Activist Islam Khalil has remained in detention and was transferred on Wednesday to Al- Sonta police station in Tanta governorate, despite a release order issued 10 days ago, according to his lawyer and brother Nour Khalil.
The activist's brother (...)
The Press Syndicate finalised a report in which the head of the finance department was accused of embezzling EGP 260,000. This report will be presented to the prosecutor general.
The Press Syndicate Council secretary general, Gamal Abdel Reheem, (...)
The Administrative Court adjourned on Tuesday the lawsuit demanding the closure of social media networks Facebook and Twitter to 31 August.
The lawsuit filed by lawyer Mohamed Hamed Salem called for the closure of social networking sites as "they (...)
The Press Syndicate General Council, headed by Yahia Qalash, will send a report to the prosecution on Sunday, addressing recent allegations of corruption within a medical insurance initiative carried out by the syndicate.
The embezzlement (...)
The Cairo Criminal Court renewed on Monday the detention of freelance journalist and researcher Ismail Eskandarani, extending his detention for another 45 days pending investigations.
The Egyptian journalist faces charges of belonging to the (...)
"In Islam, preaching about God is defined to be through wisdom and rational conversation that does not insult others or their beliefs. The Quran states that there is no compulsion in religion," Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayeb said in his (...)
Both the biology and geography thanaweyya amma exams were leaked Saturday morning through a Facebook page almost 20 minutes after the exams started.
Photocopies of the exam papers were posted online with the Ministry of Education's seal on them.
The (...)
Minster of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aaty received a phone call from President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Saturday with whom the minister reviewed the status of the recent Nile flood.
The phone call focused on saving water in the (...)
Giza security forces arrested on Tuesday three suspects involved in the failed assassination attempt of former grand mufti Ali Gomaa on Friday. Among the three suspects was an Al-Azhar university student .
The arrest was made at dawn as police (...)
Cairo Criminal Court, headed by Hussein Farid, postponed on Tuesday the trial of former interior minister Habib El-Adly and 12 ministry officials, who are accused of illegal possession of ministry funds, to 18 October. This postponement comes in (...)
During a phone call on Wednesday, French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault reminded Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry to pay attention to the rising concerns of the families of the victims of the crashed EgyptAir flight MS804.
He (...)
Head of the Lawyers Syndicate Sameh Ashour requested on Sunday that Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel Ghaffar allow Malek Adly's defence lawyers to visit him in prison.
Ashour demanded that prison regulations be applied to Adly and that the defendant (...)
Three prisoners announced in a statement on Sunday that they are starting an open-ended hunger strike to object the court's rule of imprisonment in their case, as well as others who refused the maritime demarcation deal with Saudi Arabia.
In the (...)
Head of the Reform and Development Party Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat called on all parties represented in the House of Representatives to discuss current negotiations between the Egyptian government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), regarding (...)
Partners for Transparency, a non-profit organisation that aims to counter corruption, released on Saturday its annual report, which estimated that 1,102 cases of corruption have occurred in different ministries and governmental offices over the past (...)
The family of detained journalist Mahmoud Al-Saqa has filed a complaint to the Doctors Syndicate over the detainee's deteriorating health condition.
The syndicate referred the complaint to each of the following: Minister of Interior Magdy Abdel (...)
The Giza Criminal Court referred the papers of seven detainees to the Grand Mufti, the country's highest official interpreter of Islamic law, in the retrial of the case of Nabil Farrag's murder on Saturday.
The Grand Mufti will review the death (...)
Members of the band Street Children had their detention renewed for 15 days by the North Cairo Court on Tuesday, pending investigations for charges of posting videos deemed insulting to the state and inciting protests.
Defence lawyer Mohmoud Osman (...)
EgyptAir flights resumed to and from Turkey's Atatürk airport on Saturday, after the latter had been closed due to a coup attempt by on Friday.
The company asked all travellers to stay informed about the status of their flights, in case of any (...)
A solidarity campaign with the 26 prosecuted workers of the Alexandria Shipyard company has been receiving worldwide support. Major labour and trade unions and parliamentary leaders in Egypt, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland signed (...)
Over 19 Egyptians died and 25 were injured Saturday in a bus accident in Saudi Arabia, according to Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
44 Egyptian pilgrims, including two children, were among the passengers on the bus, who were on their way to (...)
The Mubarak regime in Egypt is staging a major crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's main Islamist opposition movement and largest opposition group. About 300 Brotherhood members have been detained over the last three months under (...)