Egypt’s Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim has warned that any attacks on the ballot boxes following the end of the constitutional referendum would be met with strict reactions, in a televised interview aired on a satellite channel on Tuesday. Ibrahim … read more
Security forces have freed four trade unions leaders abducted last week while on their way to a pro-constitution conference in the Red Sea city of Sharm El-Sheikh, General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) leader Mohamed Salem announced on Wednesday, Al-Ahram … read more
Voters in Dakahliya reported judges in charge of six polling stations to the police, saying the judges barred them from voting. The voters reported polling station No. 135 at the Sherbin Girls School, three schools in Belqas and polling stations … read more
Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt with an iron fist for 30 years before he was ousted, has asked to vote in a constitutional referendum, his lawyer told Reuters on Tuesday. Mubarak, who is facing a retrial for his role in … read more
The U.S. Congress’ new spending bill would restore more than $1.5 billion in military and economic aid to Egypt, which had been largely cut off after Egypt’s military ousted President Mohamed Mursi last summer. The bill includes up to $1.3 … read more
Politician and the founder of the Popular Current Party, Hamdeen Sabahi, could not find his name in the voter registration list at his usual polling station on Tuesday and as a result did not vote in the country’s constitutional referendum. … read more
Three Muslim Brotherhood supporters were shot dead and 20 were injured when security forces dispersed a demonstration they organized against the constitutional referendum in Upper Egypt’s Sohag on Tuesday, a security source said. The source explained that when security forces … read more
One man was killed in clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, the first day of a constitutional referendum, security sources said. read more
Masked gunmen on a motorcycle fired shots at the back entrance of the Archangel Michael Church in Al-Fayoum’s Sinnuras early on Tuesday. The assailants escaped after the attack, which did not result in any casualties. read more
Final security measures have been put in place ahead of Tuesday and Wednesday’s constitutional referendum, with security and army forces planning to be on hand at polling stations and centres throughout the country, state-run MENA reported. read more