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Egypt’s President Abdel fattah al-Sisi has announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to host direct talks between Israel and Palestine as part of efforts to end the long standing conflict between the two parties. al-Sisi made the remarks Read more
An Egyptian police conscript was killed Friday and five others were injured by improvised explosive device (IED) in Al-Arish, in North Sinai, reports say. The conscript, 22, was killed after the explosive went off in the western part of Arish. Read more
President Sisi on Wednesday ratified the unanimously approved law instituting cooperation between the armed forces and the police to protect public and vital facilities for a period of five years, beginning October 28. The law was inspired by a 2014 Read more
Five political parties, four NGOs and tens of union leaders and public figures have petitioned President al-Sisi not to approve the three-year $12 billon loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deeming the deal will lead the “miserable” economic Read more
Egypt and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement for the three-year $12 billion loan needed by Cairo to support its reform program. The head of the IMF delegation Chris Jarvis said the country has a “great potential Read more
Egypt’s Foreign Minister and the Egyptian parliament, leaned towards President al-Sisi, have criticized the United Kingdom’s readiness to grant asylum to members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood if they are able to prove that their lives are at risk. Foreign Read more
Egyptian police officers have been barred from speaking to the media on issues regarding their work without a written approval from the Ministry of the Interior. The restrictions preventing the police from providing information to the media were approved by Read more
As Egypt’s foreign reserves continue to fall reaching $15.5 billion in July from $17.5 billion in June, authorities continue their crackdown on foreign exchange offices allegedly engaged in manipulating and speculating on the prices of foreign currencies that heavily contributed Read more
Egypt’s former leading mufti Ali Gomaa narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Cairo on Friday. Armed men tried to kill Gomaa as he was entering a mosque in 6 October city on the outskirts of Cairo on Friday afternoon, where Read more
The Egyptian military has claimed killing the leader of the Sinai Province extremist group, affiliated to the Islamic State. The statement said Abu Duaa al-Ansari was killed in airstrikes near the town of el-Arish following “accurate intelligence.” The operation left Read more