The U.S. Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the risks of traveling to Egypt due to continuing political and social unrest. This Travel Alert supersedes the Travel Alert issued on January 30, 2014, and will expire on May 22, … read more
Hala Shukrallah won the liberal Constitution Party’s elections on Friday to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei as the party’s president. Shukrallah won 108 out of 189 votes to become the first woman and Copt to head an Egyptian political party. read more
Alexandria Criminal Court acquitted all the officers accused of killing the peaceful demonstrators during January 25 Revolution, including Alexandria’s former Security Director Mohamed Ibrahim, and Head of Alexandria’s Central Security Adel Allakani in addition to a number of officers Saturday. read more
Security forces clashed with “Ultras Revolutionary” members who had gathered in front of Abdeen Court in Cairo on Saturday. The protesters were chanting against the army and police when security forces dispersed their demonstration, the state news agency said. Traffic … read more
Egypt’s state television reported that Muslim Brotherhood elements cut off Abbas al-Akkad street in Cairo’s Nasr City on Friday. The street is located a few blocks away from Rabaa al-Adaweya Square where a sit-in to support former President Mohamed Mursi … read more
Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood protesters blocked Arish Street in al-Haram district on Friday, where they allegedly also set fire to a car belonging to a TV channel. read more
(CNN) — The apparent resumption of forced “virginity tests” by security forces in Egypt has dashed activists’ hopes for democratic reforms and fueled fears of a return to police brutality and abuse reminiscent of the Hosni Mubarak-era. Four women arrested … read more
Muslims banking on a holiday to Mars will have to cancel their plans after religious clerics took the time out of their schedule to issue a decisive decree on space travel. A fatwa issued by the General Authority of Islamic … read more
The Muslim Brotherhood marches scheduled after the Friday prayers will start from four main mosques in Giza and Cairo, according to the Freedom and Justice Party’s (FJP) official website. read more
Sources close to former presidential candidate Khaled Ali said he is announcing soon that he is running in the next presidential elections. The sources also said that Ali did not change his decision after he met on Wednesday with his … read more