The Egyptian cabinet announced on Thursday that daylight savings time will return to Egypt starting 7 July until the end of October. Daylight savings time, which had for years seen clocks put forward one hour in the summer, was canceled … read more
The United Nations’ Libya envoy on Wednesday condemned the killing of 12 Egyptians and three Libyan nationals in a string of incidents in the central town of Bani Walid. “I strongly deplore these terrible killings and call on those with … read more
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said country needs to be aware of “destabilisation attempts” against national institutions during the inauguration of the interior ministry’s new headquarters in New Cairo on Wednesday. Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, defence minister Sedki Sobhi and interior … read more
(Aswat Masriya) – Egypt’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that it expects “an urgent, transparent and impartial investigation” into the death of an Egyptian who was found burned to death in London. Sharif Adel Mikhail, 21, died on Monday in … read more
Hend El-Behary At least 30 percent of Egyptians believe that the two islands of Tiran and Sanafir are Egyptian, while 23 percent consider them Saudi, according to a poll conducted by the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research, “Baseera”. That … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm At least 16 Egyptian illegal migrants have been killed in an apparent shooting incident in Libya, according to the acting Libyan ambassador to Cairo. “Official sources in Libya reported the killing of 16 Egyptians following a quarrel between … read more
(Aswat Masriya) – Egypt’s top prosecutor referred the low-ranking policeman accused of killing a tea vendor earlier in April to criminal court on Wednesday. The prosecution accused the policeman of attempted murder and premeditated murder. The incident took place last … read more
A short video went viral on social media Tuesday showing security forces arresting a passerby at random with no apparent cause, causing an outcry from Facebook users who declared the incident a blatant violation of the law by the police. … read more
The Swiss Embassy in Cairo congratulated on Wednesday Egyptian inventors who won 11 medals at the 44th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva last week. Egypt won 7 gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze. The embassy wrote on … read more
Reuters A growing roster of developing states are turning to their compatriots abroad to raise cash by marketing “diaspora bonds”, a funding strategy successfully pioneered by India and Israel but sometimes tricky to imitate. Some 250 million people, around 3 … read more