By THE CAIRO POST CAIRO: A decision to ban idling cars in Tahrir Square, as part of a strategy to improve traffic, went into effect Saturday morning, reported Youm7. Cars will be forbidden to wait on both sides of Talaat … read more
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef participated in Reddit’s AMA (Ask Me Anything). For those unfamiliar, Reddit’s AMA is a place where users are free to ask known figures whatever questions they would like answered. Youssef responded to a number of diverse … read more
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said that the Muslim Brotherhood’s return to political activity depends on the public’s will which, he said in an interview, is bound to respond immediately. “That question should be directed to Egyptians and the public … read more
A 15-year-old girl was killed in North Sinai’s Rafah late Friday after a shell from an unknown origin hit her home, security sources said. Sources told Aswat Masriya the deceased girl’s sister was also injured in the shelling. She was … read more
Egypt could raise as much as $2 billion through a Eurobond this year and expects economic growth of close to 7 percent in three years’ time, Finance Minister Hany Kadry Dimian said on Friday. The Arab world’s most populous country … read more
A Shubra prosecutor ordered on Thursday the detention of three men accused of killing a domesticated animal for four days pending investigations. A video went viral late Tuesday showing three men beating a strapped dog with knives and killing him. … read more
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met King Abdullah II of Jordan on Thursday as the two held a “closed session” in which they discussed concerted efforts in the “fight against terrorism”, a presidential statement said on Thursday. The statement added … read more
US sources told the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai that Washington is considering an international ground force of 30,000 soldiers to expel the Islamic State from western and northern of Iraq as well as eastern and northern Syria. The sources said the force … read more
Over 400 more Egyptian migrant workers in Libya returned to Egypt Thursday morning via two trips from Tunisia, state-media reported. A total of 16 flights bringing Egyptians back have been carried out over the past two weeks, while over 3,600 … read more
Two small bombs exploded on Thursday morning in a bus depot in the city of Aga, Dakahliya, causing damage to a number of vehicles. Explosives experts defused a third bomb as they cordoned off and combed the area. This is … read more