The lawyer of Hosni Mubarak has denied that a recent interview with the deposed president, published in privately-owned Egyptian daily Al-Watan, took place. Farid El-Deeb told Ahram Online on Sunday that the interview was a fabrication. The interview with Mubarak … read more
A Christian-Coptic man in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut committed suicide on Saturday by jumping off the fourth floor of the Assiut courthouse, where he was set to face questioning over the stabbing of his wife. Romany Farhan Amir … read more
Centamin Plc (CEY), a producer of gold in Egypt, fell the most in almost than five months in London as it said a report by the State Commissioner’s Office was “not positive” as it appeals the annulment of its mine … read more
Egyptian police have arrested three al-Qaeda militants planning a suicide attack on a Western embassy, the country’s interior minister says. Mohammed Ibrahim did not specify which embassy had been targeted, but said a quantity of chemicals had been found. Mr … read more
At a Saturday press conference, Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim voiced his willingness to withdraw a complaint filed earlier against April 6 Youth Movement founder Ahmed Maher. Maher was arrested on Friday afternoon upon his arrival to Cairo International Airport … read more
Former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak said it was too early to judge President Mohamed Mursi, saying the Islamist politician faced a difficult job, in comments billed as his first interview since his removal from power in 2011. El-Watan newspaper said … read more
The deputy education minister in Egypt’s Kafr El-Sheikh governorate on Saturday ordered that a high school English teacher be punished for including a “politicised” question in a school exam. The question reportedly involved an imaginary dialogue between ousted president Hosni … read more
Egyptian security forces thwarted a plot by an al Qaeda-linked group to conduct a suicide attack on a foreign embassy in Egypt, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said May 11, Reuters reported. Ibrahim did not say which embassy was targeted but … read more
Waleed Hammad dressed conservatively for his secret mission into the world of sexual harassment and abuse on the streets of Cairo, donning a long tan skirt and sleeved shirt, and at times covering his head like many Egyptian women. The … read more
The man who stabbed an American in Cairo on Thursday says he was motivated by a hatred of the United States. Mahmoud Badr, 30, who holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce, was arrested on Thursday after stabbing American academic Chris … read more