Seven people were killed in a collision between a train and a school bus in northeast Egypt on Friday, according to the country’s health ministry. Twenty-six others were injured in the crash, which occurred on a motorway connecting the capital … read more
Novelist and writer Gamal al-Ghitany called Thursday on Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty to announce the names of officials responsible for the scandal of the porn movie which was shot at the Pyramids and Sphinx area. Ghitany told Al-Masry Al-Youm the … read more
Egypt replaced its interior minister on Thursday with a retired general who has experience combating religious extremism as the country fights radical Islamist militants seeking to topple the Cairo government. Egypt has been grappling with rising Islamist militancy since then-army … read more
Two natural gas lines exploded Friday in the 6 October City in Giza after unknown assailants planted two bombs underneath, Youm7 reported. The two separate explosions took place during the early hours of the day when residents were shocked with … read more
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi reshuffled his Cabinet on Thursday, in the first such move since he took office in June 2014. Amongst the key ministers replaced in the new cabinet is the powerful interior minister, in charge of the country’s … read more
Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim and seven other ministers were sacked in a suprise move, highly-placed presidential sources told Youm7 Thursday. Ibrahim’s expected replacement is Magdy Abdul Ghaffar, a previous head of Homeland Security. The unexpected reshuffle includes eight ministers, … read more
Egypt’s state-sponsored Islamic authority warned women Wednesday against marrying fighters from the Islamic State group online, saying such unions would push them into a “circle of terrorism”. Dar al-Ifta, the body that issues rulings on Islamic sharia law, said it … read more
Egypt launched on Thursday a new power plant generated by solar energy in Siwa, west of the country, the minister of electricity announced. Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said the new plant would generate 10 megawatts, to compliment the diesel units … read more
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has said that no country has achieved gender equality and that not enough has changed for too many women, especially in the least-developed countries. In a speech marking the occasion of the International Women’s … read more
SODIC, Egypt‘s third-largest listed property developer, said it made a net profit of 154.3 million Egyptian pounds ($20.2 million) in 2014 after a loss of 477.1 million pounds the previous year. SODIC, also known as Sixth of October Development and Investment … read more