The number of Christians killed in an armed attack on buses carrying pilgrims in Upper Egypt’s Minya governorate has risen to 29, said Egypt’s Cabinet in a statement published by MENA late Friday. Thousands of Christians, weeping and praying, gathered … read more
Guinean President Alpha Conde arrived in Cairo Thursday to meet with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the presidential palace in Heliopolis. Sisi is scheduled to hold talks with Conde on boosting Egyptian-Guinean ties through bilateral joint action, in addition … read more
Egypt has blocked 21 websites, including Qatari-based news network Al-Jazeera, for content it said shows support for “terrorism, extremism,” state news agecny MENA reported late Wednesday. In statements to the agency, a senior security source said the websites were blocked … read more
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia blocked access to the Al-Jazeera website on Wednesday, in response to statements published on QNA, the official Qatari News Agency, reporting that Qatar ordered the withdrawal of its ambassador … read more
The US Embassy in Cairo warned its nationals on Wednesday of a possible terrorist attack in Egypt without mentioning any further details. “The Embassy is aware of a potential threat posted on a website by the Hasm Group, a known … read more
The founder of the Egyptian National Movement Party and former presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafik said he has not yet decided whether he will run in the 2018 presidential elections. “It is yet too early to judge matters about the presidential … read more
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has renewed his call for the retrieval of state land illegally acquired by private investors, telling a gathering of officials in Damietta that “no one is aboave the law” – no matter what their authority or … read more
A delegation of the French Directorate General for Civil Aviation started inspecting the security measures at Cairo Airport on Tuesday to secure flights from Cairo to Paris. On Monday, a delegation of the British Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) started an … read more
Egypt’s population officially reached 93 million on Monday evening, according to a statement from the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) on Tuesday. The new official population count brings the total number of Egyptians worldwide to 101 million, … read more
Egypt has condemned ‘in the strongest terms’ a terrorist attack that killed at least 22 concertgoers, including children, at the Manchester Arena in northern England following a Monday evening concert by US singer Ariana Grande. In an official statement on … read more