When a power cut took Egypt’s state TV channels off air for close to an hour last week — for the first time since the Soviet-era Maspero building which houses state broadcasters was opened in 1960 — Egyptians responded with … read more
Six people were executed on Sunday dawn by Egyptian authorities, a source in the prison authority told the state agency MENA. In March 2014, security forces launched a raid on “hotbeds” belonging to the Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group, located in … read more
Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in North Sinai’s al-Arish city leaving three prosecutors and a driver dead on Saturday, Egypt’s state television reported. The attack also left a prosecutor injured. The vehicle was on its way to court when … read more
Muslim Brotherhood official Amr Darrag condemned an Egyptian court’s decision on Saturday to seek the death penalty for former president Mohamed Mursi and called on the international community to take action. “This is a political verdict and represents a murder … read more
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted President Mohammed Morsi to death over his part in a mass prison break that took place during the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. As is customary in passing capital punishment, Judge Shaaban … read more
A fire broke out in the grounds of a 19th-century royal palace in Cairo but caused no damage to the historic building, officials said on Friday. Three fire vehicles were dispatched to the Omar Toson Palace in the district of … read more
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed on Thursday the importance of hard work and effort exerted by officials to reach the desired development rates. Sisi spoke during the launch of a number of armed forces factories. “Egypt will only move … read more
Former President Hosni Mubarak has already served the sentence issued against him in the presidential palace case, while he was detained pending trial, according to sources at the Prisons Sector. The sources added, that Mubarak is no longer in custody … read more
Some 85 percent of Egyptian women are overweight with 48 percent of that percentage suffering obesity, according to the 2014 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey (2014 EDHS) announced by Egypt’s health minister Sunday. Minister Adel Adawy also revealed that 15 … read more
Egypt’s Housing Ministry signed with the United Arab Emirates an agreement on Monday which sees the latter delivering 50 thousand housing units, worth $1.5 billion. The housing units should benefit 350 thousand Egyptian citizens, the cabinet said in a statement. … read more