On the first day of new academic year in Egypt, a school in Sohag city dove into panic after finding a snake inside a science lab on the second floor, causing a complete evacuation of the floor. Eyewitnesses at the Ahmed Abdul Raouf Othman Preparatory...اقرأ المزيد
Turkish forces on Thursday detained five Egyptian fishermen off Cyprus’ northwestern coast, Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Saturday. Turkey controls part of the Cyprus island, though it is yet to be internationally recognized as Turkish territory. The...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Saturday turned down an appeal by former President Hosni Mubarak and his sons Alaa and Gamal for reconciliation in a case known to media as the “Presidential Palaces.” The same court in January 2016 previously rejected...اقرأ المزيد
The World Bank has approved a $300 million loan to complete Egypt’s Rural Sanitation Services Program, expanding the government efforts to improve sanitation in the rural areas of Egypt’s poorest governorates. Samia Mosadek, acting Regional Director...اقرأ المزيد
Two people were killed and 12 others were injured in traffic accident between a bus and microbus on the Suez-Sokhna Road at Suez governorate on Saturday, Egypt’s Health Ministry said. Health Ministry spokesperson Khaled Megahid said that 10 ambulances...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in New York on Friday evening to participate in the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. He will deliver Egypt’s statement to the General Assembly, which addresses the country’s vision...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s Gouna Film Festival founder Naguib Sawiris announced that he will be naming a street in Gouna after Mohamed Salah, to show appreciation for the national football treasure. In a red carpet interview at the festival’s opening, Naguib told CBC...اقرأ المزيد
A device exploded under a car in the Turil district of Mansoura city, at dawn on Friday, damaging the vehicle as well as the glass of some nearby shops and cars. According to police reports, civil protection forces and bomb squads moved to the scene and...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s South Cairo Court ordered the release of former President Hosni Mubarak’s two sons, Gamal and Alaa, on Thursday, AP reported after an earlier trial ordered the arrest of both men. The ruling stated that the brothers, accused of insider trading,...اقرأ المزيد
In his meeting with the Supreme Council of Police on Thursday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed the need to pursue security plans and strategies that depend on pre-emptive strikes against terrorism, and crime in all its forms. He stated...اقرأ المزيد
