Ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and two of his aides were referred to trial on Saturday over charges of leaking classified national intelligence to the Qatari intelligence. Egypt’s prosecutor general accused Mursi, the head of his presidential office Ahmed Abdel … read more
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi addressed the Thursday electricity blackout in a televised speech aired on state television on Saturday, saying that the electricity crisis cannot be fixed overnight. Thursday’s power outage resulted from a technical malfunction causing the loss of … read more
Islamic State, fighting to redraw the map of the Middle East, has been coaching Egypt’s most dangerous militant group, complicating efforts to stabilise the biggest Arab nation. Confirmation that Islamic Sate, currently the most successful of the region’s jihadi groups, … read more
Police dispersed two small pro-Muslim Brotherhood marches in Mohandessin on Friday. The first march was from Shehab street to Game’t al-Duwal al-Arabiya street. The second was from Oraby Bridge to Nahia village. Clashes occurred between protesters and opponents. The protesters … read more
The National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy (NCSL) has called on its supporters to rally on Friday under the banner of “Revolution until Victory” to demand retribution. Retribution has become a recurring demand, the NCSL said in a statement on its … read more
Fire fighters of the Civil Protection Authority extinguished seven electricity transformers after catching fire at Hadaek El-Ahram area in Giza on Friday. The technicians had reported malfunction in one of the transformers Thursday morning, a security source told state-run MENA … read more
Minister of Electricity and Energy Mohamed Hamed Shaker said there is no reason to believe that the power outage that affected most of the nation Thursday was caused by sabotage. Speaking to private channel ONTV, the minister said it affected … read more
The major power outage in many parts of Egypt on Thursday morning was due to the transfer of electricity loads and maintenance, said spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity Mohamed Yamani. Yamani told Al-Masry Al-Youm that the outage was over routinely spaced … read more
After leaving his upscale Cairo neighborhood to fight with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group, Younes says he learned how to work as a sniper, fire heavy weaponry and behead prisoners using the proper technique. One year later … read more
All Metro lines were back to service on Thursday after a suspension that lasted for almost two hours due to power cuts, Director of the Metro Company Ali Fadali told the state-owned news agency MENA. A technical problem in Cairo’s … read more