Cairo’s Tahrir and Rabaa al-Adaweya squares were tightly secured on Friday morning ahead of protests which the National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy has called for. The coalition, which supports former President Mohamed Mursi, has urged its supporters to take part … read more
Unidentified assailants set fire to a police car on Friday by throwing Molotov cocktails into it while it was stopped at a maintenance workshop, according to an official statement. read more
Security Message for U.S. Citizens As a reminder to the U. S. citizen community, awareness and understanding of crime aids in our ability to decrease the likelihood of being victimized. The majority of criminal incidents over the past couple years … read more
Two policemen have been shot dead outside a church in Cairo’s Ain Shams district during a pro-Morsi rally. One died at the scene on Wednesday evening, the second died in hospital in Nasr City on Thursday morning. read more
A group of people opposing Egypt’s popular satirist Bassem Youssef gathered Wednesday outside the theatre where he records his weekly show, El-Bernameg, and tried to block the crew from entering. With his usual biting wit, Youssef took to Twitter afterwards … read more
Doctor was arrested for contempt of religions and embracing the Shiite sect. Prosecution ordered arrest of a retired doctor, 61, living in Mit Zanqar village. read more
Forty-four people have died from the H1N1 virus since 1 December 2013 until now, health ministry spokesman Ahmed Kamel told Ahram Online. Kamel said that 342 cases have been diagnosed with the virus, commonly known as swine flu, during the … read more
The Zagazig Criminal Court in Sharqia sentenced a man Wednesday to a life in jail, or 50 years according to Egyptian law, for raping his two daughters for five years. Major General Abdel Raouf al-Sairafy received a report from Lieutenant … read more
The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, an Islamist group formed to back ousted President Mohamed Mursi, has called for demonstrations starting Friday under the slogan “Rabaa, the revolution’s icon”. read more
Security forces have detained an Egyptian employee of the United States Embassy who worked as a liaison to the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian news reports said Wednesday, stirring fears of new pressure on Western diplomats who seek to contact the Islamist … read more