The parents of an Australian journalist held on terrorism-related charges in Egypt have launched an online petition calling for his release days before his trial is due to start in Cairo. Al Jazeera reporter Peter Greste has been charged, along … read more
The suicide bomber who blew up a tourist bus in Taba on Sunday used an explosive belt, a forensics authority spokesperson has announced. The homemade bomb weighed between five and ten kilograms, Hisham Abdel-Hamid added. read more
A security source said late on Monday that a scuffle resulted in Monday’s injuries, not a targeted attack on the nearby security checkpoint in Assiut. read more
Investigations have revealed that a suicide bomber is behind the Sinai explosion that killed four people on Sunday. A blast on a tourist bus killed three Korean tourists and their Egyptian driver on Sunday in the tourist resort city of … read more
Despite intensive security measures and constant security patrols; crime is still prevalent in a number of Egyptian governorates. In Dakahlia, unidentified individuals driving a car without license plates shot at a police checkpoint in Nabrouh Road in Mansoura, and fled. read more
National Circus tamer Medhat Gouda was transferred to Agouza Hospital on Monday after he was attacked by lions, the Theatrical Professions Syndicate said. Gouda was injured Monday morning when lions suddenly attacked him while he was performing the circus’s usual … read more
The operation rooms of the Explosives Bureau have received many reports regarding suspicious foreign objects or abandoned cars, director of the bureau General Alaa Abdel Zaher said to Youm7, Monday. read more
Security source said on Monday that a suicide bomber is likely to have carried out the blast that hit the the tourist bus near Taba on Sunday, which left three South Koreans and the Egyptian driver killed and 13 others … read more
“During the coming six days, specifically on Feb. 24, Egypt will witness massive bombings similar to the ones that took place in security directorates,” Amr Adeeb, Al-Qahera Al-Youm TV show host, said Sunday. The bombings in Taba will not the … read more
KAFR EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: A suspected H1N1 patient died on Monday early morning in Kafr el-Sheikh General Hospital, doctors are waiting for the results of the diagnostic tests. The patient was isolated in the hospital since February 16. read more