Three people were wounded late on Wednesday when gunmen opened fire at locals in Assiut, Upper Egypt, state news agency MENA reported. Unidentified assailants randomly shot at a café in the western part of the southern governorate of Assiut, … read more
Egypt’s deadliest militant group has vowed fresh deadly attacks against security forces next week during the country’s major Muslim feast. In a video released online, Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, threatened killings against the police would take place Saturday, the first day … read more
The Egyptian Travel Agents Association (ETAA) has informed Wednesday travel agencies of halting all desert tours west and south of Egypt during Eid al-Adha and 6th October holidays through October 21, as decided in a meeting at the Ministry of … read more
An Abu Dhabi-based private firm is leading a consortium to build Egypt’s first coal-fired power plant in the Suez area to meet the country’s acute power shortage, the chairman of the investing company said on Tuesday. A memorandum of understanding was … read more
Egypt saw a significant rise in the number of tourists visiting the country in August, the most in the last three years, the country’s Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou said at the Al-Mal GTM money and finance conference on Tuesday. Tourists’ … read more
The Minya Criminal Court upheld its previous ruling that sentenced 20 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death for killing Mostafa al-Attar, the Matai village sheriff’s deputy, and for storming and burning the police station after the dispersal of the … read more
The Mahala Court of Appeal on Monday upheld a two-year imprisonment sentence against Karate trainer Abdel Fatah al-Saeedy for posting 35 porn videos on the Internet of him having sex in a sports club in Mahala. The court rejected all … read more
Two container ships collided at the northern end of Egypt‘s Suez Canal, delaying traffic through a vital global trade route, shipping sources said on Monday. The German-flagged MV Colombo Express and the Singaporean-flagged MV Maersk Tanjong collided at the mouth of … read more
French oil company Total has been awarded a licence to explore for natural gas in the Nile Delta, a source in the state-run Egyptian Natural Gas Holding company (EGAS) said on Monday. “France’s Total won the bid to explore in … read more
The Maadi Misdemeanor Court accepted an appeal submitted by 12 defendants against their three-year prison sentence in the Maadi riots case, acquitting them of charges. The court also reduced the sentence against Tarek Mohamed al-Sayed, Alaa Abdel Azim Shaalan and … read more