On Tuesday an Egyptian military court dealt a life sentence to a Muslim Brotherhood member for violence against the army. The verdict was handed down over the 14 August attacks by supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi that targeted the … read more
Egypt’s interim President Adli Mansour said, “Time does not go backwards. There is no return to the previous regime or the one before,” in his first television interview on Tuesday evening. Mansour added that the roadmap will be accomplished despite … read more
Two ballistic “objects” that Russia said were launched toward the eastern coast of the Mediterranean on Tuesday fell into the sea, state-run Russian news agency RIA cited a source in Damascus as saying. (Reuters) read more
Russia’s early warning radars have detected the launch of two ballistic rockets in the eastern Mediterranean, Russia’s Defense Ministry stated. The launch reportedly took place at 06:16 GMT Tuesday. The trajectory of the missiles is reported to have been from … read more
A Cairo court orders taking Al-Jazeera Mubashir Misr off air. The ruling by administrative court also orders three other channels seen as linked to Islamists to be taken off the Egyptian airwaves, the court says in a faxed statement Tuesday … read more
Mohab Mamish, chief of the Suez Canal Authority, said Egyptian authorities cannot prevent passage of the U.S. warships through the canal according to the 1888 Constantinople Convention of the Suez Canal, which Egypt had signed on. “The agreement states that … read more
Egyptian security forces arrested Muslim Brotherhood leading figure Saad El-Husseini on Monday, as part of an ongoing crackdown on the Islamist group’s members, following the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi amidst mass popular protests. El-Husseini was located and taken … read more
Decreases seen in the number of tourists traveling to southern Sinai has pushed hotel management companies and owners to temporarily close a number of facilities in order to avoid losses. 18 hotels were recently closed in Taba, in addition to … read more
Former Egyptian Culture Minister Alaa Abdel Aziz is being investigated for alleged sexually explicit conversations on social media, the state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported on Monday. The prosecution says the former minister used sexual language with his female … read more
An improvised bomb exploded at a police station in downtown Cairo on Monday, wounding two workers, the state news agency said. MENA said three people on a motorcycle hurled what it called a homemade hand grenade at the police station. … read more