Egyptian Coptic Christians joyfully waited outside the Virgin Church in Cairo for the bride to arrive to join the groom for their wedding. Instead bearded men on a motorcycle pulled up and fired on the crowd, deepening the fears of … read more
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, a Sinai-based jihadi group, has claimed responsibility for a car bomb explosion outside the Ismailia military intelligence building on Saturday. The group justified their attack, claiming it came as part of “cleansing Egypt of the dens of … read more
A fire broke out early Monday in the downtown commercial market area of Manzala in Daqahliya, leaving 25 injured, according to Health Ministry officials. Magdy Hegazy, undersecretary of the Health Ministry in Daqahliya, told Al-Masry Al-Youm that at least 25 … read more
Minister of Tourism, Hesham Zazou stressed importance of the Italian market for the Egyptian tourism, saying it occupies the fourth position among the top five markets exporting tourism to Egypt. Minister Zazou pointed out that the figures of Italian market … read more
The Egyptian railway will partially resume its services on Tuesday, restarting the lines connecting Cairo to the Nile Delta cities, North-East to Cairo, Transportation Minister Ibrahim al-Demeri said in a cabinet statement. Demeri added that there will be a gradual … read more
Six people were killed and another 25 were injured when a tourist bus bound for Sharm al-Sheikh overturned on Sunday. Ambulances transferred the victims to nearby hospitals. Civil Defense personnel and traffic police were in charge of removing the debris … read more
At least three people were killed and nine injured after unknown assailants opened fire on a wedding ceremony held at a church in Cairo’s suburb of Al-Warraq late Sunday. Al-Ahram’s Arabic news portal quoted a spokesman of the Egyptian Ministry … read more
Egyptian security forces fired bird shot and tear gas to prevent supporters of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi from marching on Sunday to the site of a protest camp that was destroyed two months ago, a Reuters witness said. The … read more
I Saw Harassment said in a report on Friday that a total of 65 incidents of sexual violation were stopped during Eid Al-Adha, including two cases of mob harassment. Of the four day holiday, the third witnessed the most incidents … read more
Egypt’s foreign ministry says it has asked Libya to secure the release of dozens of Egyptian drivers held there by an armed militia. Badr Abdel-Atti, a foreign ministry spokesman, said Saturday it was not clear how many Egyptians were captured … read more