An Aswan military court sentenced five people to seven years in prison for destroying electricity pylons in Aswan earlier Wednesday. Another 10 people were sentenced to life in prison in absentia. Egyptian law stipulates that defendants found guilty in absentia … read more
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry flew to Washington on Tuesday evening to participate in the ministerial meeting of the international anti-Islamic State group coalition hosted by the United States, a statement by the Egyptian foreign ministry announced. According to statements … read more
The Cairo Appeal Court assigned the session for the retrial of former president Mohamed Morsi and other leaders in the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in the Itihadiya Palace case for 8 October, after the defendants’ lawyers’ appeals were accepted. In 2012, … read more
Egypt’s prosecutor-general Nabil Sadek is set to travel to Moscow next week to brief Russian officials on the latest investigations into the deadly October crash of a Russian airliner over Egypt’s Sinai. According to an official statement by Egypt’s civil … read more
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) named on Tuesday detained Egyptian journalist Mahmoud Abou-Zeid, widely known as Shawkan, as one of four recipients of the Press Freedom Awards, CPJ said on its website. Shawkan, 28, is a freelance photojournalist who … read more
Talisa Wolters, the winner of the pageant Miss Earth Netherlands 2014 and runner up Miss Eco 2015, attended a four-day UN forum on biological diversity in Marsa Alam city on the Red Sea. During her time on the Red Sea … read more
A British committee inspected security measures and facilities at Cairo International Airport on Monday, state news agency MENA reported. The committee, which is focused on cargo and airplanes heading to London, will issue a final report to evaluate security at … read more
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) warned against the current state approach to sectarian violence against the backdrop of renewed violence in Minya governorate Monday which killed a young Coptic man. EIPR strongly condemned the mob attack on the … read more
Turkey’s foreign ministry said Sunday that Egypt’s objection to the “democratically elected government” phrase in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) statement was “natural”. Egypt was accused of blocking a UNSC resolution condemning the attempted coup in Turkey, reuters reported. Egypt’s … read more
Hend El-Behary In the past few days, you may have heard stories of people scouring the local area in search of strange creatures called Pokémon, hunting their prey in the streets, hospitals, mosques, churches and even the toilets. Such rumours … read more