The Zagazig Criminal Court in Sharqia sentenced a man Wednesday to a life in jail, or 50 years according to Egyptian law, for raping his two daughters for five years. Major General Abdel Raouf al-Sairafy received a report from Lieutenant … read more
The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, an Islamist group formed to back ousted President Mohamed Mursi, has called for demonstrations starting Friday under the slogan “Rabaa, the revolution’s icon”. read more
Security forces have detained an Egyptian employee of the United States Embassy who worked as a liaison to the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian news reports said Wednesday, stirring fears of new pressure on Western diplomats who seek to contact the Islamist … read more
The collapsed Sheikh Mansour Bridge in El-Marg following a fire on Tuesday revealed the deceleration of the state bodies in doing their jobs, said Khaled Abdel Azeem, head of the National Institute for Transport, on Tuesday. During his interview on … read more
Leading political figure Amr Moussa claimed on Tuesday that armed forces chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi intends to run in the upcoming presidential elections. Moussa, who headed the committee that drafted the 2014 constitution, met with Field Marshal El-Sisi on Tuesday, according … read more
Unidentified assailants opened fire on a police checkpoint early Wednesday in the Ismailia governorate, killing one officer and two soldiers. read more
The number of tourists to Egypt dropped to 678,000 in December 2013, a decrease of 30.7 from December 2012, according to the state statistical agency CAPMAS. The total of 5.1 million nights in December 2013 was also a significant drop … read more
The European Union wants to restart talks with Egypt over a wider free trade deal that could help double the value of commercial exchanges in the next few years, the EU ambassador to Cairo said on Monday. His comments signal … read more
One person was killed when part of a bridge collapsed in northeast Cairo early on Tuesday, state news agency MENA reported. A fire broke out in shacks under the Al-Sheikh Mansour bridge in Cairo’s Al-Marg district and a number of … read more
A section of a natural gas pipeline has been blown up south of el-Arish, northern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt security sources say. The explosion occurred during the early hours of Tuesday. The pipeline provides gas to Jordan and some plants in … read more