A complaint was filed with the prosecutor general on Sunday by forty Egyptian lawyers, accusing renowned reform campaigner Mohamed ElBaradei of offending Islamists, of being against Islamic sharia law and of having insulted prominent Islamist preachers. According to Ahram Arabic … read more
The Egyptian government will cut subsidies on 95-octane gasoline in a few days. Minister of Finance Momtaz Al-Said told Shura Council members Sunday that the government is going to take the step soon. “It is part of a plan to … read more
Egypt’s government has proposed tax changes and reducing energy subsidies to cut a budget deficit running at about 11 percent of gross domestic product, Egyptian newspapers reported. The austerity steps, certain to be unpopular, are part of an economic program … read more
Jihadi leader Murgan Salem al-Gohary called for the destruction of the Sphinx and the Giza Pyramids in a widely watched television interview with Dream TV on Saturday. Gohary, 50, is well-known in Egypt for his advocacy of violence. He was … read more
Egyptian police said on Sunday they had broken up a child trafficking ring that sold almost 300 babies for $570 each or less. A police official said they arrested five suspects, including two nurses and a doctor working at the … read more
EgyptAir airplanes are flying with hijab-wearing flight attendants for the first time since the company’s establishment, after EgyptAir holding company head Tawfiq Assy approved the hijab pending distribution of the company’s new uniform cap next month. Assy said that female … read more
Assistant Health Minister Abdel Hamid Abaza said the Health Ministry has not yet made a decision to allow organ transplant from the recently deceased, but is working to legalize the practice by the end of 2013. According to MENA, Abaza … read more
Mohamed Eleiwa, spokesperson for the Egyptian Prisons Authority, said that former President Hosni Mubarak is in good health and has not suffered any health setbacks over the past period. Eleiwa gave his statements after Mubarak’s doctor Mohamed al-Deeb visited the … read more
Seven people were killed and dozens wounded when two trains collided between the villages of Silla and Nasriya in central Fayoum on Saturday. One train was on its way from Alexandria to Fayoum, and the other was heading to Cairo … read more
Egypt’s Administrative Court postponed Saturday to 12 January a lawsuit demanding Google be blocked in Egypt for keeping the controversial anti-Islam film “Innocence of Islam” available via YouTube, which Google owns. The lawsuit was filed by two NGOs, the Egyptian … read more