Egypt’s interior minister said on Monday that the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood wanted to have “another revolution” on Sunday, the fourth anniversary of the 25 January 2011 uprising. Mohamed Ibrahim said at a press conference that without the “police’s decisive stance” … read more
An explosion on a railway track in Beheira governorate has halted train movement until repairs are completed, railway authority head Ahmed Hamed said in a statement reported by Al-Ahram Arabic news website. The explosion took place between the villages of … read more
An explosion in Port Said has rocked the headquarters of the city’s Workers’ Union Federation, Egypt’s state broadcaster reported. No casualties or injuries were reported in the incident on Tuesday morning. The explosion caused damage to the building’s outer wall … read more
By Nourhan Magdi CAIRO: Shaimaa al-Sabbagh was fatally shot as she marched to a memorial Tahrir Square Jan. 24 to honor victims of the 2011 uprising with a wreath, and became the first casualty of the commemoration of the fourth … read more
Sinai-based militant group Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis (ABM) on Monday published online a graphic video showing the kidnapping and murder of police captain Ayman El-Desouki earlier this month. El-Desouki was kidnapped at a checkpoint on the highway between the cities of … read more
Head of Cairo’s fire department said explosives’ experts defused a bomb at City Stars, a huge shopping mall in Nasr City district east of the capital on Monday afternoon. Speaking to Reuters’ Aswat Masriya, Major General Mamdouh Abdel-Kader stated that … read more
A father and a doctor have been convicted for the death of a 13-year-old girl in a female genital mutilation (FGM) operation. An appeal court sentenced the doctor to two years in prison with hard labour for involuntary manslaughter and … read more
Alaa and Gamal Mubarak were released from prison on Monday, one day after the fourth anniversary of the January 2011 uprising, which toppled their father after over 30 years in power, a security source told state news agency MENA. The … read more
A BBC reporter in Cairo has accused police forces of threatening to kill her while covering protests by Muslim Brotherhood supporters commemorating the 2011 uprising. On her Twitter account, Orla Guerin tweeted at 3:05 pm, “In Ain Shams where police … read more
The European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy called on all parties in Egypt to “show restraint” following nationwide violence which erupted on the fourth anniversary of the January 2011 uprising. Eighteen people were killed and 84 … read more