Cairo Public Prosecution ordered the imprisonment of a female for 15 days on charges of joining a gang that steals cars at gunpoint. Police had received a call from a microbus owner named Ahmed Seif saying that three persons asked him … read more
An expensive family holiday to Egypt turned into a ‘nightmare’ for a father when he was falsely accused of stealing his own sunglasses. Thomas Greenhalgh, 33, was lounging by the pool at a four-star hotel in popular resort Sharm el … read more
A child was killed and five people were injured after a two-storey house built with bricks collapsed in Qena governorate. Civil defense forces, with the help of residents, attempted to rescue another worker and a child from under the rubble. The incident resulted … read more
Two explosions hit Sharqiya province Friday morning destroying part of the railway tracks in the town of Belbeis and damaging a public transportation bus. No casualties were caused by the explosions. Head of Sharkiya security, Major General Sameh al-Kilani, received … read more
Egypt‘s annual urban consumer inflation fell to 11.1 percent in September from 11.5 percent in August, the official statistics agency CAPMAS said on Thursday. Egypt‘s economy has been in turmoil since a popular uprising ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, deterring tourists … read more
Egypt will return a $500 million deposit from Qatar, made last year during the presidency of Mohamed Morsi, following a request from Doha, the governor of Egypt’s central bank said Wednesday. Hisham Ramez told Egyptian daily Al-Akhbar Tuesday that Qatar … read more
Equipment installed at Cairo’s international airport to detect diseases like Ebola in passengers has proven to be defective, as Egyptian pilgrims return in droves from Saudi Arabia, state news agency MENA said on Tuesday. MENA said the defects in the … read more
Sources at the Giza Security Directorate said on Tuesday morning that four men were arrested close to Al-Bandar Street in Giza for harassing two girls and tearing the clothes of one of them. The suspects, of whom one carried a … read more
Prosecutors have ordered the detention of two policemen for negligence after a bomb exploded inside a Cairo court, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported. The homemade bomb exploded in the prosecution room, injuring a prosecutor and his secretary. The two officers … read more
British gas producer BG Group said on Monday it had received $350 million from the Egyptian government following a commitment by Cairo to repay outstanding debts to the energy industry. The transaction reduces the energy company’s receivables balance in Egypt … read more