An Egyptian court accepted an appeal by the defense lawyers of Alaa Mubarak and Gamal Mubarak, the sons of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, for their immediate release on bail. The appeals court released the Mubarak sons and other defendants in … read more
Egypt has delivered verdicts for more than 700 people over a pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in after President Mohammed Morsi was ousted in 2013. The court confirmed 75 people’s death sentences and life imprisonment for 47 others, including Islamic leaders. Rights group … read more
Egypt’s Interior Ministry says police killed six suspected Islamic militants in a shootout in a Cairo suburb. Monday’s statement says the fighting erupted when police raided a suspected militant hideout in the suburban Sixth of October district. The statement says … read more
Access to the Human Rights Watch website is blocked in Egypt. For this reason we are reproducing their statement on this subject here…. “Egyptian authorities have failed to investigate or prosecute a single member of the security forces five years after … read more
August 14 marks the fifth anniversary of the massacre at Cairo’s Rabaa and Nahda Squares, in which Egyptian security forces killed at least 800 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi and injured thousands more. The Obama administration responded by … read more
The Turkish Lira suffered its worst one-day loss in a decade after President Donald Trump announced the United States would hike metals tariffs, losing about 20% of its value against the US dollar, prompting investor confidence to slump. Friday evening, … read more
Egypt’s official news agency says security forces have killed at least 12 Islamic militants in a shootout in northern Sinai Peninsula. Sunday’s report by MENA says the fighting erupted when forces raided a suspected militant hideout in the city of … read more
Egyptian security forces have thwarted a suicide bomb attack on a church just outside of Cairo, state television said on Saturday. A militant wearing a suicide vest was prevented from approaching a church in Qalyubiyah, a governorate north of Cairo, … read more
A group of Egyptian students has designed a vehicle they say will battle rising energy prices and promote clean energy by running on nothing but air. The undergraduate students, who built the vehicle as part of their graduation project from … read more
The Egyptian central bank on Monday said its foreign debt has climbed more than 10% in less than a year, reaching $88.2bn in March. This is despite a raft of painful austerity measures aimed at cutting government spending. Egypt’s foreign … read more