Three people were killed in a car bomb blast on Wednesday in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt‘s state-run Nile Television said. Another state news outlet, Al-Ahram, quoted Brigadier Mahmoud Shawki, a police officer, as saying those killed had been inside the car and were … read more
A nine-year-old girl child was killed and another injured when a rocket fell in front of a house in in Egypt‘s Sinai peninsula in an apparent attack targeting soldiers. A rocket hit a house in Rafah and a child was killed and … read more
A security source at the interior ministry stated that the prison department granted on Monday the release of 354 prisoners to mark Eid Al-Fitr and the anniversary of the 1952 revolution, Al-Ahram’s Arabic news website reported. The release order came … read more
Egypt’s biggest zoo was late to open on Monday due to a delay in the arrival of explosives experts and police dogs tasked with searching it for bombs on one of the park’s busiest days of the year. Visitors lined … read more
The Muslim Brotherhood ordered its members on Sunday to prepare public spaces in the squares of all governorates for the Eid prayers irrespective of any warnings from security agencies or the endowments ministry. The group will also pass out candy … read more
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Four children were killed and five other people injured when a shell hit a house in north Sinai, Aswat Masriya website reported. The shell was reportedly fired by militants targeting the Egyptian military, according to a security source. Militants … read more
Twenty-three Egyptian workers were killed in a rocket attack on Saturday in Tripoli, where militia rivalries are intensifying, state news agency MENA reported. Brigades of former rebel fighters in the Libyan capital have fought with rockets and artilleries for two … read more
Unknown gunmen killed two policemen in North Sinai’s Sheikh Zoueid on Friday. The gunmen attacked a police vehicle carrying a brigadier-general and his son, a police officer, a security source told Aswat Masriya. Security forces fired back at the gunmen … read more
Three Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt last month for up to ten years on charges of aiding a terrorist organisation will appeal their convictions, the family of imprisoned Australian journalist Peter Greste said on Friday. Greste, an award-winning foreign correspondent, was … read more