Egypt’s public prosecutor Saturday ordered the release of 25 die-hard football fans who have been in detention for almost a month. The detained Ultras Ahlawy members were arrested 13 October after clashes erupted between security and Ultras Ahlawy at Cairo … read more
Thousands of supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi protested in provinces across Egypt after Friday prayers under the slogan “Egypt’s women are a red line. The pro-Morsi National Coalition in Support of Legitimacy had called for protests decrying recent arrests … read more
Russia’s Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu will pay an official visit to Egypt during the coming week, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported on Thursday. The visit comes amid reports of an arms deal between Egypt and Russia, the agency … read more
Two people were killed and 20 injured nationwide in clashes between deposed president Mohamed Morsi’s supporters and opponents on Friday, state news agency MENA reported. Head of Egypt’s Ambulance Authority Ahmed El-Ansary told MENA that two people were killed in … read more
A 12-year-old boy was killed and nine people were injured in clashes that broke out across Egypt on Friday, said Ahmed al-Ansari, the head of Egypt’s Ambulance Organisation. The boy who was killed in Giza is unidentified and his body … read more
Egypt will hold parliamentary elections “between February and March”, to be followed by a presidential vote in early summer, Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Friday. The elections will replace the leaders appointed after the army ousted elected president Mohamed … read more
The retrial of Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak will be aired live on Egyptian television on Saturday following the approval of Judge Mahmoud Kamel El-Rashidi, who is presiding over the trial. Mubarak, who received a life sentence last June for … read more
Army and police forces sealed off Tahrir, Rabaa, Mostafa Mahmoud and Nahda squares in Cairo and Giza on Friday morning in anticipation of protests supporting deposed President Mohamed Mursi, Akhbar Masr website reported. The National Coalition for Supporting Legitimacy which … read more
Osama, son of deposed President Mohamed Morsy, visited his father on Thursday in Borg al-Arab prison in Alexandria for less than an hour. He told the Turkish Anadolu news agency that his father asked about the family and grandchildren, then … read more
A hardline Egyptian Islamist group has said it will rally in defiance of a new law designed to regulate protests that the government is expected to pass next week. The interim government is studying the draft law and is expected … read more