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Radio and Television Union members are planning a vigil on Sunday afternoon to demand the dismissal of Information Minister Salah Abdel Maqsoud on the grounds that he manipulates the media to achieve gains for President Mohamed Morsy’s regime...
President Mohamed Morsy proposed an initiative that he said could resolve the crisis in Syria during an interview with the official Russian news source, Itar-Tass. Morsy’s office posted part of the interview on YouTube Thursday evening. The...
The Qalyub Court of Misdemeanors referred former Transport Minister Mohamed al-Matiny and all National Railway Authority officials to a criminal court for their responsibility in a train derailing last October, which claimed six lives and injured...
The year-long prison sentence handed down to Salafi preacher Abdallah Badr, who was found guilty of defaming actress Elham Shahin, was upheld by the Al-Zawya al-Hamra Misdemeanor Court on Thursday. The court also fined the preacher LE5,000 and set...
The Justice Ministry has condemned the Muslim Brotherhood’s “Cleansing the Judiciary” protest planned for Friday in front of the High Court. “Demonstrating in front of the courts is not permissible, because it disrupts the...
Former Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud has appealed a 27 March ruling by the Court of Appeals that ordered his reinstatement, and invalidated the appointment of current top prosecutor Talaat Abdallah. Mahmoud said that although the ruling is...
Prosecutors issued arrest warrants for five more suspects in the deadly 5 April clashes between Muslims and Christians in Khosous, Qalyubiya Governorate, which claimed seven lives. The new suspects are accused of participating in violent acts,...
Participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections is a national obligation, the National Salvation Front declared in a statement issued Thursday, adding that the Front was preparing for the elections, but without providing any further details....
    The head of a Cairo court said he is being summoned for interrogation over his decision to suspend court sessions in response to the continued tenure of the nation’s top prosecutor. An Administrative Court ruling on 27 March...
  The Israeli army says it received warning from Egypt ahead of the Wednesday rocket attacks on Eilat, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported. The warnings prompted the Israeli army to set up an Iron Dome defense system unit in Eilat,...