More than a decade after the US announced a war on terror following the 9/11 attacks, terrorism still persists as a major threat, the only difference being that its face has changed. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS, … read more
The German Embassy in Cairo has re-opened its visa section on Sunday after closing it last week for a training course for its personnel. Meanwhile, the British Embassy is still closed for the second week in a row to continue … read more
Cairo police briefly detained three Egyptians, including two with British citizenship, after a man told them he overheard them discussing ways to destabilize the country during next month’s anniversary of the 2011 uprising, a security official and a British diplomat … read more
Eight-year-old Rahma was on her way home from school when she was raped — another victim of a surge in child abuse that has been overshadowed by turmoil in Egypt. Two months on, she is still receiving psychotherapy and dreads … read more
Eleven Egyptian fishermen died on Sunday when their boat ploughed into a ship off the Red Sea coast. Eleven others were rescued in the accident, which occurred after dawn between the eastern coastal city of Raes Gharib—some 360km south of Cairo—and … read more
Two explosive devices detoned late Friday in Fayoum, south of the Nile Delta, near the local traffic department, causing damage to parked cars and slightly injuring a police cadet. The only injured sustained a cut in his leg by a … read more
A Central Security Forces soldiers committed suicide by throwing himself under the metro wheels in Cairo, metro official source said. 23 years old, Taher Farouq Foley, threw himself in front of a metro train in down town’s Al-Shohada metro station … read more
Security at the Cairo International Airport denied entry to an American researcher on the Middle East late Friday, saying she is on an entry ban list. Michele Dunne, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) and former … read more
A senior member of the UK House of Commons has defended the decision to closing the British embassy in Cairo as a necessary precaution. On Sunday, the British embassy suspended its work until further notice “for security reasons,” without giving … read more
A fire in a security vehicle stationed near the British embassy in Cairo, currently closed for security reasons, was extinguished by police and fire-fighters on Friday morning. According to an interior ministry statement, the fire was caused by a leak … read more