Egypt’s government expects to further reduce arrears owed to foreign oil companies before the end of 2017, the energy minister said on Saturday. The oil ministry said in June it reduced arrears to $2.3 billion after repaying $2.2 billion. Officials...اقرأ المزيد
A little-known militant group called Jund al-Islām, inspired by Al-Qaeda ideology, declared on Saturday that it carried out a military attack against the Islamic State’s Egyptian branch Sinai Province, describing the group as ‘Kharijites,’ or apostates. Through...اقرأ المزيد
Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), Mohab Mamish, said on Saturday that the Suez Canal’s revenues surged to $4.3 billion in 2017, representing a 3.4% increase, compared to last year’s revenues which amounted to $4.2 billion until October 2016. During...اقرأ المزيد
Five truck drivers were killed on Thursday after a number of militants opened fire against them while they were passing al-Hasna-Baghdad road at a checkpoint located in Central Sinai, a North Sinai-based journalist told Egypt Independent on Friday. The...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund for an installment of about $2 billion more from a three-year, $12 billion loan program, the IMF said on Friday. The payment, still subject to IMF executive board approval,...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah, who is part at Egypt’s national team, and footballer Ahmed Hegazi were selected on Tuesday as the ‘Best 11 players’ who will be part of the World Football Team of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers by the Confederation...اقرأ المزيد
Heliopolis prosecutors referred Hany A. to an urgent criminal trial on charges of harassment and cutting a woman in her face with a bladed weapon in a Heliopolis mall. Two years after the attacker had sexually harassed Somaya Tarek Ebeid, known in the...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s presidency has assigned a number of working groups to prepare the announcements of the achievements of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi since he assumed his post, Al-Masry Al-Youm reports. Informed sources said they expect the working groups to...اقرأ المزيد
God. They came from around the world. They discussed much local and regional. If they paid attention, they watched leaders consult and sign million dollar contracts. And they lent presence to an effort to give a strong message: Egypt wants to listen...اقرأ المزيد
Asyut Prosecution jailed a man on Wednesday for four days pending investigations for the murder of his cousin, Abdel Rahman Mohammed Ghanem. Chief of Asyut Security Directorate Gamal Shukr was informed of Abdel Rahman’s death after his cousin shot him...اقرأ المزيد