Popular satirist Bassem Youssef will be back to his weekly TV show after an almost three-month hiatus following the downfall of Egypt’s Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. Youssef said on Wednesday his widely-viewed political satirical show, El-Bernameg (‘The Programme’), will be … read more
Egypt’s railway system has lost LE228 million (roughly $33 million) due to the suspension of passenger services since mid-August, an Egyptian Railway Authority official told Ahram Online on Wednesday. “Egypt’s railway is ready to resume operations at full capacity but … read more
The United States will withhold the delivery of unspecified major military equipment and cash transfers to Egypt’s military-backed government pending progress on democracy and human rights, the U.S. State Department said Wednesday. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the U.S. … read more
Leading Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) members Amr Zaki and Hamdi Zahran were arrested on Wednesday, reported state-owned news agency MENA. Ex-MP Amr Zaki, a prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader and secretary of the FJP’s Cairo Committee, was arrested in New … read more
Egypt’s interim president, Adli Mansour, granted Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi the authority for full mobilization starting the beginning of November of this year. The presidency said that a bill drafted in 1960 regarding the army’s full mobilization states that … read more
Egyptian state media reports that the trial of ousted President Morsi on charges of inciting violence will start on November 4. Morsi will stand trial with 14 other defendants over the killings of protesters outside his presidential palace in December … read more
Suspected militants blew up an empty military office in Sinai on Wednesday as an al-Qaida inspired group said it was behind a deadly police headquarters suicide bombing two days earlier. A security official said suspected militants planted a bomb in … read more
Egypt may install security cameras at tourist sites to deter militants from targeting visitors, the Interior Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, just hours after suspected Islamists mounted another fatal attack on police. “There’s a security plan in place in tourist … read more
Egyptian security services systematically failed to protect Egypt’s Christian minority in the wake of unrest in the country following pro-Morsi demonstrations in August, Amnesty International said Wednesday. In a detailed report documenting sectarian violence following the ousting of president Mohamed … read more
Egyptian Minister of Defence and army commander Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said in an interview with Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm that prior to the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, he attempted to resolve the political crisis up until the last minute. … read more