The Interior Ministry used snipers to kill the demonstrators during the 25 January revolution, an Al-Masry Al-Youm investigation has revealed.
This revelation contradicts current Interior Minister Mansour al-Essawy, who has repeatedly denied that (...)
The widely-publicized Facebook poll ranking the popularity of Egyptian presidential hopefuls was marred by fraud, resulting in Omar Suleiman's current position of first place, an investigation by Al-Masry Al-Youm has concluded. The poll, which was (...)
Judicial sources said that investigations into the financial affairs of deposed President Hosni Mubarak reveal that he was the primary cause of Egypt's high level of national debt.
However, during questioning by prosecutors, Mubarak denied the (...)
Sources at Sharm el-Sheikh International Hospital say the administration has been instructed not to release deposed President Hosni Mubarak, who is being held there for a period of 15 days pending investigation.
Mubarak is being held at the (...)
Dozens of protesters continued their demonstrations in front of Sharm el-Sheikh Hospital, demanding that former President Hosni Mubarak leave because they say his presence hurts South Sinai tourism.
Mubarak was hospitalized Tuesday after suffering a (...)
The mother of Mohamed Bakr Radwan, the Egyptian national who is accused by Syria of spying for Israel, said her son is innocent.
“He takes a big salary as director of a reputable oil company in Syria,” she said. “He doesn't need to spy.”
She said (...)
For Mahmoud Abdul Bassit Hamid, seeing the carnage of the recent train shooting in Samalout was like watching a movie. Back at home after the incident, Hamid tells how he grabbed the shooter's gun and jacket, which helped police identify and arrest (...)
Egyptian Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud on Monday ordered a continued 15-day detention of 152 defendants pending investigation. The defendants were previously arrested during the Omraniya church riots. Mahmoud simultaneously ordered the (...)
The daughter of Egypt's former president Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat has filed a report to the prosecutor general against Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, a historian, journalist and former aid to al-Sadat. Ruqayyia al-Sadat accused Heikal of slander against (...)
Hundreds of worshipers protested in front of Amr Ibn al-Aas Mosque yesterday after Eid prayers, demanding the appearance of camillia Shehata, wife of Tedaous Samaan, pastor of Minya's Dayr Mawwas Monastery. Security forces prevented an identical (...)
A huge fire broke out late Wednesday evening in a Central Security Forces camp in al-Marg, killing 11 soldiers and injuring eight others.
Fire engines managed to control the fire and the injured were rushed to a nearby hospital for (...)
Jailed businessman Ahmed el-Rayan was granted a grace period until Tuesday in order to pay back LE900,000, which he is obligated to return according to a court ruling issued in 2002. He is currently finishing procedures for his release after 23 (...)
Al-Masry Al-Youm has obtained a copy of records of the investigation into the killing of Alexandrian Khaled Saeed, which show surprising findings by the appeals prosecution services.
Among the findings are a telephone call received by one of the (...)
The North Cairo Prosecution decided yesterday to arrest a contractor handling the restoration work of a building that collapsed two days ago in Shubra, which left seven people, including three children, dead.
The contractor will be detained pending (...)
A five-storey building collapsed on Friday in the Cairo district of Shubra while it was undergoing restoration.
Security and civil defense forces and ambulances managed to pull four bodies out of the rubble and rescue three other injured (...)
Merchants at Cairo's Friday market, which was set ablaze on Tuesday after a car fell from an overpass and exploded on top of it, threatened to block Cairo's ring road if the government failed to compensate them for their losses.
Market merchants (...)
Security authorities blocked a demonstration yesterday in Tahrir Square called by the 6 April Youth movement to protest the murder of Khaled Saeed, an Alexandrian teen allegedly killed by two police officers.
Thirty protesters were arrested and held (...)
The Giza Criminal Court sentenced Mahmoud Esawy to death on Wednesday for the second time after hearing his appeal in the double-murder case in which he is accused of killing Heba el-Aqad--daughter of well-known Moroccan pop singer Laila (...)
The foreign minister has ordered the Egyptian embassy in Beirut to make urgent phone calls to Lebanese authorities guaranteeing that those who murdered an Egyptian citizen and mutilated his corpse are brought to justice, according to a statement (...)
Hendawi Sayed Mohamed has confessed to participating in the Naga Hammadi shootings along with two other suspects, after denying any involvement at the beginning of investigations into the case.
The drive-by shooting at Mar Yohana church in Naga (...)
The Ayyat Misdemeanors Court handed down jail sentences on eight defendants for their roles in October's Ayyat rail disaster on the outskirts of Cairo in which 19 passengers were killed and 36 others injured. Sentences ranged between three and seven (...)