The first Egyptian police officer sentenced to death for killing protesters during the January revolution remained at large Monday as the country braced for a summer of trials on the police brutality that defined President Hosni Mubarak’s regime. Mohamed Ibrahim … read more
From the streets of Cairo and Madrid to online forums and social media sites, “leaderless” protests are on the rise. But the very qualities that led to their short-term success may condemn them to failure in the long run. Activists … read more
The scene is changing on Cairo’s streets. Under a multi-million-dollar project which started in 2009, the city’s rickety old black-and-white taxis are being replaced with new models. Ageing Lada and Fiat cars are being exchanged with either recent models of … read more
A top Egyptian military official said virginity tests were needed for female protesters to head off possible charges of rape, Amnesty International reported on Sunday. The subject was raised by the London-based rights group’s chief, Salil Shetty, at a meeting … read more
Demonstrators throw stones at a police convoy carrying former Interior Minister Habib el-Adli outside a court in Cairo, Egypt, June 26, 2011. Clash erupted between hundreds of demonstrators and security forces outside a criminal court in Cairo after the trial … read more
Egypt’s upcoming parliamentary elections will not include votes by deceased Egyptians, says Maged Othman, minister of communication and information technology. The votes by dead people were a common phenomenon during the era of ousted president Mubarak, whose followers used the … read more
An Egyptian court has extended the custody of a US-Israeli citizen, suspected of spying for Israel, for 15 days, Egyptian news agency MENA said Saturday. Ilan Grapel was arrested June 12 in Cairo and is accused of “the subversive activity, … read more
Egypt’s former trade minister on Saturday was convicted in absentia of profiteering and unlawfully taking money from the country’s Export Development Fund. The criminal court of Cairo sentenced Rashid Mohamed Rashid to five years in prison and fined him nearly … read more
No one in Zagazig wants to talk about what happened last week. The hundreds of railway workers who maintain the old, trash-ridden tracks and trains in this Nile Delta town whisper hurriedly about a strike that briefly disrupted rail traffic … read more
A security official says Christians and Muslims have clashed in southern Egypt over the construction of a church. A local security chief, Assem Hamza, says Muslim residents of the Awlad Khalaf village rallied Saturday outside Christian-owned land where construction of … read more