(Reuters) – A recently-emerged militant group called the Hasm Movement claimed responsibility on Friday for an assassination attempt on a senior Egyptian prosecutor, saying it was in revenge for death sentences handed to thousands of convicts. The organisation, which has … read more
(Aswat Masriya) – Russian transport minister said that it is “premature” to talk about resumption of flights to Egypt, Russian private news agency Interfax reported on Friday. Minister Maksim Sokolov said that reports about resumption of flights in October are … read more
Egyptian member of parliament Elhamy Agina continued his recent string of controversial statements, this time calling for all women to undergo mandatory ‘virginity tests’ to ensure their virginity prior to being admitted to universities in Egypt. In statements to Youm7, Agina, who was … read more
Egypt’s education ministry has set the annual tuition fee increase rate for private schools for the next five years, according to a statement reported by Al-Ahram Arabic. The increase rates, which apply from the 2016/2017 academic year, have been set … read more
Reuters A senior assistant to Egypt’s top prosecutor survived an assassination attempt when a car bomb exploded in an eastern suburb of Cairo as his motorcade was passing by on Thursday evening, an interior ministry statement said. Zakaria Abdel Aziz, … read more
A court in Cyprus ruled on Friday to extradite the EgyptAir flight hijacker, Seif El-Din Mustafa, to Cairo in March, following the completion of investigations. In June, Prosecutor General Nabil Sadek travelled to Cyprus to follow up on investigations regarding … read more
Egypt Independent An Egyptian couple has tied the knot underwater, conducting their marriage ceremony surrounded by colorful fish at Dahab in the Red Sea. Military officer Mohamed El Deeb and Nourhan Amr Abu Greisha, an amateur diver, posed for photographs … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Nineteen people have been arrested in Alexandria for verbal harassment of female school students, Major General Sherif abdel Hamid, head of Alexandria Investigations Department, said on Thursday. The arrests resulted from a raid launched by Alexandria Security Department … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Passenger flights between Frankfurt and Sharm el-Sheikh will be resumed starting October, said Yasser Jaheen, deputy director of Sharm el-Sheikh Airport, on Wednesday. Flights are to resume at a rate of one per week in the first instance, … read more
A non-commissioned police officer was injured on Tuesday in an armed attack on a Commercial International Bank (CIB) branch in the Boulaq Aboul Ela district in downtown Cairo, according to a Ministry of Interior statement. The attack, executed by an … read more