One police officer was shot dead and another injured on Tuesday when gunmen attacked a security checkpoint on the Nakhl Road in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula near the northern city of Al-Arish. Al-Ahram’s Arabic-language news website cited a security source as … read more
A court has ordered the release without bail of former president Hosni Mubarak over charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during Egypt’s revolution. The decision came after defence lawyer Fareed El-Dib submitted a memorandum stating his client had … read more
President Hosni Mubarak will be assessed by a medical committee on Tuesday to see if he can be transferred from Maadi Military Hospital back to Tora Prison Hospital, general prosecution spokesperson Judge Mahmoud El-Hefnawy has told Ahram Online. The doctors … read more
Egypt and the International Monetary Fund failed to agree on terms for a $4.8 billion (3.1 billion pounds) loan that could ease a worsening economic crisis in the Arab world’s most populous nation. After nearly two weeks of negotiations in … read more
Although former President Hosni Mubarak, who continues to face charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during Egypt’s 2011 revolution, was ordered released without bail on Monday, he will nevertheless remain in detention on fresh charges in a separate … read more
Ex-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been found not guilty of the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ousted him, Egyptian media reported. However, his release is dependent on the outcome of other charges against him. A Cairo judge … read more
Egypt’s popular political satirist Bassem Youssef denied reports that the Egyptian authorities were behind his decision to stop airing his show for a few weeks. In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya, Youssef said he decided to stop the production … read more
The Egyptian army destroyed a tunnel under construction that had been intended to be used for smuggling cars through the Gaza Strip border, the army said Sunday. Ahmed Ali, the official Egyptian army spokesperson, said on the official army Facebook … read more
Clashes broke out between students and thugs on Ain Shams University campus in Cairo Sunday following a march held by students to the university headquarters in the afternoon. Hundreds of university students staged the march that they dubbed “No to … read more
A Chinese man was found alive under the rubble of a three-storey building that partially collapsed in the Cairo district of El-Daher on Sunday. The man was found during a six-hour rescue operation by the Egyptian Civil Defence Authority following … read more