Wreckage of the EgyptAir flight that went missing over the Mediterranean last month has been found, Egyptian investigators say. A statement said “several main locations of the wreckage” had been identified. A deep sea search vessel had also sent back … read more
Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal has rejected media reports that the Finance Ministry has increased parliament’s budget, making up for a shortfall in funds. Local news reports said on Monday that the Ministry of Finance had agreed to increase parliament’s … read more
The Paris-based International Court of Arbitration has ruled that Egypt’s state gas board EGAS will not have to pay a $270 fine related to gas cuts at its foreign-owned liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, the petroleum ministry said on Tuesday. … read more
Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy has blamed this year’s rice shortage on cross-border smuggling, with Egyptian rice merchants selling abroad in return for dollars. During a meeting of the parliamentary economic affairs committee on Tuesday, Hanafy said, “A huge amount of … read more
Dozens of workers in the Nile Cotton Ginning Company (NCGC) staged a protest Monday in front of Itihadiya Palace in Cairo demanding the returns of their company to the ownership of the government. The workers said the government is ignoring … read more
Top prosecutor Nabil Sadek issued a gag order on Tuesday in the case known publicly as “evidence burning”, in which Mohamed Aboul Hasab, the senior prosecutor for the Haram district of Giza, is accused of both stealing and destroying evidence. … read more
The radar images received by the investigation committee of the MS804 aeroplane crash from the Egyptian armed forces showed that the aeroplane swerved and changed direction to the left then turned for a full circle, said the investigation committee in … read more
Cairo Criminal Court adjourned on Monday the trial of 67 defendants accused of assassinating Egypt’s former top prosecutor Hesham Barakat. The court set a date of July 13 for the next session, allowing the various parties time to study the … read more
The flight data recorders from an EgyptAir jet that crashed in the Mediterranean last month are expected to stop emitting signals on June 24, and search boats are working against the clock to retrieve them, Egyptian investigators said on Monday. … read more
At least 80 cases of attacks on journalists in May were documented as part of a new monthly report by the Journalists Against Torture Observatory (JATO). The NGO highlighted that the number was not a comprehensive count of all assaults, … read more