Egypt
Egypt frees Israeli held for spying in prisoner swap
December 10, 2015
Egypt frees Israeli held for spying in prisoner swap
Egypt has freed an Israeli-Arab held in its jails for 15 years on espionage charges in exchange for the release…
Journalists’ Syndicate protests for release of detained journalists
December 10, 2015
Journalists’ Syndicate protests for release of detained journalists
The Freedoms Committee of the Journalists' Syndicate organized a protest Wednesday evening at the syndicate's entrance to demand the release…
Post office guard killed, two wounded in Giza shooting
December 10, 2015
Post office guard killed, two wounded in Giza shooting
One guard was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting early Thursday outside a post office in the…
Cabinet approves increase of US aid
December 10, 2015
Cabinet approves increase of US aid
The Cabinet approved on Wednesday evening draft resolutions submitted by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to amend five agreements between Egypt…
CNN: Russians are making far fewer vacation trips abroad
December 10, 2015
CNN: Russians are making far fewer vacation trips abroad
The number of Russians traveling abroad for their vacation has fallen by almost one third in 2015, the biggest drop…
Govt allocates 103 feddans for new prison
December 10, 2015
Govt allocates 103 feddans for new prison
The Cabinet approved on Wednesday a presidential decree to allocate more than 103 feddans of state-owned lands for the establishment…
ElBaradei condemns Arab world’s silence on Trump’s anti-Muslim statement
December 10, 2015
ElBaradei condemns Arab world’s silence on Trump’s anti-Muslim statement
Nobel laureate and former Egyptian Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei condemned the Arab and Islamic world's silence toward the racist statement…
UPDATE: Rising food prices push up Egypt’s inflation
December 10, 2015
UPDATE: Rising food prices push up Egypt’s inflation
Egypt's urban consumer inflation jumped to its highest level since June, data from the state statistics agency showed on Thursday,…
Egypt’s mufti condemns Catholic church blast in Yemen
December 10, 2015
Egypt’s mufti condemns Catholic church blast in Yemen
Egypt's Mufti Shawki Allam strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a Catholic church in the Yemeni city of Aden. In…
UPDATE: 6 Syrians, one Egyptian wounded in Amman fire
December 9, 2015
UPDATE: 6 Syrians, one Egyptian wounded in Amman fire
Reliable sources at the civil defense department said six Syrians and one Egyptian were wounded in a fire in an…