Two explosions near the Presidential Palace on Monday June 30th, the anniversary of Egypt’s uprising in which former President Mohamed Morsi was ousted, left at least three injured and two police officers dead. In the first explosion, a police colonel died while defusing … read more
The Ministry of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) barred 26,000 Muslim Brotherhood members and Salafists from giving Friday prayer sermons, according to Al-Shorouq. An informed source at the Religious Endowment Ministry who requested anonymity told Al-Shorouq Saturday that Minister of Religious Endowment Mohamed Mokhtar … read more
An Egyptian police officer was killed and three others wounded in a small explosion near the presidential palace in Cairo’s Heliopolis district on Monday, security sources said. State newspaper Al-Ahram reported that security forces were defusing one makeshift bomb found … read more
Unidentified assailants shot four soldiers dead on Saturday night in North Sinai’s Rafah, security sources at the army said. The attackers stopped a bus the soldiers were taking by force and shot the four soldiers, the sources added. Security forces … read more
The Egyptian Electric Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency called on citizens on its official Facebook page to reduce consumption Saturday to avoid power outages. It urged citizens to rationalize the consumption of electricity by reducing the number of lit … read more
Two bombs exploded at a small telephone exchange on Cairo’s outskirts on Saturday, killing an 18-year-old woman and her mother, security sources said, days after a string of small bomb explosions hit the Egyptian capital’s metro network. The two bombs … read more
An Egyptian state TV presenter has garnered a lot of local media attention this week after her alleged “bra-strap” fell off on air. Presenter Bothaina Kamel is a prominent Egyptian broadcaster and was the first female candidate to nominate herself … read more
A police corporal was shot dead while responding to a call for help from a girl that was fighting potential kidnappers on the Cairo-Suez Road near al-Shorouk city Police was informed by two citizens that passengers of a passing-by car … read more
A bomb blast in October 6 City killed the daughter of a building’s guard and wounded his wife on Saturday morning, the interior ministry said. The ministry’s media spokesman said that the blast took place at about 9 a.m. on … read more
