Three extremists killed, 23 suspects arrested in N. Sinai
Egypt
June 20, 2017
Three extremists killed, 23 suspects arrested in N. Sinai
Security forces in North Sinai killed three extremists and arrested 23 persons suspected of supporting extremists in crackdowns on Monday,…
Egypt condemns London Finsbury Park attack
Egypt
June 19, 2017
Egypt condemns London Finsbury Park attack
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has condemned the violent incident that took place in front of a mosque located in Finsbury…
64% of men admit to harassing women in Egypt’s streets: report
Society
June 19, 2017
64% of men admit to harassing women in Egypt’s streets: report
Promundo, a Brazilian organization that campaigns for gender equality, recently released a study examining sexual harassment and gender inequality from…
Police officer accused of killing female political activist receives ten-year jail sentence
Egypt
June 19, 2017
Police officer accused of killing female political activist receives ten-year jail sentence
Cairo Criminal Court on Monday issued a ten-year jail sentence to the police officer charged with killing political activist Shaimaa…
Egypt ranks 14th in Global Cyber Security Index, 2nd in Arab world
Technology
June 19, 2017
Egypt ranks 14th in Global Cyber Security Index, 2nd in Arab world
The Global Cyber Security Index (GCSI) ranked Egypt’s advances in cyber security as the 14th worldwide out of a total…
Egypt restores 484 artefacts from abroad: Antiquities Minister
Science
June 18, 2017
Egypt restores 484 artefacts from abroad: Antiquities Minister
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held on Saturday a meeting with Prime Minister Sherif Esmail and Antiquities Minister Khaled Anani…
Peaceful strike should not be punishable offence: Supreme Administrative Court
Egypt
June 18, 2017
Peaceful strike should not be punishable offence: Supreme Administrative Court
Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Saturday that peaceful strikes over work complaints are not punishable offence, even in the…
Egypt rejects Italian request to attend interrogations on Regeni’s case
Egypt
June 18, 2017
Egypt rejects Italian request to attend interrogations on Regeni’s case
Egypt rejected a request filed by Italian prosecutors asking permission to attend the interrogations of seven police officers who investigated…
Fate of Egyptian woman and her three children unknown following Grenfell Tower blaze
World
June 18, 2017
Fate of Egyptian woman and her three children unknown following Grenfell Tower blaze
In the wake of the horrible blaze that took down London’s Grenfell Tower killing 30 people, the fate of Egyptian Rania…
In photos: Five Qurans from Ottoman era seized at Cairo International Airport
Culture
June 18, 2017
In photos: Five Qurans from Ottoman era seized at Cairo International Airport
An attempt to smuggle a collection of five Ottoman era Qurans from Ethiopia failed Saturday at Cairo International Airport. Ahmed al-Rawi,…