Egypt
Cement workers protest over annual bonus deductions
April 6, 2015
Cement workers protest over annual bonus deductions
Workers at Egypt’s largest cement company protested for a 12th consecutive day over reductions in their annual share of revenues…
Drug Control Fund: Legalizing hashish threatens society
April 6, 2015
Drug Control Fund: Legalizing hashish threatens society
The Drug Control and Addiction Treatment Fund of the Social Solidarity Ministry said on Monday that legalizing the hashish trade as…
Endowments Minister: only judiciary can dictate death penalty
April 6, 2015
Endowments Minister: only judiciary can dictate death penalty
Religious Endowments Minister Mohamed Mukhtar Gomaa said that only the judiciary has the right to issue death sentences and that…
Photojournalist ‘Shawkan’ marks 600 days in prison
April 6, 2015
Photojournalist ‘Shawkan’ marks 600 days in prison
Monday marked 600 days since photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, 27, known as “Shawkan”, was arrested and held in detention without…
145 Egyptians more evacuated from Yemen: Foreign Ministry
April 6, 2015
145 Egyptians more evacuated from Yemen: Foreign Ministry
The Foreign Ministry has finalized the procedures to bring back over 145 Egyptians, who had accessed Saudi Arabia escaping from…
Al-Houthi: Sisi’s call for dialogue is a positive step
April 6, 2015
Al-Houthi: Sisi’s call for dialogue is a positive step
Mohamed Ali al-Houthi, president of Yemen's Revolutionary Council, has said that remarks by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, after his meeting…
CAPMAS: 9.2 million Egyptian children live in poverty
April 6, 2015
CAPMAS: 9.2 million Egyptian children live in poverty
According to the statement issued on Monday by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), around 9.2 million…
Egypt prepares for 3rd phase of Gaza buffer zone
April 6, 2015
Egypt prepares for 3rd phase of Gaza buffer zone
Security services have nearly completed the second stage of the buffer zone between Egypt and Gaza, which aims to tighten…
Campaign calls for conference on labor rights as protests surge in 2015
April 6, 2015
Campaign calls for conference on labor rights as protests surge in 2015
A labor rights advocacy campaign has said that the number of labor protests surged to 393 during the first quarter…
Polish mission to excavate Greco-Roman antiquities in Alexandria
April 6, 2015
Polish mission to excavate Greco-Roman antiquities in Alexandria
The Polish mission, which has been working in Egypt since 1960 and is the oldest archaeological mission in the country, will…