An electric short circuit sparked a fire, destroying a studio at the Egyptian Media Production City, initial forensic finds discovered. Fire brigades moved to the scene in order to prevent the flames from extending to neighboring facilities. EMPC is home … read more
Troops continued to guard the entrances to Tahrir Square on Monday morning after security forces dispersed anti-army protesters the day before. There are tanks and barbed wire at the entrances to the square and in the surrounding streets, state … read more
Egypt’s constituent assembly finalised a draft constitution on Sunday that will be put to a referendum this month or next. It is a major milestone in the army’s political roadmap after the ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in July. … read more
Police fired tear gas as more than two thousand students backing ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi entered Cairo’s Tahrir Square to demonstrate against July’s military “coup”. Sunday’s demonstration was the first Islamist protest in the Egyptian capital’s iconic square, the … read more
A court in Egypt on Sunday ordered the detention of the head of the Muslim Brotherhood television channel, as the authorities pressed a crackdown on the banned group. Hani Salah Al Deen, who was arrested on Thursday, was ordered to … read more
Supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi have entered Tahrir Square in central Cairo for the first time since the military deposed him in July. Students from Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, marching from Cairo University on the far side of … read more
Prosecutors released April 6 Youth Movement founder Ahmed Maher on Sunday afternoon, a judicial source has told Ahram Online. Maher’s arrest was ordered after April 6 took part in demonstrations outside parliament on Tuesday in defiance of a new protest … read more
A number of students torched a police vehicle near Egypt’s Cairo University on Sunday during a protest against the killing of one of their colleagues during an earlier protest, security sources told the state-owned news agency. Protesters gathered at Cairo … read more
Prosecutors have renewed the detention of leading activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah for a further 15 days, a judicial source told Ahram Online on Sunday. He is accused of inciting demonstrations in breach of a new protest law. read more
The National Alliance Supporting Legitimacy has called for a million-man demonstration titled “Egypt’s Liberals Are Stronger” for a week in solidarity with the Brotherhood girls of the so-called 7am Movement who were sent to prison. read more