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Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail confirmed on Thursday that the country will have a new cabinet by the end of the month. President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi had earlier announced the cabinet reshuffle when he said in an interview, published on Read more
The appeal verdict of the High Administrative Court ruled on Monday that the two islands of Tiran and Sanafir are part of Egypt. Malek Adly, one of the lawyers that took the matter to court, hailed the ruling as “a Read more
Militants in the restive North Sinai Monday killed scores of people including several security forces in attacks against two police checkpoints in Al-Arish, including one perpetrated with an explosive-laden truck. Security forces were able to fight off the truck attack Read more
Wael Shalaby who resigned from his post as Secretary General of Egypt’s State Council on Saturday before being arrested a day later killed himself on Monday while in custody. His lawyer Sayed Beheiry claimed his “client hanged himself using a Read more
A year after Russian flights to Egypt were suspended in response to a fatal crash in Sinai, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s office on Thursday said Russia would resume its flights to the North African nation soon. The announcement follows Read more
Egypt’s Suez Canal revenues recorded $389.2 million in November dropping by 4.7 percent year on year since November 2015 when they were at $408.4 million, according to official figures published by the Suez Canal Authority. The international waterway is a Read more
The World Bank has approved the second phase of its $3 billion loan to Egypt, disbursing another $1 billion part of its support to the North African country’s “ambitious program of reforms with a strong focus on job creation and Read more
The Islamic State group vowed to trigger “a volcano of jihad” in Egypt following the execution Thursday of Abel Habara, leader of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, for his role in several deadly attacks. Egyptian authorities on Thursday executed the 40-year old Read more
The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for the Sunday suicide bombing in a Coptic cathedral in Cairo that killed at least 25 people and injured more than 49. In a message posted online through its media, Amaq, IS Read more
President al-Sisi announced Monday while attending funerals of those killed in Sunday bombing of a Coptic church that four suspects including a woman have been arrested and that two other are still hunted down. The Egyptian President also named the Read more