Egypt hopes that political tensions with natural gas giant Qatar will not undermine efforts to secure supplies from the Gulf state, but sees Algeria and Yemen as other options, a top state oil executive said. Tarek El Molla, chairman of … read more
The prosecutor’s office ordered the detention of three officers and a vice warden of the Heliopolis police station for four days for their role in the death of 49 prisoners on 17 August. Anti-torture movement Nation-Without-Torture disputed early Ministry of … read more
Political satirist Bassem Youssef believes supporters of army chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi may file legal complaints against him when his show comes back on air, adding that fear of censorship will not stop him from political critique. In an op-ed published … read more
A bomb exploded near an army checkpoint on Tuesday morning in the Northern Sinai city of Rafah, killing an army officer and wounding five soldiers, security sources told the state news agency. The security sources added that the wounded soldiers … read more
Cabinet spokesperson Sherif Shawqi has claimed Egypt’s emergency law will not continue past mid-November. In remarks on Tuesday, Shawqi said the Cabinet does not intend to extend the emergency law in the wake of the Warraq church attack. Media speculation … read more
One civilian was killed and four others injured Monday evening by gunmen in Arish, North Sinai. A North Sinai Security Directorate source said unidentified gunmen in a car shot at another vehicle in the city’s al-Safa neighborhood, killing a man … read more
Egyptian Coptic Christians joyfully waited outside the Virgin Church in Cairo for the bride to arrive to join the groom for their wedding. Instead bearded men on a motorcycle pulled up and fired on the crowd, deepening the fears of … read more
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, a Sinai-based jihadi group, has claimed responsibility for a car bomb explosion outside the Ismailia military intelligence building on Saturday. The group justified their attack, claiming it came as part of “cleansing Egypt of the dens of … read more
A fire broke out early Monday in the downtown commercial market area of Manzala in Daqahliya, leaving 25 injured, according to Health Ministry officials. Magdy Hegazy, undersecretary of the Health Ministry in Daqahliya, told Al-Masry Al-Youm that at least 25 … read more
Minister of Tourism, Hesham Zazou stressed importance of the Italian market for the Egyptian tourism, saying it occupies the fourth position among the top five markets exporting tourism to Egypt. Minister Zazou pointed out that the figures of Italian market … read more