An Egyptian Salafist party has withdrawn from a grouping supporting deposed president Mohamed Morsi, the second such blow to the Islamist alliance in a month. Al-Watan Party, a breakaway of Al-Nour Party, Egypt’s biggest Salafist group, said Wednesday it … read more
The so-called National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL) and the Muslim Brotherhood group on Tuesday called on supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsy to rally on Friday in a demonstration titled “100 days of Sisi rule.” Sources within the group … read more
Egypt summoned on Tuesday European Union (EU) ambassadors commissioned to Cairo in expression of displeasure over the EU’s statement on the situation in the country before the 27th regular session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, said an official … read more
Six policemen were killed on Tuesday when an explosion struck an armoured vehicle in North Sinai, the interior ministry said. An IED planted on the Rafah – Arish road caused the blast as the vehicle passed by. A police officer … read more
The government has laid out an “energy mix” strategy to end the power crisis Egypt is currently witnessing through generating 30 thousand extra megawatts of electricity, said Investment Minister Ashraf Salman on Tuesday. Addressing the annual two-day economic conference Euromoney, … read more
After the beheadings of James Foley and Steven Sotloff shocked many western audiences, militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis released a number of graphic images of Egyptian soldiers as well as civilians they murdered over the past several months. But in what some … read more
An official source at the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy said a report about the circumstances surrounding the power outage Egypt witnessed on 4 September has been submitted to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The source confirmed that there was … read more
Egypt‘s tourism industry, battered by three years of political upheaval and street protests, could fully recover by the end of 2015 if current levels of stability persist, the tourism minister said. Hisham Zaazou also told Reuters in an interview that the … read more
The stamps feature images of a map of the Suez Canal, along with photographs of a waterway in a desert setting which do indeed appear to come from Egypt. However they also show another two lane waterway in a green, … read more
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that any global coalition against terrorism should battle not just Islamic State but other groups as well, the presidency said on Saturday. Egyptian security officials have said Islamic State has established … read more