Cairo – Egypt continues to struggle with violence in the wake of political uncertainty and transition. Yet despite the domestic turmoil, there has been a positive development – the relationship between the United States and the Muslim Brotherhood (...)
CAIRO: Egypt continues to struggle with violence in the wake of political uncertainty and transition. Yet despite the domestic turmoil, there has been a positive development — the relationship between the United States and the Muslim Brotherhood has (...)
CAIRO: As millions of Egyptians turned to polling stations to take part in the first of three phases of the historic parliamentary elections, it was clear that a new era had dawned. For the first time in six decades, Egyptians are freely casting (...)
Clashes erupted between vendors in Tahrir Square, with some wielding knives injuring many and sending some to the hospital.
Some vendors hid inside Omar Makram Mosque while others insisted on breaking into the mosque to expel them.
In related (...)
CAIRO: As millions of Egyptians turned to polling stations to take part in the first of three phases of the historic parliamentary elections, it was clear that a new era had dawned. For the first time in six decades, Egyptians are freely casting (...)
Doctors in Hurghada have reported what they believe could be Egypt's first case of E. coli infection since the recent outbreak of the illness in Europe.
A German tourist in the Red Sea resort of Marsa Alam suffered severe stomach pains and was taken (...)
Electricity authorities in Egypt's Red Sea Governorate have filed complaints against 30 resorts and hotels owners, warning them that power may be cut for failure to pay electricity bills for four months.
The resort owners warned include Shahinaz (...)
Security authorities in Egypt's Red Sea Governorate have warned of plans by elements of the ousted regime to provoke unrest during the Hurgada International Squash Championship, which is due to run from 12 May to 19 May.
The authorities warned that (...)
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has extended the state of emergency until after the parliamentary and presidential elections.
The Emergency Law will be applied to acts of sectarian strife, thuggery, vandalism of public and private property, (...)
The Red Sea Prosecution on Thursday heard the testimony of Mohamed Hashem, lawyer of the families of the victims of the al-Salam 98 ferry that sank in the Red Sea in 2006. The lawyer had submitted a request to the attorney general to reopen (...)
The committee tasked with investigating the shooting of demonstrators during the 25 January revolution will submit its report to Attorney-General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud in a few days, sources said.
The report proves the involvement of several former (...)
About 300 laborers in Sukari gold mine near the southern Red Sea coastal town of Marsa Alam decided to embark on hunger strike last Saturday. They attributed the strike to poor salaries, increased working hours, wrongdoings by company officials, and (...)
Scattered groups of desert locusts have been discovered in Egypt's southern regions of Halayib and Shalateen, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
The ministry's locust combat unit believes the insects arrived from Sudan and Saudi Arabia, where (...)
CAIRO: Last year when I joined the English-language center at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, I thought it was just that — a center for teaching English. As a student, I didn't expect it would be my window to the world.
In the Quran, God says: "O (...)
Saudi naval forces on Sunday rescued 30 Egyptian fishermen from the Red Sea after their vessel succumbed to escalating waves and violent winds ten miles off the Saudi coast.
Saudi border guards sent one of their rescue units to tow the ship, named (...)
Will nuclear energy be Egypt's sole alternative? Mohamed El-Sayed seeks answers
In October 2007, amidst much fanfare, President Hosni Mubarak announced an ambitious nuclear programme aimed at securing the energy necessary for Egypt's development (...)
What shape will education in Egypt take in 2020? A veteran in the subject tells Mohamed El-Sayed it's not as simple as ABC
The future of education in Egypt has always been one of the most talked about topics in media, academic conferences and (...)
Two Russians, one Kenyan, and an Egyptian suffered injuries following a collision between a tourist bus and a private car near the city of Hurghada, Red Sea.
The victims suffered breaks and bruises and were carried to a Hurghada hospital. Police (...)
About 85 workers at Imperial Shams resort in Red Sea's Safaga suffered food poisoning on Saturday following lunch at a staff cafeteria.
They were taken to hospitals in Hurgada and Safaga where they underwent stomach pumping.
A report was filed at (...)
Former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, told Al-Masry Al-Youm the Taliban is militarily stronger than before, as evidenced by the large number of casualties they have inflicted on NATO troops.
The Taliban are politically cut (...)
Egyptian authorities on Sunday closed down the branch of the travel agency that had organized the trip for the tourists who were killed on Friday when their bus overturned in the Red Sea resort city of Hurghada.
Red Sea Governor Magdi al-Qubeisi (...)
Afghan officials have urged Arab and Muslim states to play a more active role in the country's affairs in an effort to offset corrupt perceptions of Islam in Afghanistan promoted under the Taliban's reign.
Leaders of the war-torn country recently (...)
A spate of problems affecting power, water and wheat supply is provoking public ire, reports Mohamed El-Sayed
Power cuts, which occur nationwide on an almost daily basis, have lasted from one hour in big cities to several days in some rural areas. (...)
State Minister for Environmental Affairs, Maged George, has decided to form a joint commission with the ministry's branch at the Red Sea governorate to investigate environmental breaches in Hurghada, where two tourist resorts used heavy machinery to (...)
Hurgada--Around 400 people lay down in the streets near Safaga seaport because of mistakes made with reservations by a number of travel companies. Passengers were supposed to board the liner el-Muttahida.
The haphazard booking process prevented (...)