Egypt’s Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi said that the current cabinet needs a small-scaled reshuffle, in a press conference at Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. The cabinet reshuffle might include three ministries, according to the interim prime minister. read more
Muslim Brotherhood supporters organized a march Wednesday in Suez to protest the trial of former president Mohamed Morsi and Brotherhood leaders. Morsi and his co-defendants are accused of inciting violence and killing protesters at the Ithadeya presidential palace in December … read more
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Bosnian chargé d’affaires in Cairo early Tuesday to explain why a prominent Bosnian politician made a gesture solidarity with the Rabaa El-Adaweya sit-in that was dispersed in August. read more
The Egyptian authorities have prevented Ahmed Mohamed Mursi, son of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, from traveling to Doha through the Qatari Airlines, security sources said on Tuesday. The security sources told Aswat Masriya that they also withdrew his passport. read more
An Egyptian criminal court resumed on Wednesday the trial of ousted President Mohamed Mursi and his aides over violence that took place by the Ittihadiya presidential palace. The court will hold a hearing session for three prosecution witnesses, including the … read more
Security forces arrested a student for administrating a fake Facebook page purporting to be the official page of the police, according to a Tuesday press release by the Ministry of Interior. The detained student, Ahmed A. A. from Zaitoun Cairo, … read more
A Dutch journalist who, along with three other foreigners, has been put on trial by Egypt’s top prosecutor over terrorism-related charges, has fled the country, her employers said Tuesday. In a case that has provoked an international outcry, Egypt last … read more
Egypt’s central bank has taken extraordinary steps to prop up its currency and curb a black market in foreign exchange – but in back alleys and money changing shops around the country, illicit dealing continues to thrive. This stubborn survival … read more
The United Nations’ Media Office in Cairo denied Tuesday the accuracy of reports in Egyptian media that quoted the World Health Organization (WHO) staff saying Egyptian doctors had died of H1N1 related infections. “This information about the death of doctors … read more
Egypt’s health ministry has announced that 172 people have been diagnosed with swine flu this winter while 16 have died as a result of the virus. Health Minister Maha al-Rabat told a state newspaper that the deceased do not include … read more