An Egyptian court will resume on Wednesday the retrial of former autocratic President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons, his Interior Minister and six of his aides on charges of killing protesters and exporting gas to Israel. The court is scheduled … read more
The backup natural gas pipeline in 10th of Ramadan City exploded on Monday after being targeted by a bomb leaving residents fearful. Multiple small fires broke out at the scene, but no casualties were reported. Preliminary investigations revealed that the … read more
Health Minister Adel Adawy said in a press conference at the National Training Center on Monday that Egypt is free of Ebola and that the virus is contained until now in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria, where 1,779 cases … read more
Egypt’s urban inflation rose by 3.1 percent in July, representing the highest monthly increase since May 2008 due to price hikes of strategic commodities, announced the statistical body CAPMAS on Sunday. The governmental body attributed the rise to hikes … read more
Four female police officers were promoted to the rank of major general in a recent security reshuffle in the first week of August, in what many activists are calling a positive step towards a culture change in the Interior Ministry. … read more
An American employee of Texas-based energy company Apache Corp was killed last week in an apparent carjacking in the western Egyptian desert, officials said Sunday. ‘The victim was a long-time employee who works with production operations and we are deeply … read more
Egypt’s High Administrative Court ordered on Saturday the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party and the liquification of its assets. Its parent organisation, the Muslim Brotherhood, was ordered to be dissolved last October in a similar ruling, … read more
Habib El-Adly, interior minister under Hosni Mubarak, said on Saturday that the United States was behind the 2011 revolution against Mubarak as part of its “new Middle East plan.” El-Adly is being retried, along with six of his aides, … read more
Cairo’s Central Traffic Department (CTA) announced Saturday that trucks won’t be allowed in the capital’s main streets during daytime hours, Al-Ahram Arabic website reported. The move is intended to ease traffic jams, for which Cairo is renowned. Cairo’s CTA will … read more
Social media users mocked Minister of Manpower Nahed Ashry, who called on the Egyptian authorities to deport Armenian belly dancer Safinaz on claims she insulted Egypt by wearing an outfit fashioned after the Egyptian flag and that she does not … read more