Egyptian security forces have seized a large number of anti-aircraft rockets and missiles in a mountainous area in the southern governorate of Aswan, state news agency MENA reported. Forces found 25 anti-aircraft rockets and 500 missiles early on Monday in Wadi … read more
Accompanied by a number of ministers and senior state officials, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived on Tuesday at the Suez Canal Authority Club in Ismailia to launch the Suez Canal Development Project and announce the conglomerate that would implement its … read more
At least five policemen and four alleged smugglers were killed on Tuesday in a shootout near a northern Egyptian town after security forces tried to stop a vehicle suspected of carrying weapons and explosives, security sources said. The attack happened … read more
How much access to your (and your friends’) personal data are you prepared to share for access to free mobile apps? I suspect the amount is significantly less than that which you actually agreed to share when blindly accepting the … read more
Israel has announced the withdrawal of all of its troops to “defensive positions” outside the Gaza Strip. The move came moments before the latest truce – brokered by Egyptian mediators late on Monday – came into force at 08:00 local … read more
Egyptian social media users took to Twitter on Monday using the Arabic hashtag “25 January means to me” to express their wildly opposing views on the uprising that took place over three years ago. The hashtag, currently trending in … read more
Egypt ranks second among the Arab world as a destination for international students, according to UNESCO statistics. Coming after the United Arab Emirates within the Arab world, Egypt ranks the 19th among the top 20 destinations for international students. The … read more
The Administrative Court decided on Monday to issue a verdict in 10 lawsuits demanding the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) on 6 August. A number of lawyers had filed lawsuits demanding the FJP’s dissolution. They … read more
Egyptian troops on Sunday killed 11 militant fighters in shoot-outs in the border Sinai Peninsula, where an Islamist insurgency is burgeoning, the army said on Monday. On Sunday, a six-year-old child was killed and four others wounded when a mortar … read more
Up to 100 British tourists have fallen ill after a sickness bug swept through an Egyptian holiday resort. Several were still on intravenous drips in their hotel rooms last night at the four-star Coral Sea Waterworld complex. Angry holidaymakers blamed … read more