Egypt
Egypt’s non-oil exports fall by 20% in first 5 months of 2015
June 17, 2015
Egypt’s non-oil exports fall by 20% in first 5 months of 2015
Egypt's non-oil exports dropped by 20 percent (US$2 billion) in the first five months of 2015, reaching $8 billion, compared…
Bassem Youssef on CNN: Fighting ISIS should be cultural, intellectual war
June 17, 2015
Bassem Youssef on CNN: Fighting ISIS should be cultural, intellectual war
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef, former host of Al Bernameg, took the reigns of CNN’s Connect The World on Monday to…
Government amends Sinai Development Law
June 17, 2015
Government amends Sinai Development Law
The Cabinet approved on Tuesday a presidential decree amending the Sinai Development Law, aimed at "avoiding legal disputes with investors,”…
Human Rights Watch calls on Egypt to stop executions
June 17, 2015
Human Rights Watch calls on Egypt to stop executions
The New York-based Human Rights Watch called on the Egyptian government to stop executions after a court sentenced Egypt’s first…
Minister: Poor build homes without any help from state
June 17, 2015
Minister: Poor build homes without any help from state
Minister of Urban Development Laila Iskandar said that the poor build their homes without any state support, adding that 50 percent…
Activists to urge for prisoners’ release outside presidential palace
June 17, 2015
Activists to urge for prisoners’ release outside presidential palace
An activist group will hold a women's vigil with lanterns on June 21 outside the Ettehadiya presidential palace to call…
Extremely hot weather on Thursday
June 17, 2015
Extremely hot weather on Thursday
Extremely hot weather is expected to prevail on Thursday. Visibility will be reduced in the morning in Cairo and the Delta,…
EU, WFP officials visit schools in Beni Suef within joint project to end child labor
June 17, 2015
EU, WFP officials visit schools in Beni Suef within joint project to end child labor
Ambassador James Moran, head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt and Lubna Alaman, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)…
Egypt says foils attack in North Sinai, kills 7 suspected militants
June 17, 2015
Egypt says foils attack in North Sinai, kills 7 suspected militants
Egypt's army said on Wednesday it had foiled an attack against security forces in the restive North Sinai region, killing…
Police raid farm for collecting hazardous medical waste
June 17, 2015
Police raid farm for collecting hazardous medical waste
The police and the preventive medicine department in Daqahlia discovered a storeroom that included 25 tons of hazardous medical waste…