Antiquities Affairs Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said the ministry on Tuesday restored 10 relics that were earlier stolen from the Mallawi Museum in Minya. The ministry restored another two pieces on Sunday, bringing the total of retrieved pieces to 12, some … read more
EGYPT’S military has ordered Hosni Mubarak to be placed under house arrest, as the former president appeared set for conditional release from prison in mid-trial on murder and corruption charges. Hours later, prime minister Hazem al-Beblawi, acting deputy military ruler … read more
The first trial session for Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie, charged with inciting murder, will be held on 25 August, Al-Ahram’s Arabic website reported on Tuesday. Badie was arrested in the late hours of Monday by security forces in … read more
The Egyptian authorities arrested hardliner cleric Safwat Hegazi and Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Murad Ali on Wednesday morning, reported the state-owned news agency. Hegazi was arrested at the entrance to Marsa Matrouh’s Siwa Oasis as he was headed to the Egyptian … read more
A Cairo court has set a September trial date for Mohamed ElBaradei, the recently-resigned interim vice president for foreign affairs, on charges of “breaching national trust.” The charges against ElBaradei were filed by a law professor at Cairo’s Helwan University, … read more
Media reports that suggest the United States has cut off aid to Egypt are not accurate, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday, adding that the Obama administration is still reviewing its options. “That review has not concluded and … … read more
Damanhour prosecution ordered late Tuesday the detention of Al-Gomhoreya journalist Hamed El-Barbary, who had survived an army shooting a day earlier, for four days pending investigation after being charged with possessing weapons. Tamer Abdel-Raouf, Bureau chief of Al-Ahram newspaper in … read more
The Ministry of Interior arrested 38 Muslim Brotherhood elements at a Bani Soueif school with arms in their possession, a statement for the ministry said on Tuesday. The elements were arrested in a school where a Brotherhood member, who was … read more
An Egyptian court will on Wednesday review a petition for the release of deposed President Hosni Mubarak filed by his lawyer, judicial sources said. The court will convene at the Cairo prison where Mubarak is being held, the sources said. … read more
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan claims Ankara has proof Israel was behind the July 3 military “coup” that toppled Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, Hurriyet daily reports. Erdogan said the West was beginning to redefine democracy as a process that is … read more