A turtle considered to be the world’s second-oldest animal has died in Egypt’s Giza Zoo aged 270, a local newspaper reported Thursday. King Farouk, who became ruler of Egypt in 1936, dedicated the ancient turtle to the zoo, reported Youm … read more
Egypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament must move quickly to adopt judicial reforms that have sparked a revolt by judges, the deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm argued on Friday. The proposed reforms, which would get rid of more than 3,000 … read more
Early on Friday evening, security forces reported that they had managed to open the Abu Simbel highway. Dozens of locals in the town of Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt had blocked the main highway between Aswan city and Abu Simbel … read more
Egypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament must move quickly to adopt judicial reforms that have sparked a revolt by judges, the deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm argued on Friday. The proposed reforms, which would get rid of more than 3,000 … read more
A group of masked assailants torched a police vehicle near the presidential palace Friday evening on Al-Marghany Street in the Cairo district of Heliopolis, after short clashes with security forces at the palace. Dozens of unknown assailants threw rocks and … read more
Dozens of protesters congregated on Thursday outside Egypt’s Memorial to the Unknown Soldier in Cairo’s Nasr City, where they attempted to erect a metal statue of Hosni Mubarak while chanting slogans in support of the deposed president. Mubarak supporters, carrying … read more
Four years after the birth of Egypt Independent, the management of Al-Masry Media Corporation has informed our editorial team that our print and online news operation is being shut down. Because we owe it to our readers, we decided to … read more
Privately owned Al-Masry Al-Youm News cooperation withheld the 50th edition of their English-language publication Egypt Independent Thursday and confirmed it had formally shut down the weekly newspaper’s operations, after two months of crisis talks between management and the paper’s editorial … read more
The cabinet of ministers said released a statement on Thursday that the government respects judiciary authority and its independence. The statement said the independence of the judiciary and the immunity of judges are two guarantees that protect rights and freedoms. … read more
Egypt aims next month to issue a schedule of gradual rises in the subsidised prices various industries pay for fuel, to bring them near to world levels in four years, its trade and industry minister said. A reduction in energy … read more