An Egyptian court sentenced 26 people to death on Wednesday for plotting attacks on ships passing through the Suez Canal, judicial source said. The defendants were tried in absentia. An Islamist insurgency has gained momentum since the army overthrew president … read more
Field Marshal Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi was reappointed on Wednesday as Minister of Defence by new Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb, who was tasked with forming a new cabinet by interim President Adly Mansour. Mehleb met with each minister and they addressed … read more
Germany’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday it strongly advised against travel to all regions of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Previously the ministry had made a warning against travel in the north of the Sinai peninsula and the Egyptian-Israeli border area as … read more
The Muslim Brotherhood in Shubra el-Kheima issued a statement early Wednesday threatening the bombing of the Shubra el-Kheima Second Police Station if security does not release detained girls and women arrested late Tuesday. read more
The first woman to head a major Egyptian political party said on Tuesday she saw dangers for democracy if Egypt’s wildly popular army chief becomes president, without guarantees that he will not be above the law. Field Marshal Abdel Fattah … read more
Gaber Dessouky, chairman of the Egyptian Electric Holding Company, said on Tuesday that ending electricity outages depends on the provisions of fuel, referring to the ongoing cooperation between the ministries of electricity and petrol to find a way out of … read more
Egypt’s prime minister-designate said on Tuesday his government would work to “crush terrorism” and that he hoped to form his new cabinet quickly. read more
A device resembling a credit card swiper is revolutionising some of Egypt’s politically explosive bread lines and may help achieve the impossible — cutting crippling food import bills. Authorities who hope to avoid protests over subsidised loaves sold for the … read more
Egypt’s outgoing Housing Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said he had been asked to form a new government, the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on its website. Mahlab was speaking to Al-Ahram after meeting interim President Adly Mansour, who officially asked him to … read more
The resignation of interim Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi’s government on Monday has opened the door for more questions rather than answers. All cabinet members were included in the resignation, including Egypt’s defence minister Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi. So is this a move, … read more