Three bombs exploded in 6 October city on the oustkirts of Cairo on Friday morning as bomb attacks remain frequent across Egypt, Al-Ahram’s Arabic news website reported One explosion took place in front of a police station while two bombs … read more
Energy-hungry Egypt‘s willingness to push fuel market reforms and stick to debt repayment plans has led to an unexpected resurgence in oil and gas exploration and supply deals previously delayed by political upheaval. The country has emerged as a major new … read more
One person was killed in an attack on a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in a town north of Cairo early on Thursday, Egypt‘s state news agency MENA reported. A fire broke out at the restaurant in a town in the province of Menoufia, 80 km (50 … read more
Egypt gets hit by a highly deadly militant operation every several months, the last of which was Thursday’s attacks on military and police facilities with car bombs and mortar rounds in the restive North Sinai. Other more frequent, yet usually … read more
Egypt’s Court of Cassations turned down on Thursday a request for a retrial of 58 defendants accused of violence in Alexandria’s Sedi Gaber which involved throwing boys off a rooftop in July 2013. Footage of one of the defendants throwing a … read more
Egypt’s foreign ministry called on European countries on Tuesday to “monitor extremist websites that incite violence and terrorism, and to halt broadcasting channels linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.” In a meeting with the European ambassadors, the minister’s aide for European … read more
A young man was killed and three others injured when a bomb exploded on Egypt’s north coast, close to its second city Alexandria, Al-Ahram’s Arabic news website reported. The bomb targeted a security convoy on the Alexandria-Marsa Matrouh highway, 21 … read more
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Tuesday strongly condemned the killing of a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State, calling the militant group “a savage cowardly organisation that violates all heavenly doctrines,” state news agency MENA reported. El-Sisi confirmed Egypt’s … read more
Jailed Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy revoked his citizenship, in hopes of benefiting from a presidential decree which could see his release from prison and deportation, state television reported on Tuesday. Fahmy was sentenced to seven years in prison alongside … read more
An Improvised Explosive Device went off in the vicinity of Talaat Harb Square in downtown Cairo early Tuesday, leaving no reported casualties behind, a security source said. Alaa Abdel Zaher, head of the explosives administration at the Cairo Security Headquarters, … read more