by Menna Zaki
The Muslim Brotherhood has denied all accusations of violence by the army and rejects "the violence by the military junta", the group said in an official statement released on Saturday.
The statement asserted that the "revolution will (...)
Human Rights Watch's (HRW) report on the Rabaa sit-in dispersal is "full of negativity and bias in how it handled the violent events that Egypt experienced over 2013″, Egypt's State Information Services alleged Tuesday.
The statement claimed the HRW (...)
The chief prosecutor of the South Sharqeya district referred 280 people to criminal court on Sunday, including 12 students, accused of violence and incitement in seven separate cases, according to state media.
The charges filed by the prosecution (...)
A tiny, misunderstood, and often-persecuted community is facing a serious crisis in Iraq. The Yezidi, who practice an ancient monotheistic religion, face genocide as militants of the "Islamic State" (IS) have overrun Sinjar, the main hub for this (...)
Subsidy reform was inevitable. That's what President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and his supporters said this week when fuel prices were raised and taxes on some consumer goods were hiked. And they aren't wrong.
The "social contract" between the government (...)
On 5 March 1770, British soldiers killed five civilians in Boston, Massachusetts in what Americans would call the "Boston Massacre". The incident happened within the larger context of escalating polarisation between factions calling for American (...)
Egyptians lack awareness of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a primary liver cell cancer and one of the deadliest types of malignancy, contributing to its continued spread, according to a newly published report.
Among the largest causes of HCC are (...)
Overseas polling stations for Egyptian presidential elections began closing on Monday as voting for citizens abroad came to a close.
More than 30,000 Egyptian citizens voted in overseas diplomatic missions as of 3pm Cairo time as the 9pm deadline (...)
Ethiopia is "committed to genuine negotiations with Egypt" in order to address the downstream nation's concerns about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), said Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs Tedros Adhanom.
Adhanom added that his (...)
The campaigns for former minister of defence Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Nasserist politician Hamdeen Sabahy intensify, as election day in Egypt approaches.
The Al-Sisi campaign's youth committee announced that it would spend its Saturday distributing (...)
Voting for presidential elections is scheduled to begin on Thursday for Egyptians abroad across 141 overseas embassies and diplomatic missions in 124 countries.
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced it had established an operating room (...)
A number of suspects accused of carrying out recent terrorist attacks have been arrested, announced the Ministry of Interior on Monday.
It also announced that the president would issue a decree "within days" to cancel amnesty given to some convicted (...)
The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) will establish an operations room during elections scheduled to take place on 26 and 27 May to monitor the potential exploitation of children.
The council announced that it would coordinate (...)
The Anti-Coup Alliance reiterated its call to boycott upcoming presidential elections in a Saturday statement, accusing interim government officials of "corruption" and "terrorism".
The alliance, which is backed by the Muslim Brotherhood and other (...)
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb concluded a two-day visit to Equatorial Guinea on Saturday following meetings between him, Egyptian ministers, and high level Equatorial Guinean government officials to strengthen ties and push for Egypt's reinstatement (...)
Former Minister of Defence and presidential candidate Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said he realised the Muslim Brotherhood's rule was coming to an end in March 2013, four months before former president Mohamed Morsi was removed from office.
Al-Sisi, in the (...)
The European Union announced the launching of its observation mission in Egypt on Monday.
The mission is lead by Chief Observer Mario David, a Portuguese member of the European Parliament, according to a press release.
"It is the first time that the (...)
Conservative Salafi party Al-Nour Party announced it would back former military chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in upcoming presidential elections.
Al-Nour's decision came after its High Committee convened to determine the Islamist party's stance in the (...)
Four political parties and seven civil society organisations strongly criticised the passage of laws dealing with upcoming parliamentary elections without consultation with women's groups and organisations.
The signatories to a statement issued on (...)
Saturday marked the first official day of campaigning for Egypt's only two candidates vying for the presidency, Hamdeen Sabahy and Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.
The Presidential Elections Commission (PEC) announced the two presidential hopefuls as (...)
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy is scheduled to continue meeting high level US government officials on Wednesday.
The foreign minister is set to meet with US President Barack Obama's national security advisor Susan Rice and (...)
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy met with Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday in Washington, DC during the former's first official diplomatic visit to the United States.
"Egypt has been going through a very difficult transition (...)
Nasserist politician and presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabahy has gained the support of another political group, as the Revolutionary Socialists announced their support for his bid Sunday. In a statement titled "Against [Abdel Fattah] Al-Sisi... (...)
An explosion injured a police officer in the North Sinai capital of Al-Arish on Tuesday night, according to state-owned Al-Ahram.
Security forces searched the area for culprits and set up checkpoints to inspect passing vehicles.
The Ministry of (...)
The prosecutor general referred 51 Morsi supporters to criminal court for allegedly killing three police officers and three others and attacking the Helwan Police Station.
The charges relate to violence that erupted on 14 August 2013 in Helwan (...)