Egypt will end daylight saving time (DST) on Thursday 25 at midnight, the cabinet said in a statement on Saturday. The clock will be moved one hour backward on Thursday midnight, marking the beginning of winter time as previously scheduled, … read more
A major power outage hit all of Hurghada city, one of Egypt’s top tourist destinations, on Friday two weeks after the country had witnessed a nationwide power outage. The blackout has affected tourist resorts as well as vital institutions, Al-Ahram Arabic … read more
The security forces arrested five of the 15 fugitive prisoners who escaped earlier on Friday, Gharbia Security Director Osama Bedeir said. The prisoners escaped from a police station in Gharbia, 90 km north of Cairo, on Friday morning. “The prisoners … read more
Egypt Independent The media center of the Ministry of Interior denied news circulated by a number of websites on Thursday about a contract between the Ministry of the Interior and a company to monitor Internet activities and social networking websites … read more
At least 15 prisoners escaped from a police station in Gharbia, 90 km north of Cairo, on Friday morning, a security source told Aswat Masriya. “The prisoners managed to escape when the guards opened their cell to take out the … read more
Egypt has contacted a sister company of a US-based online security firm to monitor the country’s cyber communications a few months after authorities unveiled a new campaign to keep social networking sites under surveillance. See Egypt, the sister company of … read more
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Thursday that the maximum efforts to counter threats and challenges facing national security must be exerted, reported the state-owned news agency MENA. Sisi’s comments came during an inspection of training activities for rapid … read more
An Egyptian Salafist party has withdrawn from a grouping supporting deposed president Mohamed Morsi, the second such blow to the Islamist alliance in a month. Al-Watan Party, a breakaway of Al-Nour Party, Egypt’s biggest Salafist group, said Wednesday it … read more
The so-called National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL) and the Muslim Brotherhood group on Tuesday called on supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsy to rally on Friday in a demonstration titled “100 days of Sisi rule.” Sources within the group … read more
Egypt summoned on Tuesday European Union (EU) ambassadors commissioned to Cairo in expression of displeasure over the EU’s statement on the situation in the country before the 27th regular session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, said an official … read more