Egyptian journalist from state-owned newspaper Al-Akhbar Mohamed El-Battawi has been released from prison after spending over two years in jail over accusations of joining the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood organisation, press syndicate board member Amr Badr told Ahram Online on Tuesday. El-Battawi … read more
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met Monday with a number of candidates eligible for an ambassador position. Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry attended the meeting. The president asserted the importance of the role of Egyptian diplomacy in reflecting “the … read more
The Egyptian Cassation Court decided on Monday to acquit Mohamed al-Zawahiri, the brother of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, from charges of establishing and managing an affiliated terrorist group. Charges also included plans to attack state institutions and the Egyptian Armed … read more
The Egyptian Supply Ministry said Tuesday that it started a new system to subsidize bread that included subsidies on the loaf instead of subsidizing the whole process from the flour mills. A statement for the ministry said that the new … read more
Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Saturday eight to a preliminary death sentence for acts of violence related to storming Cairo’s Helwan Police Station 14 August 2013. The court’s preliminary death verdict is scheduled to be referred to the country’s Grand Mufti … read more
Six people were killed and 20 others injured in a collision on Friday between a bus and a truck on the al-Alamein-Wadi al-Natroun highway. The casualties were transferred to Alamein Central Hospital and al-Hammam Hospital. A claim was filed on … read more
PRAGUE (Reuters) – A Czech woman stabbed in an Egyptian holiday resort earlier this month has died, the Czech Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The woman was among the victims of an Egyptian man who fatally stabbed two Germans and … read more
Two French multi-role ‘Rafale’ fighters joined the Air Force Wednesday, Spokesperson of the Armed Forces Col. Tamer el-Refaei said in a statement. Refaei clarified that France has sent 11 out of 24 Rafale fighters to Egypt, between mid-2015 and 2017, … read more
The Czech Foreign Ministry says a Czech woman who was injured in a knife attack at a hotel in the popular Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada earlier in July is on the brink of death and only life support … read more
The Egyptian Armed Forces declared on Wednesday that it managed to foil a militant attack that was targeting a military base covering Alexandria and other nearby cities. According to the Egyptian Armed Forces’ official spokesperson, the failed militant attack was going … read more