AP Toll revenues for Egypt’s Suez Canal have fallen so far this year compared to last, dampening hopes that a newly built parallel waterway will boost the economy in the immediate future. While the canal’s much-hyped extension was one of … read more
Anadolu Agency British politicians, activists and academics have urged the U.K. to withdraw its invitation for Egypt’s president to visit the country. The 55 signatories to an open letter published in Tuesday morning’s Guardian newspaper said that welcoming Egypt’s controversial … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm A 14-month-old girl has died in Qalyubiya after her uncle raped her. Banha University Hospital said the child arrived dead to the hospital after a sharp fall in blood circulation. Examining her body, doctors found that she was … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Meteorologists expect a decline in temperatures and rain clouds across the country on Monday, while Sinai, the Red Sea, and Upper Egypt will continue to experience thunderstorms and torrential rain. Northerly to northwesterly surface winds on the Mediterranean … read more
Starting November, Egypt will start scanning four pyramids, including two in Giza, in an international joint project that will continue until the end of 2016, the minister of antiquities said on Sunday. Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty told a press conference that … read more
The Ministry of Social Solidarity will disburse EGP 10,000 to the families of each of the five people who were electrocuted in Alexandria on Sunday in the aftermath of heavy rainfall. When a power cable from the Moharam Bek tram … read more
The United States embassy in Egypt celebrated Sunday the resumption of the US-Egypt joint production of military tanks M1A1 in the Egyptian Tank Plant 200, a military factory located in Helwan’s industrial zone, south of Cairo. The joint production facility … read more
A statement issued early Friday by Egypt’s interior ministry states that well-known businessman and leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan Malek, was arrested Thursday for plans to “smuggle foreign currency out of the country in an attempt to harm … read more
AFP Four people were wounded on Friday by a bomb planted at a Cairo intersection near the Pyramids, the interior ministry said, and the Islamic State (IS) group claimed it had planted the device. Separately in Sinai, where the IS … read more
Reuters A political alliance loyal to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has scooped all 60 list seats up for grabs in the first round of a parliamentary election in which opposition parties were all but absent, official results showed on … read more