Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhy said on Saturday that “armed forces are able to make presidential elections succeed.” During attendance the Badr 2014 maneuver at the third field army, Sobhy said, “We will prove to the world that we are able … read more
Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat referred 200 defendants who belong to the militant Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group to the Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday. Barakat ordered the detention of 102 defendants and the arrest of 98 others, a statement for the … read more
The British Office for National Statistics said tourists from the Middle East are the biggest spenders in the United Kingdom, with Egyptians coming in at third place over all other nationalities. Tourist from the Middle East spend a whopping 173 Sterling … read more
There will be no corruption in Egypt if I became the president, Nasserist presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi said on Thursday. Sabahi said, in a live interview on CBC TV co-hosted by Khairy Ramdan and Magdi el-Galad, that the people need … read more
Bomb squads successfully diffused two bombs in Cairo’s Gesr al-Suez area and underneath Ahmed Orabi Bridge on Friday, Egypt’s Interior Ministry said. Security bodies arrested 22 pro-Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators with shotguns, ammunition, and petrol bombs in their possession in Cairo, … read more
The body of a South African woman who went missing on Wednesday night when her tourist boat capsised in the Nile has been found by residents and police in the Upper Egyptian town of Kom Ombo, near Aswan, according to … read more
According to Haaretz, hundreds of tourists, including dozens of Israeli tourists, are stranded in Taba as the crossing was forced to shut down. At the Movenpick Hotel in Taba, the lobby and basement have become flooded. Water has also reached … read more
Egypt’s presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi hit back on his archrival ex-army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, saying the latter should be questioned over his election campaign’s sources of funding. Sabahi made the remarks during a live lengthy evening TV interview on … read more
A spokesman for the anti-Morsi Rebel (Tamarod) campaign said that the group had refused to meet with a delegation from the American embassy in Egypt. Mahmoud Badr, one of the founders of the movement, said on Thursday on his official … read more
The Fayoum Criminal Court acquitted 14 pro-Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters, including an ex-parliamentarian, after they had been charged with committing acts of violence. The court acquitted 13 Brotherhood supporters and members who were arrested between five to seven months … read more