Renowned TV satirist Bassem Youssef arrived at Egypt’s High Court on Sunday morning in response to an arrest warrant submitted by the country’s top prosecutor. In evident mockery, Youssef appeared outside the court wearing an outsized version of the hat … read more
Hesham al-Qarmouty, attorney general of the supreme state security prosecution, said on behalf of Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah that a recent Cairo Court of Appeals ruling stripping him of the post is unenforceable and unconstitutional. Qarmouty visited Abdallah in his … read more
Mubarak-era Trade and Industry Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid, paid back LE 204,000 for the value of gifts he received from Al-Akhbar, according to Mostafa al-Husseini, attorney general for the Public Funds Supreme Prosecution. Judicial sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm Saturday that … read more
Human Rights Committee Secretary Ezzeddin El-Komy of the Shura Council condemned on Friday a recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on Egypt’s proposed Law on the Protection of the Right to Peacefully Demonstrate in Public Places. The HRW report published … read more
Egypt’s prosecutor-general has ordered the arrest of famous political satirist Bassem Youssef to look into complaints accusing him of insulting President Mohamed Morsi, denigrating Islam and spreading false news with the aim of disrupting public order, reported state news agency … read more
An Egyptian security official says two Argentinian tourists and their Egyptian driver have been killed in a road accident near the ancient city of Aswan in southern Egypt. The official says two other tourists were injured in the accident Friday … read more
Five protesters were arrested following clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in front of the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Zagazig, the capital of Sharqiya in Egypt’s Nile Delta on Friday. The liberal Constitution Party confirmed that one of its … read more
The train conductor of the deadly Badrashin accident, his assistant and three other railway authority employees are to face their first trial session on Saturday. They are charged with involuntary manslaughter and negligence in the death of over a dozen … read more
Opposition activists have called an end to Friday’s protests in Tahrir Square and at the Cairo High Court, fearing the outbreak of possible clashes. The organizers of the demonstration issued a statement declaring that the demonstration had delivered the intended … read more
Demonstrations swept the governorates Friday afternoon in protest against the Muslim Brotherhood administration’s crackdown on freedoms and the recent interrogation of opposition activists over vague accusations, a common tactic used against political dissidents under the collapsed regime of former President … read more