Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will deposit LE35 billion ($5 billion) in the Central Bank of Egypt in two installments starting this month, a source familiar with the matter told Ahram Online on Monday. The sums will be … read more
Thirty people people died and 15 were injured when three microbuses crashed near Aswan on Monday morning, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported. The accident took place near the entrance of Edfo city north Aswan. The injured were taken to … read more
On the Cairo-Alexandria Delta Road smoke rises from the fields, forming a gray cloud. Large piles of rice straw wait on the ground to be minced or incinerated. Machines whir with a metallic sound as they slice the straw for … read more
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri said on Sunday that opening the Palestinian border-crossings with Israel is a prerequisite for the reconstructing of the Gaza Strip to succeed, in a press conference on Sunday. Egypt co-hosted a conference with Norway in … read more
Kasr al-Nil misdemeanour court will issue its verdict on November 1 in the “gay marriage” case involving eight men accused of inciting debauchery and violating public decency after appearing in a Youtube video, public prosecution said in a statement Saturday. The video, … read more
A newly-wed woman was found hanged at her house in Beni Suef after her husband found out she was nine-month pregnant, despite them being married for only five months. According to investigations, the wife, 23, went with her husband … read more
Cairo Public Prosecution ordered the imprisonment of a female for 15 days on charges of joining a gang that steals cars at gunpoint. Police had received a call from a microbus owner named Ahmed Seif saying that three persons asked him … read more
An expensive family holiday to Egypt turned into a ‘nightmare’ for a father when he was falsely accused of stealing his own sunglasses. Thomas Greenhalgh, 33, was lounging by the pool at a four-star hotel in popular resort Sharm el … read more
A child was killed and five people were injured after a two-storey house built with bricks collapsed in Qena governorate. Civil defense forces, with the help of residents, attempted to rescue another worker and a child from under the rubble. The incident resulted … read more
Two explosions hit Sharqiya province Friday morning destroying part of the railway tracks in the town of Belbeis and damaging a public transportation bus. No casualties were caused by the explosions. Head of Sharkiya security, Major General Sameh al-Kilani, received … read more