An attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday left at least a dozen people dead and sparked widespread global condemnations.
The deaths include four of the weekly magazine's most famous cartoonists and two policemen.
A video by (...)
The Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) said Monday that it challenged a decision to refer a 19-year-old to military trial, on behalf of the minor's father.
The minor was arrested, along with several others, on 12 August, and was (...)
Photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zied, also known as Shawkan, re-affirmed his innocence, saying "I am a photojournalist, not a criminal", in an open letter he sent from prison on Saturday.
In a copy of the letter sent to Daily News Egypt, Shawkan said: (...)
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced political activist Ahmed Douma to three years hard labour for being in contempt of the court, during a session of his ongoing trial relating to the "cabinet clashes" in 2011.
Douma – a prominent political activist (...)
Egypt's State Council on Monday approved the draft law on "terrorist entities", which would allow for the dissolution of these entities and ending their activities.
The draft law was also approved by the cabinet in November.
Article 1 of the new law (...)
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) announced on Tuesday that it is moving regional and international programmes out of Egypt "in light of the ongoing threats to human rights organisations".
The NGO said in a statement that it is (...)
Dar Al-Ifta said the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has violated "all of the provisions and principles of Islam on the treatment of women during wars".
An observatory on takfiri and anomalous fatwas (religious edicts) in Dar Al-Ifta, the (...)
Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat ordered Tuesday an appeal of the verdict of the retrial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak and 10 co-defendants, citing "legal flaws".
The order comes three days after Barakat requested a study into the legal (...)
Police said they dismantled 10 explosive devices on Friday, as anti-government protests and clashes with the security forces erupted in Cairo's Matariya neighbourhood.
The Ministry of Interior said in a statement late Friday that 224 people were (...)
Egypt announced that it will open the Rafah border crossing on Wednesday in one direction, allowing Palestinians into the Gaza Strip.
State-run MENA reported the crossing will be opened to admit "Palestinians who are stuck, into the Gaza Strip." The (...)
Political youth movement Students Against the Coup (SAC) released a video showing its members blocking two major roads in Greater Cairo, and stating that the group will no longer accept violations against female students.
The group added that there (...)
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi arrived in Italy on Monday, the first stop in a tour that will include visits to the Vatican and France.
Al-Sisi is scheduled to hold closed talks with Italian counterpart Giorgio Napolitano, followed by a larger round (...)
Egypt asserted its "continued support for the stability and prosperity of Bahrain" in a congratulatory note on the completion of the parliamentary and municipal elections in the Gulf kingdom.
In a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Egypt (...)
Egypt and South Sudan signed several cooperation agreements, following South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's three day visit to Cairo which concluded with a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart.
Kiir held closed talks with Egyptian President Abdel (...)
Students Against the Coup (SAC) will organise marches embarking from universities on Wednesday to coincide with the third anniversary of the deadly Mohamed Mahmoud clashes, according to a statement by the group on Tuesday.
The group will "start a (...)
The 6 April Youth Movement Democratic Front said Wednesday that it cancelled plans to protest in Mohamed Mahmoud Street, on the third anniversary of clashes that took place there.
The group had announced earlier this week that it will commemorate (...)
Egypt is set to expand the buffer zone between the town of Rafah and the Gaza Strip from 500 metres to 1km, as counterinsurgency efforts by the authorities continue.
The buffer zone's expansion in the border area between Sinai and the Gaza Strip (...)
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain agreed to restore full diplomatic ties with Qatar in a meeting held in Riyadh on Sunday, marking the start of a "new page" in the relations between Gulf countries, according to a joint (...)
A group of 16 fishermen arrested off the coast of Damietta were released on Sunday after being investigated for an exchange of fire involving fishing boats and an Egyptian navy boat last week.
The fishermen have returned to Damietta and are part of (...)
A blast in the early hours of Wednesday killed one of two people riding a motorcycle on Cairo's Ring Road and left the other injured.
The Ministry of Interior said in a statement that a security patrol heard the sound of an explosion at dawn. When (...)
Police forces detonated a car bomb in North Sinai on Tuesday after evacuating the area, while the armed forces continued nationwide counterinsurgency operations.
Interior Ministry spokesman Hany Abdel Latif said the car bomb contained half a ton of (...)
Five international journalists, several currently affiliated with British newspaper The Guardian expressed their support for their Egyptian colleagues "in their struggle for a free and independent press".
In a statement published in The Guardian on (...)
Egypt once again expressed its "full support for Libya's state institutions" and asserted its full respect for the will of the Libyan people on Saturday.
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that it also "fully supports the (...)
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Sunday appointed new deans to seven faculties in Cairo, Ain Shams, and Tanta universities for three-year terms.
The Ministry of Higher Education listed the names of the new deans in a short statement and said that (...)
Alexandria University student Omar Al-Sharif succumbed Tuesday to injuries caused by birdshot to the head, which he sustained during clashes between students and riot police on 14 October.
The office of Head of the Ambulance Authority's office Ahmed (...)