Egypt’s cabinet approved on Wednesday a presidential decree encouraging the production and use of electricity generated from renewable energy. The legislation would encourage the private sector to invest in generating electricity from renewable energy, the cabinet said in a statement. … read more
The president of Turkey has slammed the U.N. Security Council’s inaction on some of the world’s most pressing issues, accusing its members of rendering the world body ineffective. Speaking before the General Assembly meeting in New York Wednesday, Recep Tayyip … read more
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reflected his country’s aspiration to win a seat within the United Nations’ Security council during his speech at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. Sisi addressed the General Assembly’s 69th session, delivering a speech as … read more
An accident took place on Wednesday on the ring road as a trailer truck hit 10 other vehicles, due to high speed, leaving a child killed and 18 others injured. Preliminary investigations showed that eight of the wounded were in … read more
he Arab world’s most populous nation has reached a critical ethnographic juncture: the stigma of spinsterhood (women who are unmarried beyond the “usual” age of marrying) is haunting the country’s female population. Reham Omar investigates what marriage in Egypt really … read more
A U.S. citizen imprisoned in Egypt following the overthrow of Muslim Brotherhood-backed Mohamed Morsi is near death after refusing to eat for 230 days, say human rights activists and his family, who are pleading for his immediate release. Mohamed Soltan, … read more
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will address the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, state news agency MENA reported. His address is expected to focus on Egypt’s local and regional political situation since the 2011 uprising, particularly after … read more
Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt) has claimed responsibility for an explosion near the foreign ministry that killed two police officers on Sunday. The militant jihadist group published a statement on Twitter, saying the operation was part of their “Vengeance … read more
Work has resumed normally at the Foreign Ministry on Monday, a day after the blast that occurred in the vicinity of the ministry in the Bulaq Abul Ela neighborhood. Foreign diplomats visited the ministry and met with officials of both … read more
“The emigration of Egypt’s Copts is neither wrong nor dangerous; emigration is a human right. Forcible migration, however, is dangerous,” Kamal Zakher, a researcher in Coptic affairs, said at a Sunday discussion on Coptic emigration. The Egyptian Center for Public … read more