Interior Ministry has officially begun enforcing the controversial protest law, issued on Sunday. Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim held a meeting with his deputies to consider ways of implementing the law. read more
The Egyptian Tourist Authority (ETA), in collaboration with the Centre for Documentation of Cultural & Natural Heritage (CULTNAT), has launched a new mobile app ‘EgyptTravel’. The new app is designed to allow potential and existing visitors to the country the … read more
Novelist Hamid Abdel Samad was kidnapped on Sunday night, his brother Mahmoud Abdel Samad told Youm7. The Ministry of Interior appointed special guards to protect Hamid after he was threatened by Islamists many times but he was in a special … read more
An Egyptian security officer was injured on Monday when a group of anonymous militants threw a bomb at a checkpoint near the presidential palace in Cairo, MENA state news agency reported. It was the latest attack on security officials since … read more
Egypt’s government will start cutting fuel subsidies before it leaves office next year, Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi said on Sunday, but the ambitious reform hinges on an end to the country’s turmoil. Beblawi’s government, installed by the military after it … read more
Comedian Bassem Youssef known as Egypt’s Jon Stewart is fighting a legal battle with the network that canceled his show a week after he made fun of the country’s new military leaders, prompting concerns for freedom of speech in the … read more
Egypt‘s interim president signed into law on Sunday a bill that rights groups have said sharply curbs the rights of citizens to assemble and protest peacefully. State television reported that Adli Mansour had signed the bill, which requires protests to … read more
Egyptian authorities on Sunday closed three main squares in Cairo and Giza in anticipation of protests planned by pro-democracy groups to mark 100 days since the bloody dispersal of two sit-ins by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi. The iconic … read more
Turkey has declared the Egyptian ambassador to Ankara persona non-grata after Cairo asked Turkish ambassador to leave the African country and recalled its envoy to Ankara. Egypt downgraded its ties with Turkey to the level of charge d’affaires and decided … read more
Egypt’s interior minister says his forces have foiled several attempted terror attacks and arrested leading militants, accusing the Muslim Brotherhood of mobilizing and financing some of the country’s most violent groups to cause unrest. Minister Mohammed Ibrahim’s comments Saturday were … read more