At least 18 people, including three policeman, have died at protests around the country on the fourth anniversary of the 2011 revolution, the health ministry announced Sunday. Ten people, including a police conscript, were killed in Cairo’s Matariya district in … read more
Egypt’s Health Ministry reported five deaths and 22 injuries nationwide on the fourth anniversary of the January 2011 uprising which toppled the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak. Khaled al-Khatib, head of the health ministry’s critical care unit, told Aswat … read more
An Alexandrian citizen was killed on Sunday when Muslim Brotherhood protesters shot randomly at residents during a protest commemorating the January 2011 uprising, medical sources said. A pro-Mohamed Mursi protester was killed when security forces dispersed the Brotherhood rally. The … read more
Three improvised bombs targeted electricity pylons and a railway track in Menoufiya on Sunday, the fourth anniversary of the January 25 uprising. Two electricity pylons were hit, causing blackouts in a number of villages, Aswat Masriya reported. A third bomb … read more
A bomb wounded two Egyptian policemen in Cairo on Sunday and security forces moved quickly to disperse small protests on the anniversary of the popular uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, officials said. The blast targeted policemen stationed … read more
Four years have passed since thousands of protesters took to the streets calling for change, after decades of stagnant street activity in Egypt. The protests soon snowballed into an uprising which toppled the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak. Three … read more
Egypt tightened security on Sunday on the anniversary of the popular uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011. State news agency MENA said 22 armoured army vehicles were stationed around Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of the revolt … read more
An Egyptian conservation group said Friday it will sue the antiquities minister over a “botched” repair of the mask of King Tutankhamun that left a crust of dried glue on the priceless relic. The golden funerary mask, seen Friday by … read more
Movement on the Zagazig-Ismailiya railway was halted Saturday after an improvised explosives device exploded on the tracks. The improvised device was placed on a small bridge, where trains pass, Reuters’ Aswat Masriya reported. Al-Sharqiya’s governor checked the site of the … read more
Five police conscripts and a female civilian were injured when a private vehicle exploded near a police car in Cairo late Friday, the Health Ministry said. The six injured were taken to hospital, one of whom was moved to the … read more