Sunday’s Warraq church shooting in north Cairo has claimed its fifth victim, after 17-year-old Mohamed Ibrahim died from his injuries in hospital on Thursday, a security source revealed. Ibrahim suffered a gunshot wound to his abdomen, the source said, and … read more
An Egyptian legal expert says the curfew currently in force daily in major population centres across the country cannot be extended legally outside the state of emergency that is due to expire mid-November. Raafat Fouda, head of the Public Law … read more
The State Commissioners of the Administrative Court on Thursday issued a legal opinion regarding an appeal filed by a Muslim Brotherhood lawyer over the prosecution of popular comedian and satirist Bassem Youssef. The lawyer had appealed against a court ruling … read more
Egyptian troops have arrested over a dozen supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi at a protest in the Suez Canal city of Port Said, state news agency MENA reported. Clashes erupted on Wednesday between Morsi loyalists chanting anti-army slogans and … read more
Supporters of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi have called on Egyptians to hold mass protests on Nov. 4, the day he goes on trial for inciting murder, raising the prospect of more bloodshed as the country’s political crisis drags on. … read more
Five people were killed in a road accident late on Tuesday when two microbuses collided on a highway near Al-Bergaya village in southern Egypt’s Minya Governorate, a security official told Ahram Online. Seventeen others were injured, the official who spoke … read more
A night time curfew imposed in Cairo and 13 other governorates might remain in place despite a planned end to the state of emergency in mid-November, an official source has told Al-Ahram Arabic news website. A cabinet media advisor said … read more
Armed assailants killed a policeman in Northern Sinai’s city of Arish on Thursday, security sources said. Eyewitnesses said that he was shot by unknown gunmen and died from his wounds. Successive attacks on security forces in Sinai have left seven … read more
Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Mohamed Mostafa Mahmoud El-Sayed – aka ‘the Maadi thug,’ Monday to five years in prison instead of 45 years. El-Sayed roamed the district of Maadi and a number of surrounding areas for months, using a sharp … read more
Standard and Poor’s Capital IQ has revealed that Egypt has become the most indebted country in Africa and the Middle East in the third quarter of this year. In the latest quarterly Global Sovereign Debt Credit Risk Report, published on … read more