The Cairo Criminal Court postponed on Wednesday the trial of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and 130 others for escaping from the Wadi al-Natroun prison to November 30. The Muslim Brotherhood leaders are accused of collaborating with international bodies, the … read more
North Sinai residents near the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip are being evacuated, as Egypt’s army steps up its campaign in the area against militants, Al-Ahram’s Arabic news website reported on Tuesday. Residents within an area 300 meters … read more
The armed forces stormed an Egyptian university campus premises for the first time on Tuesday, after student protests and the belief that five homemade bombs were on campus in students’ possession. The army has never been part of the … read more
Egypt‘s pound held steady at a central bank dollar sale on Wednesday but strengthened on the black market. The bank said it sold $37.6 million, at a cut-off price of 7.1401 pounds per dollar, unchanged from the previous sale on … read more
Three IEDs exploded Monday inside two electricity transformers in 10th of Ramadan City, with experts able to deactivate a fourth bomb planted nearby, reported state news agency MENA. The explosions resulted in a power outage in two districts and damaged the … read more
Two bombs exploded on Wednesday morning in a sewage project under construction in Sharqia, north of Cairo, which destroyed two pipes. No causalities were reported, a security source said. “Unidentified assailants placed the makeshift explosive devices underneath the sewage pipes … read more
Egyptian airport authorities have barred a Danish Institute for Human Rights official from entering the country over “suspicious training” for Egyptian youth. Ashraf Mikhael, project director at the institute, arrived in Cairo on a flight from Amsterdam. After his … read more
Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker al-Markabi said fuel shortages reduce the electrical power capacity, but assured that the capacity would increase from 31,000 to 49,000 megawatts in five years. During a seminar at the Engineers Syndicate on Sunday the minister explained … read more
Britain’s third-biggest energy company BG Group reported a worse-than-expected 26 percent fall in third-quarter operating profit on the back of a continued decline of production in Egypt and a steep drop in oil prices. Oil companies have seen billions wiped off their … read more
Civil protection forces dismantled on Tuesday morning an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted near a primary school in Giza’s Faysal neighbourhood. Security forces combed the area around the Amr Ibn al-Aas Private School and found no more explosive devices, reported … read more