Human rights lawyer Khaled Ali announced on Saturday that he, along with other lawyers including Tarek El-Awady, Malek Adly, has filed a case in an administrative court calling for the barring of “foreign settlements” in Sinai. Ali said on his … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Security services besieged on Sunday al-Balabeesh village and Naga al-Sheikh Embader in Sohag to arrest criminals and weapon smugglers. Huge number of troops in 30 armored vehicles took part in the raid to storm houses at … read more
By Reuters Islamic State published a video on Sunday threateningEgyptian Christians and showing the last statement of a man it said was responsible for the deadly bombing in December of a Coptic cathedral in Cairo. The masked man in battle-dress, … read more
Veteran Islamist preacher and theorist of Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya group, Omar Abdel Rahman, died on Saturday, after 24 years of imprisonment in a US prison. Abdel Rahman was spending a life-sentence after being accused in 1993 of being involved in the … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali has indicated several obstacles facing the empowerment of women, saying that Arab women represent 25 percent of the total workforce in the Arab world and that 40 percent of the unemployed are women. … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Suez Canal Authority Chief Mohab Mamish said 67 ships passed through the Suez Canal on Sunday carrying a total load of 3.8 million tons. Thirty-three ships passed from the north side carrying 1.9 million tons, while 34 ships … read more
Egypt Independent The US dollar exchange rate continued its decline in banks on Sunday; the lowest rate found in banks was LE15.80 to the dollar in the National Bank of Egypt (NBE). The US dollar exchange rate reached LE20 in … read more
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail decided on Saturday to ban the entry of any type of motorbike and their spare parts to the regions of central and North Sinai. For now, the period of the ban is limited to one year, … read more
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi arrived on Saturday to the Republic of Kenya in a one-day official visit that came following an invitation released from his Kenyan counterpart, President Uhuru Kenyatta, through which he asked Al-Sisi to visit Kenya, a statement … read more
Egypt is gearing to receive the first touristic Russian delegation on 23 February, following the expected resumption of flights between Russian and Egypt on the same date, after a year and four months of suspension on the back of the … read more