Al-Masry Al-Youm Meteorologists forecast pleasant temperatures in the north for Monday, with highs of 24C expected in Cairo and 21C in Alexandria. Low- and medium-level clouds will be seen in the north. Visibility will be reduced in the morning due … read more
An Indian hospital treating an Egyptian woman, believed to have been the world’s heaviest woman, says she has lost 250kg (550lbs) after surgery. Eman Abd El Aty’s family said she originally weighed 500kg – and was unable to leave her … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Prime Minister Sherif Ismail announced that a curfew will be imposed in the area between Tal Rafah in the eastern part of Sinai, through the international borderline, reaching to Al-Ouga in the west until Al-Halal mountain. Curfew … read more
The Egyptian navy received on Wednesday the second Type-209/1400 submarine, according to local media reports. The ship is supplied by German shipbuilding company Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft to Egypt. The submarine arrived at Ras El-Tin in Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast. It … read more
One Egyptian policeman was killed and a civilian injured in an IED blast that hit an armoured vehicle in Egypt’s North Sinai city of El-Arish, state news agency MENA reported on Thursday. Egypt’s security forces have been battling a decade-long … read more
Taha Sakr Another spark to fuel the fire of Egypt and Sudan’s continued political tensions came on Wednesday when Sudanese Acting Minister of Interior Babikir Ahmed Digna alleged that fighters from the Egyptian Air Force violated Sudan’s airspace around the … read more
Hend El-Behary The Ministry of Health has decided to issue a “drug monitoring” system which aims to control the pharmaceutical market, eliminate drug fraud and prevent the spread of illegal and unknown medicines in Egypt. The Ministry of Health, in cooperation … read more
Fourteen Egyptians died in various drowning incidents nationwide on Monday as the country celebrated the Ancient Egyptian Sham El-Nessim festival, with another 45 people treated for food poisoning linked to the celebrations, the health ministry said in a statement on … read more
Egypt’s Army Chief of Staff Mahmoud Hegazy held talks on Monday with his Kuwaiti counterpart Lieutenant-General Mohamed Ahmed al-Khader as part of his official visit to Cairo, state-run news agency MENA reported. The two senior military officers discussed a range … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) NGO said that the unlimited extension of the remand period is an assault on the guarantees and rights of the suspect as stipulated by international treaties and covenants signed by the … read more