Five service trucks were set on fire at a lot belonging to Giza’s Warraq district early Friday in a likely sabotage attack, and masked men set a Cairo public transportation bus ablaze after forcibly evacuating it. The initial loss of the … read more
Three high-pressure electricity towers were sabotaged Friday on highways connecting four different cities, creating damage worth 1,000,000 EGP ($139,800), the Ministry of Electricity said in a Friday statement. Power generators, cellphone and electricity towers have recently been targets for acts … read more
Two bombs exploded in Menoufia governorate knocking down an electricity pylon, state-run MENA agency reported on Friday. A security cordon was imposed after two more bombs were defused by a bomb squad, Menoufia’s head of security said, adding that security … read more
At least six people were killed on Thursday and tens arrested as police moved to suppress small-scale demonstrations organised by Islamists across Egyptian cities to mark the anniversary of last year’s killings of protesters,security sources and Al-Ahram Arabic news website … read more
Egyptian security forces intensified their measures in Cairo’s main squares on Friday morning in anticipation of protests the National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy has called for. The Islamist coalition which backs former President Mohamed Mursi has called for demonstrations to … read more
The Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy has signed a LE310 million ($43.4 million) contract to develop Helwan’s power plant, according to a statement on Tuesday. Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker said that South Helwan station is part of the current … read more
Hundreds of supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi blocked several highways and roads in Cairo and Giza early Thursday on the first anniversary of the violent dispersal of the Rabaa Al-Adawiya and Nahda Square sit-ins. Tens of Morsi supporters … read more
One child was killed and two others were wounded when a rocket landed on their home in the Egyptian town of el-Mattallah south of Rafah, near the border with Gaza, security and medical sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Sara Salama, 13, … read more
Former Minister of Interior Habib al-Adly denied on Wednesday he ordered security forces to kill protesters who took to the street on January 28, 2011. Adly, who served as an interior minister during the last 11 years of former toppled … read more
In Maadi, a doorman’s son was injured when a foreign object he was playing with exploded. The victim, apparently, did not know the object was a bomb. A security source told MENA that police were notified that a blast occured in al-Mei’rag … read more