Two extremists were killed and 37 were arrested in Sinai’s Arish and al-Sheikh Zuwaid on Wednesday, Egypt’s army spokesman said. Spokesman Ahmed Aly added that the arrested included fugitives from the law charged with drug possession among other crimes. Thirty-one … read more
A group of animal rights activists in Egypt has accused an unregistered shelter in Saqqara of letting dogs and cats starve and freeze to death as its owners scammed volunteers. Paws and Claws, not to be mistaken for a pet … read more
Egypt’s tourism revenues dropped 43 percent in the first quarter of 2014 to $1.3 billion, Adela Ragab, the country’s economic adviser to the Minister of Tourism, told Reuters on Wednesday. The tourism sector, which has been damaged by the political … read more
Egypt, facing the worst energy shortages for years, has set limits for electricity use at mosques as part of government efforts to ease the impact of power cuts already affecting homes and factories. The religious endowments minister has ordered mosques … read more
a recent entry to the current presidential race, is known as a firebrand. In his comment above, however, given in a press interview shortly after announcing his candidacy in April, he expressed a common sentiment towards those who do not … read more
An Egyptian soldier was wounded in a bomb explosion inside an armored vehcile on Tuesday in North Sinai’s Arish, security sources said. Egypt has stepped up security in the lawless peninsula to combat repeated armed attacks targeting the police and … read more
Germany’s second-biggest airline, Air Berlin, on Monday said it has cancelled flights this month to Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh resort on the Red Sea because of deteriorating security for foreign tourists on the Sinai Peninsula. The suspension will last until April … read more
Egypt plans to boost electricity prices for the richest 20 percent of its citizens before the presidential elections at the end of May, as the country has “no time to waste” in starting reforms, the planning minister said. Ashraf Al-Arabi, … read more
Former Egyptian finance minister Youssef Boutros Ghali was detained in Paris on Monday on an international warrant over corruption charges relating to his time in former president Hosni Mubarak’s government, the state news agency reported. Boutros Ghali was sentenced in … read more
Amr al-Sayed, a photojournalist for Sada el-Balad, and Khaled Hussien, a reporter for Youm7, were both shot on Monday while covering clashes between students and security forces at Cairo University, according to media reports. Their injuries shed light on an increasingly … read more