An improvised bomb exploded during the early hours of Thursday morning near the Air Force hospital in Cairo’s Abbasiya district, reported Al-Ahram Arabic’s news website. According to Al-Ahram, the bomb was planted in a car parked near the hospital. The … read more
Egyptian security forces dispersed on Thursday a protest staged by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood on the anniversary of President Mohamed Mursi’s ouster. The protesters have blocked Haram road before the security forces fired teargas at them. Dozens of Brotherhood … read more
A bomb exploded near a mosque in Giza on Thursday morning, no causalities were reported, security sources told the state news agency MENA. The bomb squad moved immediately to the area of explosion to see whether it was caused by … read more
Israeli police forces arrested hundreds of African, mainly Eritrean, refugees on Sunday evening after two days of camping near the Israeli-Egyptian borders. Around 1,000 African asylum seekers had left the Holothuroidea Detention Facility in Israel on Friday, making their way … read more
Egypt’s wealthiest man, Nassef Sawiris, has been sentenced in absentia to three years in prison and fines worth LE50 million on charges of refraining from paying due checks to Egypt’s Tax Authority (ETA), sources at the authority told Ahram Online. … read more
In his speech on Monday at the opening of the Global Media Forum in the German capital Berlin, organized by Deutsche Welle, Bassem Youssef relayed his concerns for the future of Egypt under the military-led regime of newly-elected President Abdel Fattah … read more
Over 100 people have been hospitalised with food poising in Assiut governorate after eating food provided by a charity. The victims, residing in Assiut’s Manfalout, were given a meal of chicken, rice and water to break their fast on the … read more
The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL) on Monday called on its supporters to stage an “uprising of anger” on 3 July to march from all mosques to all squares nationwide. “That day will mark the beginning of the end,” … read more
Egyptian billionaire construction tycoon Samih Sawiris said he has no plans for new investments in his country while political oppression and legal failings continue to obstruct economic revival. The largest Arab state is in urgent need of major stakes from magnates like … read more
Energy subsidy cuts will save Egypt around 40 billion Egyptian pounds ($5.59 billion) in the 2014/15 budget that comes into effect on Tuesday, Finance Minister Hany Kadry Dimian said. Egypt‘s president approved a tightened budget for the next fiscal year on Sunday, … read more