Medical sources in the Red Sea governorate announced early on Friday that 55 Egyptians suffered food poisoning in a tourist village in Hurghada. Investigations revealed that the patients ate rotten liver and sausage, sustaining fever, cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting. The … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Egyptian judo player Islam El-Shehaby lost by a decisive ippon throw to Or Sasson of Israel in the first round of men’s over-100kg event on Friday. Shehaby’s loss was compounded by a fresh controversry after he apparently declined … read more
As terror incidents cause tourism to cool off in Turkey and social media spreads images of US police shootings, a country’s reputation has perhaps never been so easily made and broken. That is the warning from a study which ranks how 70 nations around … read more
By Mohamed Gad CAIRO, Aug 11 (Aswat Masriya) – Five years after the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) refused to borrow from the International Monetary Fund, the Egyptian government reached a deal on Thursday for a loan almost triple … read more
Aswat Masriya Egypt’s representative on the UN Human Rights Council boycotted on Thursday the screening process of candidates for the new position of an independent expert whose role is to follow up on the rights of LGBT persons. On June … read more
Reuters The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday it had reached a staff-level agreement with Egypt for a $12 billion three-year funding facility to support a government reform program aimed at cutting the funding gap and improving the currency … read more
(Aswat Masriya) – Twenty-three Egyptians, who were reportedly kidnapped in Libya last week, were released and arrived in Egypt through Salloum border crossing, state’s TV reported on Friday. The Libyan armed forces intervened to free the Egyptians as instructed by … read more
Aswat Masriya The Giza Criminal Court annulled on Monday a decision preventing former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, his wife and children from disposing their money and banning them from travel. The court is set to notify the Illicit Gains Authority … read more
Egyptian foreign ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid slammed on Monday an article titled “The ruining of Egypt” published in The Economist magazine, calling it “reductionist and biased.” The Economist issue, which featured a series of articles about Egypt published in … read more
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi promised to solve the US dollar shortage, which Egypt has been suffering from for years, before the end of this year. This promise was made during a 13 June meeting between Al-Sisi and a group of … read more