Egypt
Two policemen injured in attack outside Congolese embassy
March 25, 2015
Two policemen injured in attack outside Congolese embassy
Two policemen were injured as two gunmen on a motorbike opened fire early on Wednesday on security personnel in charge…
Prosecutor general orders release of 44 detainees
March 24, 2015
Prosecutor general orders release of 44 detainees
Egypt's top prosecutor ordered the release of 44 people held in detention, pending investigations, a statement from his office said…
Oldest evidence of breast cancer found in Egyptian skeleton
March 24, 2015
Oldest evidence of breast cancer found in Egyptian skeleton
A team from a Spanish university has discovered what Egyptian authorities are calling the world's oldest evidence of breast cancer…
Khaled al-Guindi: There is a fierce atheistic attack on Islam
March 24, 2015
Khaled al-Guindi: There is a fierce atheistic attack on Islam
Islamic preacher Khaled al-Guindi told Al-Hayat satellite channel that Islam is under a fierce atheistic attack by the media under…
Rights group slams turning witness in activist’s killing into suspect
March 24, 2015
Rights group slams turning witness in activist’s killing into suspect
A human rights organization has slammed judicial procedures that turned a rights lawyer from a witness into a suspect into…
Story of Jewish-Egyptian poet tangibly relays pleasure and pain
March 24, 2015
Story of Jewish-Egyptian poet tangibly relays pleasure and pain
Celebrated Egyptian poet Joyce Mansour was a woman of the Nile and a French-speaking, Jewish poet that expressed her hidden…
Human rights organizations condemn torture in Egyptian prisons
March 24, 2015
Human rights organizations condemn torture in Egyptian prisons
The Egyptian Center for Ecomomic and Social Rights published a statement on Tuesday, signed by various human rights organizations, condemning…
Egypts to use solar energy to run irrigation techniques
March 24, 2015
Egypts to use solar energy to run irrigation techniques
The Water Resources and Irrigation Ministry has started implementing plans to develop a means of irrigation in the Delta to meet…
Lawsuit demanding 6th of April Movement and Hamas to be labelled terrorist referred to prosecutor
March 24, 2015
Lawsuit demanding 6th of April Movement and Hamas to be labelled terrorist referred to prosecutor
The lawsuit demanding that the 6th of April Movement, Hamas, Qatar and Turkey be labelled as terrorism supporters has been…
Ex-Bechtel exec gets 3-1/2 years in prison for Egypt electricity kickbacks
March 24, 2015
Ex-Bechtel exec gets 3-1/2 years in prison for Egypt electricity kickbacks
A former executive at Bechtel Corp was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison on Monday for accepting $5.2 million in…