Orascom signs $151m deal with Egypt government for El Gouna project
Orascom Development Egypt (ODE) has signed a $151 million milestone agreement with the Egyptian authorities…
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Egypt blocks website of high-profile rights watchdog
The Egyptian authorities on Thursday blocked access to the website of Human Rights Watch (HRW), according to the…
Egyptian authorities foil attempt by 47 people to migrate to Europe
Egyptian authorities in the Delta governorate of Kafr El-Sheikh foiled on Saturday an attempt by 47 people to…
GSMA eyes renewed talks between govt, mobile operators on 4G Egypt licences
The GSMA has called for renewed talks between the Egyptian authorities and the country’s mobile industry after the…
HRW calls on Egypt’s authorities to release 25 April detainees
The international rights organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a statement on Wednesday calling on…
Body of Foreigner Found in Garbage Bag in Egypt’s Luxor
Egyptian authorities have found the body of a foreigner in a garbage bag in the country's south, Al-Ahram Arabic…
Egypt to Clear Residents from Gaza Border
Egyptian authorities have ordered residents living along the country's eastern border with the Gaza Strip to…
Egypt Purchases More 60.000 tonnes Wheat from Romania
The Egyptian authorities bought other 60,000 tonnes of wheat from Romania this week, for which they paid almost $…
Egypt, Jordan Urge World to Intervene in Gaza
Egypt to transport 500 tons of food, medical supplies to the Strip; Amman concerned about Palestinians' plight.…
France Denounces Egypt’s Decision to Sentence Journalists
France denounced Egypt's decision to sentence three journalists up to seven years in jail and called for…
Tourists to Pay $25 Fee When Leaving Egypt’s Main Airport
The Egyptian authorities announced that they would impose a $25 fee on foreign tourists leaving the country…
Egypt Charges 4, Including 2 Israelis, with Spying
Egyptian authorities on Tuesday charged two Israelis and two Egyptians with forming an espionage ring for Israel,…
UPDATE | Egypt Bans Morsi’s Son from Traveling
The Egyptian authorities have prevented Ahmed Mohamed Morsi, son of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, from…
Slain Swiss Couple Found Buried In Their Yard: Egyptian Authorities
Egyptian police found a murdered Swiss couple buried in the garden of their house in the Red Sea resort town of…
Egypt Police Storm Economic and Social Rights NGO’s Office
Egyptian authorities stormed the headquarters of the Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights in Central…
Amnesty: Morsi Must Be Brought to Court and Granted Access to Lawyer
Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities to ensure that ousted president Mohamed Morsi appears in…
Egypt Arrests Suspected Islamist Militants
Egyptian authorities arrested an Islamist militant on Sunday, saying he was close to the brother of al Qaeda leader…
Egypt Widens Crackdown & Meaning of ‘Islamist’
Having crushed the Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian authorities have begun cracking down on other dissenters,…
UK ‘Deeply Concerned’ about Risk of Violence in Egypt After Eid
The UK has warned of more violence in Egypt after Eid Al-Fitr if the authorities insisted on breaking up the…
Egypt Authorities Prepare to Break Up Pro-Morsi Sit-Ins
Egyptian authorities charged the top Muslim Brotherhood leader with inciting murder and ordered an end to sit-ins…
Egypt’s Morsi In “Safe Place,” Not Allowed Out For Safety
Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said Wednesday that deposed President Mohamed Morsi is in a safe place…
Egypt Deports 276 Syrians From Cairo Airport After Enacting Travel Restrictions
Cairo International Airport authorities deported 276 Syrians arriving from Beirut and Damascus Monday night, citing…
Morsi Ouster In Egypt Crushes Hamas Dreams: Analysts
The ouster by the army of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi has crushed the dreams of Gaza's Hamas rulers, who will…
Israel Holds Gaza Palestinian Who Vanished in Egypt
A Palestinian from the Gaza Strip who vanished while visiting Egypt this month is under arrest in Israel for…
Egypt Says Not To Accept Any Projects Curbing Nile Water Flow
The Egyptian Cabinet met on Wednesday 29/5/2013 to discuss Ethiopia's move to divert the course of the Blue Nile as…
Egyptian Activist Ahmed Maher Escapes From Death, Cites ‘Conspiracy’
The recently-released April 6 Youth Movement leader Ahmed Maher has survived a certain death on Monday morning.…
Egyptian Kidnappers Release Norwegian, Israeli Tourists
Kidnappers released a Norwegian woman and an Israeli man held in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula following negotiations…
Egypt Should Control Touristic Services: Russian Minister
The Russian Minister of Tourism, Alexander Radakov, called on the Egyptian authorities to critically control the…
Egypt Does Not Allow Screening Of Film on Egyptian Jews: Producer
Egyptian authorities have failed to issue a permit to screen a historical documentary about the country's Jewish…
Libya’s PM Urges Egypt To Protect Libyan Investments
The Libyan Prime Minister, Ali Zidan, has asked the Egyptian government to protect the Libyan investments in the…
Egypt Seizes Another Arms Cache in Sinai, Official Says
A weapons hideout containing 21 anti-aircraft shells, six anti-tank mines and an anti-aircraft gun is exposed in…
Egypt Didn’t Deport Palestinians To Syria; Sources
A reliable source in the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied what the Human Rights Watch stated on 18th…
Egypt, Switzerland To Sign Framework Agreement on Sunday
Egyptian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation will sign on Sunday the framework agreement on…
Violence Stops EgyptAir Flight to Damascus – Airline Official
An EgyptAir flight from Cairo to Damascus turned back on Monday because of the "bad security situation" at the…
Syrian Man Threatens To Blow Up The Arab League
Egyptian authorities arrested late on Monday a Syrian man who threatened to blow up the Arab League's headquarters…
IMF Loan Agreement Is Inevitable: Experts
Experts and officials of the Egyptian authorities head their concerns to the delegation of International Monetary…
Bedouin Tribesmen Held Two U.S Tourists
Two U.S tourists were held hostage in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday by Bedouin tribesmen seeking the release of an…