An Egyptian prosecutor has ordered that 19 football enthusiasts belonging to the group Ultras Ahlawy be released on L.E. 2,000 bail. The 19 defendants were ordered detained on Wednesday pending investigations into allegations they cut Salah Salem Road and disturbed … read more
Six armed men were killed on Thursday morning during their preparations to attack a checkpoint near the Arish Airport in the Sinai Peninsula. Eyewitnesses said that a vehicle carrying six men stopped to launch an attack on security forces at … read more
Prosecutors on Wednesday ordered the detention of 19 members of the Ultras Ahlawy group for four days pending investigation, charged with blocking the Salah Salem road leading to the airport and assaulting citizens as well as police personnel. The Ultras … read more
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information has said that a new law passed by Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawy’s government to ban protests is similar to legislation drafted under “Hosni Mubarak’s oppressive state”. A statement published on Wednesday said that … read more
The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy has again called for demonstrations in all governorates on Friday to demand the return of deposed President Mohamed Morsy. It urged demonstrators to stage protests in subway stations and public squares and outside mosques. read more
The coach of Egypt Bob Bradley has admitted that the World Cup dream of the Pharaohs is over after a 6-1 thrashing by Ghana on Tuesday. The former US coach conceded that the Black Stars were too strong for the … read more
The security forces arrested Tuesday a suspect in the attack on the Maadi satellite station with an RPG last week causing a one-meter hole in one of the satellite dishes. The suspect, Moataz M., 33, a clothes merchant has been … read more
Tens of activists in Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria marked the first day of Eid al-Adha with a campaign dubbed ‘Harass the Harasser’ in an attempt to bar the sexual harassment of women. The campaigners were active within the busiest … read more
Relations between the United States and Egypt are in deep-seated turmoil which could hurt the entire Middle East, the Egyptian foreign minister said in remarks published on Wednesday. Nabil Fahmy told the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper the extension of the period … read more
Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera Sports TV network said it will take legal action against Egyptian state television for broadcasting Tuesday’s Egypt-Ghana match in the first leg of the World Cup playoff, a right exclusive to Al-Jazeera. Egypt’s state TV broadcast the match … read more