Egypt’s banks will be closed from Monday 14th to Thursday 17th for Eid Al-Adha holiday celebrations, announced the central bank of Egypt in a statement on Tuesday. Work will resume Sunday 20th, added the bank. read more
Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters chanted “Down with the military government” outside Cairo University on Tuesday, defying Egypt’s army-backed authorities despite deadly clashes with security forces two days earlier. Supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsy had urged university students to … read more
The United States is leaning toward withholding most military aid to Egypt except to promote counterterrorism, security in the Sinai Peninsula that borders Israel, and other such priorities, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. The official said U.S. President Barack … read more
A militant Islamist movement has claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack on a satellite communications centre in Maadi, posting a video online alleging to show part of the operation The Furqan Brigades announced on Tuesday that it was behind the attack, … read more
Gunmen killed an Egyptian soldier and injured another in the Suez Canal city of Port Said on Tuesday in an attack after midnight, the state-owned news agency said. Mohamed Shabaan, 21, died after suffering a gunshot wound in his abdomen … read more
The United States on Monday blacklisted as a terrorist an Egyptian Islamist military commander with links to al-Qaeda, accusing him of setting up training camps in Egypt and Libya. The State Department also designated as global terrorists the group founded … read more
Dr. Khaled al-Khatib, head of the Health Ministry’s Urgent and Critical Care Administration, has said that the toll of Sundays’ clashes rose to 54 dead and 379 injured. read more
Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat on Monday asked the Egyptian Interpol to arrest Mahmoud Ezzat, the deputy supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, on charges of inciting murder and violence. The charges pertain to even that occurred outside the Republican Guard … read more
Egypt’s Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat ordered on Monday comprehensive investigations into the violence that erupted in Cairo and outside the capital on Sunday. Barakat also ordered investigations into Monday’s attacks in Cairo, Ismailia, and southern Sinai. General prosecution spokesman Ahmed … read more
The government plans to establish an industrial hub in southern Egypt, one of the poorest and traditionally most neglected regions of the country, to capitalise on the area’s mineral resources and potential for tourism. The project will develop four industrial … read more