The trial of Alaa Abdel-Fattah and 24 other activists began in Cairo on Sunday. They are charged with offences related to a protest against military trials of civilians outside the Shura Council in November 2013. It was one of the … read more
Egypt’s presidential elections committee will announce the timeline of the upcoming election on Monday, Judge Hamdan Fahmy said. The committee will decide in a meeting on Saturday the regulations related to candidacy, media and civil society groups, Fahmy told a … read more
The trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, his two sons, former Minister of Interior Habib Al-Adly, and six aides was postponed by Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday to Tuesday 25 March. The defence is being tried for inciting to, agreeing … read more
Two people have tested positive with H5N1, otherwise known as bird flu, in Damanhour and Damietta on Friday, the Health Ministry said. A 56-year-old woman in Beheira’s Damanhour, and a 4-year-old child in Damietta, who are in critical condition, have … read more
EgyptAir halted its flights to Libya on Friday after two rockets hit Tripoli airport runway. Two rockets hit the runway at dawn, the Libyan News Agency (LANA) reported. Motives behind the attack are unknown, but residents of the Libyan capital … read more
Egyptian Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou said on Saturday that the tourism sector is completely collapsed, pointing that he plans to make great changes in management to improve conditions. Zaazou told the state news agency that he is looking into legislative … read more
A new report prepared by the CBC Channel has revealed that 31,000 drug cases have been recorded by the police in 2012, compared to 50,000 cases in 2010. According to official statistics drug abuse among Egyptians is 7 percent. The … read more
Egyptian activists created a hashtag on Twitter called “The first time I was harassed” (#اول_محاولة_تحرش_كان_عمري) two days ago, inspiring hundreds to tweet their first experience of being sexually harassed in Egypt. Sexual harassment is a deeply entrenched phenomenon of Egyptian … read more
Supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi broke into a traffic unit in Helwan in south Cairo district on Thursday and set fire to the office and vehicles inside, security sources told Al-Ahram’s Arabic news website. read more
Egypt will “win the war against the powers of darkness and terrorism with its heroic men and the people’s support for army and police forces”, said Prime Minister, Ibrahim Mahlab on Thursday. read more