Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie was sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday by a Port Said court, alongside 18 others. Those sentenced to life in prison include Brotherhood figure Mohamed El-Beltagy and Islamist preacher Safwat Hegazy. Badie was … read more
Eight people were injured in the blast that occurred outside a security building in Greater Cairo in the early hours of Thursday, state-run television reported, citing the ambulance authority. The blast took place in the vicinity of the the Homeland Security … read more
By AFP | Cairo Wednesday, 12 August 2015 ISIS claimed Wednesday to have beheaded a Croatian hostage abducted in Egypt, posting a purported picture of the victim’s body on ISIS-affiliated Twitter accounts. The Croat, Tomislav Salopek, was abducted last month … read more
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has ordered the creation of a special economic zone surrounding the Suez Canal, part of a long planned ambitious project to develop the area adjacent to the strategic waterway into an industrial hub. The decision … read more
Egyptian prosecutors referred Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and other group leaders to trial for holding an “armed encampment” in Cairo’s Rabaa Sqaure, a prosecution statement said. The statement, which Aswat Masriya obtained a copy of, did not provide … read more
Twenty-one senior citizens died on Tuesday, the ministry of health said on Wednesday, in light of a heat wave which hit Egypt, leaving 61 senior citizens dead this week. The high temperature caused 581 other citizens to experience heat-related stress, … read more
AFP The fate of a Croatian abducted by ISIS near Cairo was unknown Saturday, hours after a deadline set by the extremists to execute him apparently passed. Egypt’s foreign ministry said it was making “intensive efforts” to locate Tomislav Salopek, … read more
Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi said he has refrained from eating in prison, fearing for his life, in a trial session on Saturday, an eyewitness said. The former president, ousted by the military in July 2013 following mass protests … read more
The Egyptian cabinet designated Thursday 6 August, the date of the inauguration of the new Suez Canal, as an official holiday for workers in the government sector. Cabinet spokesperson Hossam El-Qaweish said on Tuesday afternoon that the decision was made … read more
