Al-Masry Al-Youm Security services have foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 25 million Tramadol pills into the country via its western borders. The Anti-Narcotics General Administration has been following a gang with two members, one of whom is Arab. … read more
Car-hailing service Careem Egypt’s Wael Fakharany has said he was sacked from his job as head of operations “in a humiliating way” one day after the UAE-based service announced Fakharany’s departure and the appointment of a new chief operating officer. … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The 6th of October Prosecution conducted investigations Saturday into Amr Zaky, 48, the supervisor of Ishraqa orphanage, on accusations that he tortured 16 children living at the facility, which is located in Sheikh Zayed city and owned by the … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera) has conducted several polls on proposals to amend several personal status laws. They citizened checked viewpoints on verbal oral divorce and granting custody of children to the father. The poll … read more
By Aswat Masriya The Thomson Reuters Foundation today announces that Aswat Masriya website – news and information platform it established in Egypt – will close due to lack of continued finances. The website was launched following the 2011 uprising in … read more
By Reuters Cairo’s population is set to grow by 500,000 this year, more than any other city in the world, adding to the pressure on an Egyptian economy struggling to recover from six years of political turmoil. Greater Cairo, a … read more
Egypt’s interior ministry said on Wednesday morning that police killed a member of the now banned Muslim Brotherhood during a raid on a hideout in Ismailia in the early hours of the day. In an official statement, the ministry said Hassan … read more
Egypt is expected to experience a bout of unstable weather with a heat wave hitting the country Wednesday and Thursday followed by a cold spell on Friday and Saturday, the Egyptian meteorological authority (EMA) said in a statement. The EMA expects highs … read more
By Reuters The number of tourists visiting Egypt this year could come close to levels seen before its 2011 uprising, encouraged by investments in airport security and a cheaper Egyptian pound, the country’s tourism minister said. Egypt’s tourism industry, a … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Newborn twins were dead found in a sewage network on Tuesday, reported the head of New Beni Suef City sewage station. Beni Suef security director, Adel al-Tunisy, received a communication from the head of the sewage station Yousry … read more