Interesting how cruise lines always fall back on safety and security as a justification for most things they do. As when MSC Cruises announce that they have cancelled a season of cruises in the Red Sea. MSC Armonia will instead … read more
INTERVIEW: We asked two leading experts about violence in Egypt’s transitional period. Their answers could not have been more different. Three weeks after Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first elected civilian president, was overthrown following mass protests, the country remains wracked by … read more
A top Egyptian court has ordered the detension of ousted president Mohamed Morsi for 15 days pending investigation to question him over suspected collaboration with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Morsi will be quizzed on whether he collaborated with Hamas in … read more
The UK has expressed concern regarding the Egyptian army chief’s call for mass protests on Friday. “We are very concerned about calls for further mass protests on 26 July,” a Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman told Ahram Online. On Wednesday, … read more
Egypt is holding its breath as the country’s military and Islamists have urged their supporters to hold rival massive rallies on Friday amid violent tensions over the army’s overthrow of Islamist president Mohammad Mursi earlier this month. Defence Minister Abdul … read more
The Obama administration told lawmakers Thursday that it will not declare Egypt’s government overthrow a coup, US officials said, allowing the United States to continue providing $1.5 billion in annual military and economic aid to the Arab world’s most populous … read more
The address which was delivered by the Egyptian minister of defense, Lt. General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, on the July 24 was, in effect, an official declaration of a civil war, an additional proof that the military coup against the elected … read more
Egypt’s army gave the MuslimBrotherhood until Saturday afternoon to sign up to politicalreconciliation, a military official said on Thursday, after thearmy issued a veiled threat to use tougher tactics against thegroup. read more
Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim said Thursday that the Egyptian Museum will be under the guard of the armed forces and the police on Friday ahead of mass protests. The minister’s statement came during a visit to the museum, based … read more
Interim minister of foreign affairs Nabil Fahmy discussed the current situation in Egypt and regional issues with British Foreign Office Minister for Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt and Norwegian State Secretary Torgeir Larsen. Fahmy hosted both diplomats in … read more