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Former President Mohamed Morsi’s son, Abdullah, was arrested early Saturday, on charges of possession of hashish, during a security ambush in Qalyubia, a security source told Youm7. read more

Tourism in Alexandria stagnated over the last period, especially after the tourist bus explosion in Taba on Sunday Feb. 16, although the city has several famous tourist attractions such as the citadel and Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Mohamed Youssef, head of the … read more

A question mark was raised this week over whether military chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will run in the upcoming presidential elections. An official announcement on his candidacy has been expected to be imminent for weeks, with elections slated for late spring. … read more

German tour operators started bringing clients back from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh Red Sea resort on Thursday after Germany’s Foreign Office advised against travel to the entire Sinai peninsula. The German Foreign Office had on Wednesday recommended that its citizens refrain … read more

A Cairo misdemeanor court has sentenced nearly two dozen Islamist students to three years in jail for illegal demonstrations, judicial sources reported on Thursday. The 21 Al-Azhar University students were found guilty for protesting without a permit, as per a … read more

The Central Administration of Preventive Medicine affiliated with the General Organization for Veterinary Services discovered during last week six infection spots of the foot-and-mouth virus in Gharbia, Asyut and Sharqia governorates. read more

Egypt’s police has apprehended seven suspects it says are Muslim Brotherhood members accused of administrating anti-police and anti-military Facebook pages. Al-Ahram’s Arabic news website reported that the interior ministry electronically tracked the subjects who are now facing charges that include … read more

Major General Ibrahim Abdel Aaty, the doctor heading the team that invented the device, which supposedly cures patients of AIDS and Hepatitis C virus, said he was offered US$2 billion to sell it abroad but he refused. In a TV … read more

Broadcaster Al Jazeera called for vigils outside Egyptian embassies across the world on Thursday to press Egypt to free four of its journalists, three of whom have been charged with aiding a “terrorist organization”. The three from al Jazeera’s English-language … read more

An Egyptian female student who has recently been released from prison said she was subjected to sexual harassment at the hands of the security personnel. Ayat Hamada, who had been arrested over her participation in a protest at Al-Azhar University, … read more