Three people were injured when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off in downtown Cairo on Saturday morning. Sami Youssef, director of the general administration of civil protection, told state-run news agency MENA that the IED was discovered by street … read more
A pupil has died after a water fountain fell on him at a school in Qalioubiya, the latest in a series of fatalities at schools in Egypt. A local education ministry official in the Nile Delta town said an … read more
Yasser al-Borhamy, vice president of the Salafi Daawa, blasted statements Pope Frances made on Tuesday, accepting scientific theories of evolution and the Big Bang. “It destroys the Catholic religion and denies the Koran, the Torah and the Gospel,” said Borhamy … read more
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has said that some parties are using media outlets to provoke instability in the country, days after several Egyptian state and private press organizations pledged support for his government. In the third part of an interview … read more
After working as a war cameraman for 18 years, getting injured twice along the way, Egyptian journalist Ibrahim al Batout decided to get away from the real-life violence and make movies. But his latest venture “El Ott” or “The Cat”, which premiered … read more
Egypt began clearing residents from its border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to create a buffer zone following some of the worst anti-state violence since President Mohamed Mursi was overthrown last year. A day after being ordered by the army to move, many in … read more
The military is investigating a video which circulated on Tuesday showing citizens being subjected to torture at the hands of men dressed in army uniform, a military source said on Wednesday. The source, who preferred to remain anonymous, told Aswat … read more
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi told Saudi newspaper Okaz that “international forces” thought they could establish a new regional system to give them more influence – but failed. In an interview published Tuesday, El-Sisi said the result was civil and … read more
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said that Egypt is specifically interested in obtaining a seat at the United Nation’s Security Council representing African nations for the council’s 2016-2017 session. In the third part of an interview with Saudi Arabian newspaper Okaz, … read more
Additional troops from the armed forces and police have been deployed to the Sinai Peninsula, to assist forces already present in the “war on terror”. Soldiers from the Second and Third Field Armies, and Rapid Intervention Units, were transported by … read more