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Egypt and Libya finalized a US$2 billion loan agreement Wednesday evening to shore up the Egyptian economy and foreign reserves, according to state news agency MENA.
The interest free loan is repayable in five years, with a grace period of three...
Twenty new arrest warrants issued Wednesday brought the number of suspects in the sectarian violence in Khosous, Qalyubiya to 32, North Qalyubiya Prosecution announced.
The violence last week resulted in the death of six people. At the...
Prosecutors are interrogating 21 people suspected of involvement in violence that broke out at Mansoura University this week.
Fighting erupted on the campus Tuesday between members of the Free Islamic Movement and other students, injuring at least a...
The Qalyubiya Prosecution released on Wednesday two minors believed to have triggered fatal sectarian clashes in Khosous when they painted a crooked cross on the walls of an Islamic school run by Al-Azhar.
One resident told Egypt Independent the...
Efforts to foster Iranian tourism to Egypt have not been cancelled, Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou said Wednesday morning.
His comments follow outcry by Egypt's conservative Salafis over warming ties with Shia majority Iran that prompted the...
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil said Tuesday that a panel of unaffiliated legal experts will introduce amendments to 15 articles of the Constitution that need to be changed.
Qandil made the comments during a two-day visit to Kenya to take part...
Cairo has promised to make crossing at the Rafah border easier during a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, according to a Hamas official Tuesday.
Maher Abu Subha, head of the border authority in Gaza, said border traffic at the...
Libya will appeal the court's ruling not to extradite Ahmed Qadhaf al-Dam, the former coordinator of Egypt-Libya relations, said Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan on Monday.
The Cairo Administrative Court halted Qadhaf al-Dam’s extradition...
A nationwide train drivers strike continued into its second day on Monday, in protest against the “government neglect of their demands for higher salaries.”
An official source at the National Railway Authority estimated its losses at...
Several ports in Alexandria, Suez and Kafr al-Sheikh were closed on Monday due to inclement weather.
The Alexandria Port Authority halted all movement of ships in the Alexandria and Daqhalia ports due to low visibility caused by a sandstorm.
Ship...
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