A prisoner was shot dead during an escape attempt on Friday at Akhmim Prison in Sohag. While the police force was inspecting the prison, one detainee assaulted a police officer, seized his machine gun and fired shots into the air … read more
Cairo Criminal Court will announce its verdict Saturday in the trial of dozens of protesters on charges of vandalism and illegal assembly related to their involvement in the Mohamed Mahmoud Street clashes in November 2011. The trial began July 2012 … read more
Two political movements, the Popular Current and the Free Front for Peaceful Change, have said they will participate in protests organised by football fans of the Cairo-based Ahly football club, the Ultras Ahlawy. The Ultras Ahlawy plan to march on … read more
The United States plans to send a batch of F-16 fighter planes and 200 military tanks to Egypt on Monday, despite opposition from some Congressmen, said William Taylor, the special coordinator for Middle East Transitions. “Congress did not change the … read more
Investigations have started into the death of an Imbaba clothes merchant allegedly tortured to death in Waraq police station. An initial forensics report revealed on Thursday prompted the investigation into the death of 48-year-old Sameh Ahmed Farrag. The Al-Waraq Prosecution … read more
With talks among Islamist political forces over possible electoral alliances still underway ahead of Egypt’s upcoming parliamentary elections, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and the Salafist Nour Party are poised to once again field rival electoral lists. … read more
Qatar’s prime minister said on Tuesday his country would stand by Egypt and did not want to see it go bankrupt, a week after the Gulf state said it would lend Cairo an additional US$2 billion and grant it an … read more
The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned until 12 February the trial of 41 current and former police leaders, including Major General Hassan Abdel Rahman, former head of the now disbanded State Security Investigation Services. The defendants in the case stand accused … read more
Dozens of demonstrators and political activists blocked railway lines at Ramses Train Station on Tuesday evening, after a train derailment in the Badrashin district of Giza claimed the lives of 19 central security recruits and injured 117 others. The protest … read more
The U.S. government on Tuesday strongly condemned disparaging comments about Jews that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was reported to have made almost three years ago when he was a Muslim Brotherhood leader, and urged him to repudiate his remarks. White … read more