CAIRO: The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information denounced in a statement the use of violence and “harassment” by Egyptian security forces against participants in a vigil held for Khaled Saeid in Alexandria on Friday.
Saeid, 28, died in (...)
CAIRO: Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on governments and the United Nations to put more pressure on Israel and Hamas to conduct genuine and independent investigations into war crimes committed during the Israeli offensive on Gaza from December (...)
CAIRO: Sharm El-Sheikh will host the fourth edition of the AVEX International Airshow 2010 in November, officials said at a conference Sunday.
The air show is organized by Naseba, a business information company, and co-hosted by the Egyptian (...)
CAIRO: Following the news of suspending BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, BlackBerry users in Egypt are on the edge of their seats as rumors started to surface that Egypt is next in line.
BlackBerry users are (...)
CAIRO: Al Manshiya Court sentenced activist Hassan Mustafa to six months in prison and LE 2,000 fine on Tuesday for charges of assaulting a policeman on July 15, Mustafa told Daily News Egypt.
On July 10, Mustafa, a member of the National (...)
CAIRO: Human rights organization Amnesty International called last week for urgent action by the international community concerning the situation of 1,500 families in Aswan threatened by forced eviction from the central neighborhood of (...)
CAIRO: In a demonstration by Doctors Without Rights at the Doctors' Syndicate Sunday, 40 demonstrators protested against new rules that would put an end to university-funded postgraduate studies.
Dr Mona Mina, spokesperson of the group, and Dr (...)
CAIRO: Job site Bayt.com has introduced an online salary calculator for job seekers in the Middle East.
With 4.5 million registered job seekers and about 30,000 employers, Bayt.com CEO M. Rabea Ataya hopes the calculator will become a popular and (...)
CAIRO: Under the theme of promoting dialogue and mutual understanding, the National Project for Arab Youth was launched on Wednesday in Cairo.
The Arab Youth Council for Integrated Development in collaboration with the United Nations Information (...)
CAIRO: A fistfight between two women broke out in Mohandessin Sunday, after two-dozen Egyptians scrambled to collect free vegetables given away by an animal rights group.
Two activists from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) (...)
CAIRO: BG Egypt and Cairo University launched the University Linkages Program on Tuesday in collaboration with the British Council, which aims at enhancing the university's Petroleum Geosciences students' skills and increasing their employment (...)