Egypt
Update: Kidnapped US tourists and tour guide released in Sinai
July 16, 2012
Update: Kidnapped US tourists and tour guide released in Sinai
Security forces in North Sinai, in coordination with tribal leaders, managed to release the two American tourists and their Egyptian…
Egypt journalist freed in Sudan, returns home
July 16, 2012
Egypt journalist freed in Sudan, returns home
Egypt's president has flown a journalist detained for nearly two weeks in Sudan after covering protests there back to Cairo…
Military prosecution releases three activists on bail
July 16, 2012
Military prosecution releases three activists on bail
The military prosecution released on Monday three members of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party for bail of LE500 each. Tareq…
Couple sentenced to jail for ‘swinging’
July 16, 2012
Couple sentenced to jail for ‘swinging’
The Agouza Court of Misdemeanors on Monday sentenced a husband and wife to seven and three years in prison, respectively,…
Update: Mubarak returns to Tora Prison
July 16, 2012
Update: Mubarak returns to Tora Prison
Security sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm that former President Hosni Mubarak was moved from the Maadi Military Hospital to the Tora…
Military detainees committee recommends release of 700 prisoners
July 16, 2012
Military detainees committee recommends release of 700 prisoners
The Personal Freedom Protection Committee has recommended the release of nearly 700 prisoners in military detention. The announcement came after…
Morsy meets with Egyptian community in Addis Ababa
July 16, 2012
Morsy meets with Egyptian community in Addis Ababa
President Mohamed Morsy met on Monday with the Egyptian community in Ethiopia, on the sidelines of the African Union summit.…
Nubians plan to protest Agriculture Ministry plan to sell land
July 16, 2012
Nubians plan to protest Agriculture Ministry plan to sell land
Nubian groups in several cities plan to protest outside the Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday to call for the cancellation of…
Gaza families visit relatives in Israeli jails for first time since 2007
July 16, 2012
Gaza families visit relatives in Israeli jails for first time since 2007
A group of Palestinians from Gaza spent half an hour on Monday visiting relatives held in Israeli prisons for the…
Death toll of Alexandria building collapse rises to 19
July 16, 2012
Death toll of Alexandria building collapse rises to 19
Authorities have recovered 19 bodies from under the rubble of three apartment buildings that collapsed in Alexandria, the Health Ministry…