State-owned EgyptAir signed an initial order for 12 Bombardier Inc CSeries jets on Tuesday, marking the Canadian planemaker’s second deal for the aircraft this month after a 1-1/2-year-long sales drought. The two orders, the other for 31 planes from an … read more
A consortium of unnamed US and Saudi companies are investing US $3 billion in an amusement park complex in the Northwestern Egyptian governate of Matrouh, Governor Alaa Abu Zeid announced at a Sunday press conference. Abu Zeid, however, did not … read more
Egypt’s Minister of Irrigation Mohamed Abdel-Ati said on Sunday that participants in the tripartite ministerial meeting held in Cairo to discuss a preliminary studies report on the regional impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have failed to reach a … read more
Minister of Petroleum, Tarek al-Mulla, said at a press conference on Sunday that the government intends to lift fuel subsidies while still partially subsidizing gas, as part of its IMF-sponsored economic reform program. He emphasized that there will be no increase in … read more
Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah is shortlisted among four others for the BBC African Footballer of the Year. The five-man shortlist consisting of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Naby Keita, Sadio Mane, Victor Moses and Mohamed Salah was revealed during a special live launch broadcast in … read more
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed the latest developments in the region with the Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Gaber Al-Sabah, especially the situation in Lebanon, the Houthi attack on Riyadh, and the attack on the oil pipeline in Bahrain, … read more
A police officer who was abducted by terrorists in the Western Desert last month and later rescued by security forces may continue his medical treatment abroad, his father has said. Mohamed El-Hayes was abducted during a shootout when security forces … read more
The Egyptian military said on Monday that it had seized two million narcotic pills that were about to be smuggled into the country through the Salloum border crossing with Libya. In an official statement, army spokesman Tamer El-Refaie said border … read more
Head of Gharbiya Security Directorate Major General Tarek Hassouna revealed the details of an attack by five masked men carrying machetes against a pharmacist in the Egyptian delta town of Zefta. A video of the incident went viral on Sunday evening, where five masked men … read more
A little-known militant group called Jund al-Islām, inspired by Al-Qaeda ideology, declared on Saturday that it carried out a military attack against the Islamic State’s Egyptian branch Sinai Province, describing the group as ‘Kharijites,’ or apostates. Through a voice statement, Jund … read more