Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh announced Saturday that Egypt intends to supply construction materials to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Crossing.
Haniyeh congratulated Egypt for the unprecedented step, adding that it has come in light of (...)
This morning US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton toured Tahrir Square, the focal point of the Egyptian uprising which led to the ouster of president Hosni Mubarak. Walking with several security officials, Clinton managed to shake hands with people (...)
Thousand of Copts organised a protest calling for the punishment of all those who attacked and injured pro-Coptic sit-in demonstrators on Sunday night in front of the State TV building (Maspero). The protest began in Shubra after which the (...)
The man accused of being an Israeli agent has admitted that he came to Egypt after the 25 January uprising with the intent to report on the country's changing dynamics. The alleged spy is a Jordanian national, according to authorities, and entered (...)
A number of police officers announced on the Egyptian cabinet's Facebook page that, contrary to reports, they will not be striking next Saturday.
The officers stated that they are working at full capacity as they try to make Egypt as safe as it (...)
Egyptian Minister of Justice Abdel Aziz El-Gendy accepts the transfer of the judicial inspection department under the independent supreme judicial council.
Judges were traditionally monitored by the ministry of justice, which is deemed to be (...)
Two supermarkets, “Metro” and “Hyper One”, located in a tourist compound in Sharm El-Sheikh were the targets of armed robberies on Monday.
Six masked men with guns attacked the “Metro” supermarket stealing LE5 thousand in addition to LE20 (...)
South Giza prosecutor officer detained 67 state security officers in the 6th of October governorate on charges of burning state documents and public property.
The state security building was set on fire on Saturday after a similar occurrence in (...)
Officials at the Sharm El-Sheikh airport told Reuters that Suzanne and Alaa Mubarak flew from Sharm El-Sheikh to Cairo, allegedly to the Almaza military airport.
The reasons behind former the Egyptian president's wife and eldest son's trip to (...)
The head of Wafd Liberal Party, Said el-Baddawi, has decided on a vote confidence for himself, scheduled for the general assembly's meeting on 18 March.
"January 25 revolution requires a new understanding between me and the Wafd Party members," (...)
Misr for Central Clearing, Depository and Registry Company (MCDR) has announced the names of 25 Egyptian officials and their families whose shares have been frozen. "The shares have been frozen of officials under investigation, following the request (...)
Egypt's minister of justice, Mahmoud Merei, has proposed holding Habib El-Adly's trial in the Cairo Conference Hall to accommodate the expected huge turnout of journalists covering the proceedings.
Merei submitted his request for the change of (...)
In response to the demands from youth coalitions to Egypt's temporary governing body, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces for immediate release of detainees, the Supreme Council asked for a list of whom they wish to have released.
April 6 (...)
A senior government official has revealed to Ahram Online that the estimated total worth of 39 former ministers and NDP party leaders is LE250bn.
The official added that these former dignitaries are currently under investigation for illegal (...)
January 25 martyrs' families refuse LE9m compensation from Egyptian businessman and National Democratic Party member, Ibrahim Farag.
Farag is said to have stood on the roof of a building and shot at protesters down below.
Each martyrs' family, (...)
Representatives of the Coalition of Youth Movements who met for eight hours with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces yesterday, say the military has agreed to dismiss the government of Ahmed Shafiq
Following an 8-hour meeting meeting with the (...)
The January 25 coordinating committee stated that they intend to initiate an open-ended protest Friday infront of all significant locations until their demands are met: namely, the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq's current (...)
Sayed Abdel Aziz Omar, head of Cairo's court of appeal, announced that the trial of former interior minister Habib Al-Adly will take place on 5 March 2011.
Al-Adly is accused of illegally profiting from his government post and money (...)
A protest of 3,000 erupted in southern Egypt in response to the killing of a Coptic priest who was found in his home, where he had been dead for two days.
Ahram's correspondent in Assiut reports three differing scenarios emerging around the (...)
Recently appointed, Deputy Prime Minister Yehia El-Gammal has been assigned the Supreme Press Council to supervise until a new Upper House is elected, according to a source in the Cabinet who wished to remain anonymous.
El-Gammal was also (...)
The Democratic Front Party, a minority political party in Egypt, voices their frustration over the idleness of Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheyt.
The party calls upon its members to protest in front of the Libyan Embassy in (...)
Youssef Al-Qaradawy, an Islamic scholar, issued a fatwa against Libyan President Gaddafi, stating that "Whoever is able to shoot a bullet at Qaddafi should do so."
He added that such a penalty is fair after all the Gaddafi-sponsored violence (...)
Mohamed Badei, supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, has announced the decision of the group's guidance office to form a political party under the name of “Freedom and Justice”. An application to legally register the party will be made in the (...)
Essam El-Erian, a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood, stated Monday that the constitution recognises the right of a woman or a Copt to run for the presidency.
He added that the current Cabinet's amendment is nothing but a means to get (...)
Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq changed location today from the Cabinet offices in downtown to the Ministry of Civil Aviation offices after a security advisory was issued due to planned demonstrations. A million-person demonstration has been planned for (...)