Qatari-owned news channel Al Jazeera has launched legal action against the Egyptian authorities, saying that its journalists have been detained without charge and attacked, its London-based lawyers announced Thursday. The network said it had asked renowned legal firm Carter-Ruck, a … read more
Two policemen were injured when unknown armed assailants targeted a patrol car north of Cairo early Thursday, state news agency MENA reported. Masked gunmen opened fire intensely at a police vehicle combing the Ring Road, near Shubra Al-Keima in Nile … read more
Egypt is close to agreeing a schedule for repaying $6 billion (3.7 billion pounds) in outstanding debt to foreign oil companies, Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday. Beblawi also told Al Masry Al Youm … read more
An army prosecutor sent an Egyptian journalist to a military court on Wednesday for allegedly publishing false news and tipping Islamist militants to the location of troops in the Sinai region bordering on Israel, an army statement said. Ahmed Abu … read more
The assailants who attacked and fired shots on Mahmoud Badr, Tamarod campaign founder, on Kafr Hamza-Shebin al-Qanater Road, have been identified, according to sources from Qalyoubiya security department. The suspects are expected to be arrested within a few hours after … read more
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has called for further civil disobedience after a similar announced two weeks ago largely failed when political groups and civilians did not respond. In a statement by the National Alliance in Support of Legitimacy on Wednesday, Brotherhood-affiliated … read more
An army conscript was killed and seven were injured on Wednesday following an explosion at an army checkpoint in Northern Sinai’s Rafah, security sources said. The sources told Aswat Masriya that unknown gunmen have placed a car bomb near the … read more
Egyptian officials say a suicide bomber has rammed his explosives-laden car into the security headquarters in a border town in Sinai, killing at least one person. The security officials say the front of the one-story building in the town of … read more
Car bombs hit security headquarters in the Sinai peninsula in Egypt, killing four people, state TV says More to follow. read more
Justice Minister Adel Abdel-Hamid said on Tuesday that human trafficking is a serious crime that poses a great danger to Egypt. The statement came during a speech by the minister to a meeting of the National Committee to Combat Human … read more