United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon spoke with interim vice president Mohamed ElBaradei and called on authorities to peacefully manage demonstrations and "ensure protection of all Egyptians" on Sunday.
According to a UN statement, Ki-Moon (...)
Muslim youth and security forces protected Al-Azraa and Anba Ebram churches from attacks by alleged Morsi supporters in Minya on Saturday, spokesperson of the archbishop of Mawas monastery Amgad Ezzat has told state-owned MENA agency.
"They threw (...)
The Spokesperson of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for the release of former president Mohamed Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders or "have their cases reviewed transparently without delay," in a statement released on (...)
The Misr Al-Qawia Party called upon "those in power" to renege their call for Friday's mass protests in solidarity with the Egyptian masses who "hate fighting and sharp political polarization," in an official statement on Friday.
The call for (...)
Al-Azhar welcomes meeting with all political forces and fully supports national reconciliation, the Islamic institution said Tuesday.
The statement came as Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayeb met Tuesday with Al-Nour Party representatives Younes (...)
Clashes erupted Wednesday between residents of Damietta and ousted president Mohamed Morsi's supporters in the city's Souk El-Samak neighbourhood with no injuries reported, said the 6 April Youth Movement media coordinator Magda Abdel Razek.
A march (...)
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy discussed on Monday transitional plans on CBC news channel, as well as Egypt's relations with the international community, specifically the United States, while condemning former President Mohamed Morsi's mistakes in (...)
Eight Muslim Brotherhood leaders being held in preventive detention were transferred Saturday morning from a lower security prison to a maximum-security prison in Tora, a high-level security source from the Ministry of Interior announced, according (...)
The European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton met Wednesday with interim president Adly Mansour and Vice-president Mohamed ElBaradei at the presidential palace to discuss Egypt's transitional period.
Ashton is (...)
The National Coalition to Support legitimacy (NCSL) held a press conference Tuesday at Rabaa Al-Adaweya condemning the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsias a "military coup," demanding the removal of Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Abdul (...)
The Professional Syndicates' Union (PSU) proposed an initiative for national reconciliation between the armed forces and supporters of former president Mohamed Morsi on Monday.
The Union has invited around 30 public figures with which both sides can (...)
Al-Tayar A-Sha'aby, the June 30 Front, Tamarod, the National Salvation Front (NSF), the NSF Youth and other opposition movements have called for a rally on Friday 19 July in Egypt's "revolutionary squares" to confirm the gains of the January 25th (...)
Amnesty International issued a report Wednesday condemning the military's excessive and disproportionate use of force against former president Mohamed Morsi supporters, culminating in the death of about 88 people since Friday 5 July, including three (...)
The Chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, announced in an official statement Tuesday the appointment of the AU High-Level Panel "supporting a peaceful transition and restoration of constitutional order" in (...)
Port Rafah authorities will open the Rafah border crossing Wednesday temporarily from 10am to 2.30pm to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan.
The port had been closed from Friday 6 July until Tuesday 9 July, preventing any crossing between Egypt and (...)
Qena governor Salah Abdel Meguid resigned Monday morning, according the information office of the Qena governorate.
The governor resigned "in protest of the recent bloodshed the Egyptian streets are witnessing, emphasising that he's keen for the (...)
Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Atty said that the ministry was "extremely upset" with the African Union's (AU) decision to suspend Egypt from its activities 5 July, describing the latter as "an attack on the democratic course of Egypt".
Abdel (...)
Egypt's transitional government must hold early and fair presidential elections and fulfill the demands of the country's various constituencies, the international community has urged since the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi on (...)
The Tamarod campaign called on presidential guards to arrest the president on charges of inciting a civil war, in a press conference on Wednesday, demanding as well a trial of the Muslim Brotherhood.
"We are marching to the Republican Guard Palace (...)
Al-Nour party called for early presidential elections in order to "spare more bloodshed and to prevent the outbreak of civil war," in an official statement released on Tuesday.
"Any clashes with the people or the military will only result in useless (...)
The Non-Commissioned Officers Club and the Ministry of Interior stressed the importance of the police protecting citizens on 30 June, in an official statement released Saturday.
"Policemen are responsible for protecting the homeland," read the (...)
Lyla El-Gueretly, a teacher and activist, was walking on the 6 October Bridge , when Ahmed Yousef, 37, made offensive sexual comments towards her from a bus stalled in traffic. When she insulted him back, he got off the bus and slapped her (...)
The Court of Cassation on Tuesday rejected the appeal filed by former prosecutor general Abdel Maguid Mahmoud to overturn the presidential decree that removed him from his position.
In his 21 Nov 2012 decree, President Mohamed Morsi appointed a new (...)
A Fayoum resident died Sunday night at Cairo's Qasr Al-Eini Hospital from wounds sustained in last week's clashes between Fayoumi residents and Muslim Brotherhood members.
According to the Freedom and Justice Party's (FJP) official statement, the (...)
American troops being deployed to Sinai this summer are doing so as part of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) peacekeeping force that has been present there since 1982, the armed forces said in an official statement Saturday.
Reports had (...)