Air Sina, a subsidiary of EgyptAir, on Sunday resumed flights between Cairo and Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv after a 10-day hiatus due to clashes between the Palestinians in Gaza and Israel. Flight 054 took off with 36 passengers after … read more
Security forces raided an orphanage in the Haram neighborhood in Giza Sunday, following a video on social media showing a man beating children, which activists condemned while accusing the orphanage director of child abuse. The two-minute video showed a man … read more
The foreign ministry described a comment by a United States State Department spokeswoman as “sheer fantasy” after she said that Egypt used US weapons “against their own people”. Deputy Spokeswoman for the state Department Marie Harf was asked during a … read more
The Health Ministry has declared Egypt free of any cases of the deadly Ebola virus. In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said, “The rate of deaths of patients infected with the virus have reached 60 percent.” It added that several … read more
Egypt has increased the amount of electricity it provides to Gaza and urged Israel to repair power lines damaged during Israeli bombardment that has left at least one million people without electricity, an Egyptian official said on Saturday. The official … read more
Police officer Mohamed Safwat Zeidan, the second defendant in the prison escape case of two of the most dangerous criminal inmates in Ismalia on death row, confessed on Thursday of gross negligence. According to Zeidan, the first defendant, police officer … read more
The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood has observed 337 violations against children since the beginning 2014, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported. The council said the reports were recorded via a government helpline. Sixty-seven of the cases involved child trafficking … read more
New Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will not attend an unprecedented gathering of African leaders here next week, a US official said Thursday, after he was given a belated invitation. Morocco’s King Mohamed VI will also be a no-show at … read more
The National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy has called on its supporters to rally on what it called “Friday of Resistance” in a statement on its official Facebook page. This will mark the beginning of a new “revolutionary week” in solidarity … read more
