The National Alliance in Support of Legitimacy has called for a million-man demonstration on Friday in response to the sentencing of 12 pro-Brotherhood students to 17 years in prison. The 12 students were punished for on-campus clashes at Al-Azhar University … read more
Egypt’s top general hailed a new era of defence cooperation with Moscow on Thursday during a visit by Russian officials, sending a message to Washington after it suspended some military aid. Relations between Cairo and the United States deteriorated after … read more
Foreign Affairs (MOFA) issued a press release on Wednesday titled “Egypt’s efforts to combat violence against women”. It was issued two days after a Thompson Reuters Foundation study ranked Egypt the worst Arab country for women’s rights. The press release … read more
Egypt will launch an international tender in January to build its first nuclear power station, an Electricity Ministry spokesman said on Thursday before talks with Russian officials on cooperation between the two countries. Egypt froze its nuclear programme after the … read more
Prosecutors are investigating a teacher who allegedly hit female pupils after one of them praised army chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi. The mathematics teacher at a preparatory girls’ school (ages 12-15) in Minya, Upper Egypt is accused of verbally and physically assaulting … read more
A low-ranking police officer was shot and killed in front of his house early Thursday in Al-Arish city, North Sinai. Security sources told Aswat Masrya website that officer was shot 12 times in front of his wife and children by … read more
Deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has claimed that he was kidnapped before his ouster as a three-month state of emergency expired on Tuesday, two days earlier than expected. Egypt’s government has issued a confused response to the decision, with cabinet … read more
The Egyptian authorities arrested 11 “terrorists” on Wednesday during a security campaign in Northern Sinai, an army spokesman said. Two of the detained “militants” are Palestinian, according to Army Spokesman Ahmed Mohamed Ali. read more
Egypt’s Salafist Nour Party described Wednesday deposed president Mohamed Morsi’s first public statement since his 3 July ouster as “unrealistic.” Nour Party spokesman Sherif Taha told Al-Ahram Arabic news website that Morsi’s statement, which lawyer Mohamed El-Damaty read at a … read more
Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi has accused the military chief who deposed him of treason. In a message from prison read by lawyers, Mr Morsi said the country could not return to stability until the coup was reversed and those … read more