At least 24 were injured on Thursday night in clashes between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood – which dominate governmental positions, incuding the presidency – and opposition activists in the central Al-Saa Square in the northern Nile Delta city of … read more
The Shura Council’s National Security Committee has called for the reduction of the number of embassies to cut down the Foreign Ministry budget. “We need to reduce the budget deficit by LE20 billion,” said the council’s majority leader Essam al-Erian. … read more
The Cairo Criminal Court adjourns the multiple-defendant trial that includes former president Hosni Mubarak, his sons Gamal and Alaa as well as former interior minister Habib El-Adly and his six aides to Monday. The court on Saturday also rejected all … read more
Unknown assailants set on fire the anti-Morsi Rebel Campaign headquarters in Cairo’s downtown district in the early hours of Friday, Al Ahram Arabic news website reports. Assailants threw Molotov cocktails at the office, the group posted on its official Facebook … read more
In an interview with state daily Al-Ahram published late Thursday evening, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said that, while Egypt had a “keen interest” in maintaining friendly relations with African states – especially Sudan and Ethiopia – it was also keen … read more
Egyptian doctors had to use the light generated by their mobile phones to perform surgery after a sudden power cut at a hospital, local media report. The patient was about to have a minor gall-bladder operation when the lights went … read more
A Wednesday meeting between leading strategist of the Muslim Brotherhood Khairat El-Shater and opposition leader Amr Moussa has put the latter under fire. The dinner meeting was mediated by Ayman Nour, founder of the liberal Ghad El-Thawra party, and took … read more
In an interview published late Thursday in Egyptian state daily Al-Ahram, President Mohamed Morsi responded to questions on various issues of importance as he approaches the end of his first year in office. The president said that some of his … read more
Dozens of April 6 Youth Movement activists protested outside the Giza Security Directorate at dawn on Thursday to mark the third anniversary of Khaled Said’s killing by police. The protesters chanted, “The police are thugs” and “My name is Khaled … read more
Egypt will demand Ethiopia stop building a dam on one of the main tributaries of the Nile, a senior government aide said on Wednesday, ramping up a confrontation over the project that Egypt fears will affect its main source of … read more