Beni Suef Criminal Court sentenced to death on Monday a defendant accused of the premeditative killing of Hisham Taema, a Beni Suef police officer, according to state-run media outlet EGY news. The court also handed another eleven defendants fifteen-year prison … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The Prosecution Office in the Warraq district of Giza ordered the chief detective in Shubra al-Khaimah’s Second District Police Station and two of his assistants to be detained, pending investigations into claims they fabricated cases against suspects, used … read more
Retired Egyptian football star Mohamed Aboutrika will not be returning to Egypt from Doha to attend his father’s wake on Monday after he was added to the Egypt’s terror list, a close friend of the player told Ahram Online. The … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm A significant yet temporary temperature increase is expected on Tuesday, according to meteorologists. Warm weather is predicted in Cairo, the Delta and throughout southern Egypt. Low- and medium-level clouds will be seen in the north, accompanied by … read more
Egypt’s army said Monday it has killed six militants during several raids in North Sinai, only a few days after a number of Coptic families fled the governorate following a spate of killings of Christians by militants. In an official … read more
Egyptian officials said Sunday they were inching closer to meeting all demands set by Russia on airport security to resume flights to Egypt, suspended after militants from a local affiliate of the Islamic State group downed a Russian airliner 15 … read more
Egypt’s foreign ministry has informed its envoys abroad of a cabinet order to postpone the introduction of a new hike in tourist visas until July. In an official statement on Sunday, ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said the foreign ministry … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Anonymous people wrote phrases and slogans bearing the name of “Islamic State” (IS) terrorist groups on the walls at Al-Mamar Square in Ismailia, as well as on the walls of the Coptic Christian cemetery of the city. Dozens … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm A TE Data employee who supervises security in the company’s information department has been referred to Cairo Criminal Court on accusations that he obtained LE60 million illegally by the Deputy Justice Minister for Illicit Gains Authority Affairs Adel al-Saeed. … read more
Reuters Egypt will receive the second US$1 billion tranche of a US$3 billion World Bank loan in March, Central Bank Governor Tarek Amer said on Friday. Amer told local broadcaster DMC in an interview that the central bank would provide … read more