Cairo - The Prosecution of Cassation on Saturday recommended the rejection of the appeal filed by toppled President Mohamed Morsi and 10 others against death and prison sentences in the case known in the media as "espionage with Qatar."
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Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt) - A visiting Italian delegation on Sunday called on all remaining European countries to end the travel restrictions they had imposed on Sharm el-Sheikh, Hurghada and other Egyptian destinations.
The delegation, which includes (...)
Vice President of the Freedom and Justice Party Essam al-Erian calls for "perpetrators of the coup" to acknowledge their mistakes over the past period and to engage in dialogue based on the roadmap announced by ousted President Mohamed Morsy before (...)
Nine new suspects have been arrested for their alleged parts in violence in Giza's Kerdasa which left 11 police officers dead on 14 August.
One hundred and forty-four suspects have now been arrested there.
According to investigations, some of the (...)
The Ansar Bayt al-Maqdes and Mujahideen Shura Council broadcasted videos with scenes of what it described as “the military operations in Sinai and the destruction of residential buildings and residents' properties.”
The videos were broadcasted via (...)
Clashes between the Muslim Brotherhood's supporters and opponents broke out close to schools and universities around Cairo on Sunday.
Eleven students were injured as supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsy clashed with supporters of Defense (...)
Egypt are to play Ghana in the latest 2014 World Cup play-offs which will decide who goes to Brazil, according to Monday's draw ceremony held at the CAF headquarters in Egypt.
Egypt will play Ghana in the first leg of the two-leg tie in Accra on 14 (...)
A recent survey conducted by the Egyptian Centre for Public Opinion Research (Basira) has shown that 73 percent of Egyptians currently do not feel secure and 62 percent believe their living conditions are worse than they were the year before.
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Egypt's Salafi-oriented Nour Party is considering withdrawing from a 50-member committee tasked with amending the constitution, party officials said.
The party will hold a meeting Tuesday to discuss a potential withdrawal from the 50-member (...)
A 7000 page investigations document of the violence that took place at the Presidential Palace in December 2012 revealed a prosecutor's attempt to interrogate deposed President Mohamed Morsy at his place of detention and Morsy's alleged refusal to (...)
Army Forces arrested on Monday two gunmen belonging to the Mujahideen Shura Council in Sinai as suspects involved in the Rafah massacre of last month.
A security source said that the second field army forces managed to arrest the two suspects, (...)
In a statement on Sunday, the Muslim Brotherhood vowed to continue protests despite continued police crackdown almost two months after the ouster of former President Mohamed Morsy.
“Egyptians will not have rest after protests of last Friday until (...)
The Washington Post has published leaked reports from former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on the government's ‘top-secret budget' estimated at US$52.6 billion for 2013.
According to the London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper on (...)
The U.S. embassy in Cairo has announced that Anne Patterson, its current ambassador, will end her term in Egypt, a diplomatic source said on Wednesday.
Another U.S. diplomatic figure is expected to be assigned as charge d'affaires until the (...)
Egypt's stock market marked a four-percent decline on Thursday by end of trading, amid expectations of a potential military strike against Syria. The benchmark EGX30 meanwhile rose by 0.8 percent, recording 5,267 points.
EGX70, which tracks small (...)
Preacher Safwat Hegazy, known for his ties with the Muslim Brotherhood, was captured by security forces in Matrouh on Wednesday. He faces charges of incitement to committing acts of violence, as well as attempted murder.
Hegazy was arrested in the (...)
Dressed in black, a woman cried bitterly over the body of a loved-one in Zeinhom morgue. Her sisters were gathering around, trying to calm her down. Black circles were seen around her eyes. Her husband lay covered in the coffin beside her. His body (...)
Mostafa Hegazy, political adviser to interim President Adly Mansour, said the massive protests staged on 30 June were an expression of the Egyptian people's desire to rid the country of "religious fascism."
The presidential staffer issued a (...)
Three unidentified people fired at a CSF camp using automatic rifles in Port Said early Thursday. Two soldiers were injured and transferred to a hospital.
Attacks on police facilities continued for a second day after the security forces broke up by (...)
The Strong Egypt Party, which is headed by former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh, has expressed solidarity with the workers of Suez Steel, who were allegedly attacked by soldiers of the Third Field Army trying to break up their (...)
Organizers at the Rabea al-Adaweya sit-in in east Cairo have announced a state of emergency, as tension mounts before an expected dispersal by Egypt's Interior Ministry.
The stage at the sit-in, which started over one month ago in support of Mohamed (...)
Egypt's largest Salafi-oriented political group, the Nour Party, has stressed that force is not the only solution to ongoing instability in the Sinai Peninsula.
Galal Morra, Nour's secretary-general, said a heavy-handed response by security forces (...)
The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade is in a state of emergency in preparation for Eid al-Fitr, said Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, head of the trade and distribution department.
“The minister raised the state of alert to face the black market mafia,” (...)
The Egyptian Dar al-Ifta, an educational institute founded to represent Islam, warned on Monday against what it described as “the abominable seditious remarks which target Al-Azhar and its [Grand] Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb.”
It added that those remarks (...)
The Giza Prosecution has received a copy of the investigations conducted by the National Security Council (NSC) into the clashes that took place between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsy in the districts of Bein al-Sarayat and (...)