamentary candidate has reportedly conducted a suicide attack for ISIS in Iraq. An article published on pro-ISIS news website Haq, which spread rapidly among Egyptian Twitter users over the weekend, said Ahmed El-Darawi … read more
The State Council’s legislation section approved on Saturday a draft law adding a new division to the police authority entitled the “community police.” The draft law, which comes as an amendment to the law governing the police authority, laid out … read more
Egypt signed contracts with six international firms on Saturday to carry out dredging of the new Suez Canal, the flagship project in President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s programme to revive an economy battered by years of political turmoil. The companies are … read more
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, wanted on genocide charges, is visiting Egypt on Saturday for the first time since the ouster of former Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in July 2013. Bashir is in Cairo on a two-day visit with a … read more
Egypt witnessed 138 incidents of violence and political terrorism in September that led to the death of about 25 people and the injury of 43 others. There have been 52 bombing attempts during September. Thirty bombs went off and 20 … read more
Egypt has witnessed 138 acts of violence and “political terrorism” in September, led by clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and security forces, the Cairo-based democracy index reported Friday. Explosions and violence in Cairo and other cities have surged since the ouster of … read more
Eleven people were injured Thursday evening in stampede after three sound bombs detonated in the vicinity of al-Sayed al-Badawy Mosque in Tanta, Mohamed Sharshar, the health ministry’s undersecretary in Gharbiya governorate said. Three sound bombs went off in front of … read more
Militants killed two policemen and injured eight others in Egypt`s North Sinai on Thursday night when they hit a patrol car with RPG fire. Local officials told state news agency MENA that unidentified assailants targeted the police vehicle in El-Masaeed … read more