
The inaugural session of the new Egyptian House of Representatives is kicking off today at 11 A.M. with MPs taking oath for a five-year term. The House will convene for its first legislative session as per directives by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi...اقرأ المزيد
The Egyptian House of Representatives Speaker Ali Abdel Aal invited Libyan counterpart Agila Saleh and Libyan parliamentarians to visit Egypt to discuss ways of political solutions to the Libyan crisis, according to Libyan media reports on Wednesday. The...اقرأ المزيد
Lebanon’s Kataeb Party, a Christian group which opposes the government backed by the Iran-backed Hezbollah, announced on Saturday the resignation of its three lawmakers from parliament. The decision was announced by party chief Samy Gemayel during the...اقرأ المزيد
The parliament’s legislative committee on Sunday approved amendments suggested by the government to counter-terrorism law, toughening the penalties of terror-related crimes and sentencing those funding terrorist groups or acts to death. Terrorism, according...اقرأ المزيد
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s rejection of the presence of militias and chaos in the region affirms Egypt’s determination to continue fighting terrorism and extremist ideology, MP Mohamed Salim said, praising Sisi’s statements in the World...اقرأ المزيد
Members of Parliament launched an attack on the government in its Thursday’s session for failing to combat the problems with drainage of rain water over the past two days, requesting the launch of an investigation with the responsible officials for...اقرأ المزيد
MP and presidential hopeful Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat called for a permission to hold a meeting with MPs at the House of Representatives to present his election platform and garner the required 20 votes of MPs, which will allow him to run in the presidential...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a presidential decree on Sunday extending the state of emergency across the country for a period of three months starting from 1 am on Friday, January 13. This is the third time the state of emergency has been...اقرأ المزيد
House of Representatives speaker Ali Abdel Aal on Sunday referred a bill with amendments on Egypt’s Prison Law 396 of 1956 to a joint committee consisting of members of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs, and Defense and National Security committees. The...اقرأ المزيد
More than 500 women in Egypt carry a license to use weapons for self-defense in accordance with the law, according to official Public Security Sector statistics. The majority of females who obtained the licenses are former MPs or prominent businesswomen. According...اقرأ المزيد