In a bustling city like Cairo, any deliberate effort to make noise at 9 pm would typically go unnoticed in a city plagued by the nonstop cacophony of car horns and crowded streets. However, since a strictly-enforced night-time curfew was … read more
A seven-storey residential building collapsed on Sunday afternoon in the Sidi Gaber district of Alexandria. This incident is the latest in a series of similar tragedies over the past few years in the Mediterranean city. Dwellers of the building, alerted … read more
The trial of former president Hosni Mubarak resumed in its sixth session on Sunday amid the presence of the defendants, to be postponed until 14 September. Mubarak is accused – alongside his two sons Gamal and Alaa, former minister of … read more
Drenched in sweat and covered in ash, 24-year-old Miriam Nagi has spent the past eight days mopping soot inside St. George’s Church.She’s cleaning up after a fire raged there last week, turning a once gleaming Egyptian spiritual center into a … read more
The Egyptian authorities arrested Muslim Brotherhood leader and former Youth Minister Osama Yassin on Monday, reported the state-owned news agency. The security forces also arrested Mohamed Hafez, secretary of Brotherhood’s Khairat al-Shater. A security source confirmed that the arrests came … read more
Egyptian Army Spokesman Ahmed Mohamed Aly said on Sunday that the army has arrested five terrorists in North Sinai. The spokesman explained in a Facebook statement that the suspects, who were arrested in Sheikh Zuwaid city, were involved in attacks … read more
Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak returns to court on Sunday to face charges over protester deaths, as Muslim Brotherhood leaders make their first appearances in court on similar but unrelated charges. Separate hearings in different parts of the capital come … read more
Minister of Communications Atef Helmy said 8 ground cables belonging to Telecom Egypt were cut off on Friday in Hurghada which affected calls and Internet connections. He pointed out that mobile networks and mobile internet services in the province were … read more
The Administrative Court ruled on Saturday against the banning of pornography websites in Egypt. A case was filed by lawyer Ibrahim El-Salamony against former President Mohamed Morsi’s request to ban pornography websites in Egypt. El-Salamony filed the case, arguing that … read more
The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL) — the Islamist umbrella group for supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi — has announced another week of protests, dubbed “The people lead their revolution,” saying the recent arrests of its leaders would … read more