Cairo court sentences brotherhood members Badie, Beltagy, Erian to life in jail
The Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday sentenced the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, to…
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Egyptian journalist Alexandrani sentenced to 10 years in prison
An Egyptian military court sentenced on Tuesday Egyptian journalist and researcher Ismail Alexandrani to ten years…
British MPs’ request to visit Morsi in prison faces backlash in Egypt
Member of the Egyptian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Tarek El Kholy told local media that a recent…
Ahmed Ezz to pay 1.7 bln pounds in reconciliation deal with Egyptian government
Mubarak-era steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz will pay 1.7 billion Egyptian pounds as part of a reconciliation deal with the…
Military Prosecution refers Egypt’s former top auditor Geneina to prison hospital
Egypt’s Military Prosecution approved a request that Hisham Geneina, former top auditor and a member of former…
Morsi, 18 top Brotherhood leaders sentenced to 3Yrs in prison for ‘insulting…
Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced Islamist former president Mohamed Morsi and 18 others to three years in prison…
Cairo Court postpones Mubarak sons trial to 17 December
Cairo Criminal Court postponed Wednesday the trial of Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, the sons of former president Hosni…
Cairo court sentences Keif cafe employee to seven years for killing a patron
A Cairo criminal court has sentenced a cafe employee to seven years in prison for killing a patron in a popular…
Cairo court imprisons senior State Council official over corruption charges
Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted a senior official from the State Council, deposed him from his post,…
Cairo court sentences 4 to life in prison for judge assassination attempt
Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Wednesday four individuals to life in prison for attempting to assassinate a…
Why wearing a Barcelona shirt in the UAE could earn you a 15-year prison sentence
Eh? But true – anyone caught in the United Arab Emirates promoting Qatar Airways could get themselves prison time…
Former head of Egypt’s Journalists Syndicate Yehia Kalash appeals suspended sentence
The former head of Egypt’s Journalists Syndicate, Yehia Kalash, has appealed to the Court of Cassation against a…
Egypt’s Habib El-Adly loses appeal against 7Yrs prison sentence
Former interior minister Habib El-Adly has lost an appeal against a seven-year prison sentence that he was handed…
Okasha sentenced to one year in prison for forging PhD certificate: Egypt’s court
Nasr City Misdemeanor Court sentenced media professional Tawfiq Okasha to one year in prison and fined him 5,000…
El-Tayeb appoints acting president for Egypt’s Al-Azhar University
Egypt's Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayeb has appointed Mohamed Hussein El-Mahrsawy, the dean of the Arabic language…
Cairo Religious Affairs Committee ratifies unauthorised fatwa punishable by prison
The Religious Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives approved on Thursday the draft law regulating the…
Cairo Criminal Court imprisons Mubarak’s interior minister
Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday convicted former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and 12 other officials in charges…
African migrants seeking Europe sold as ‘slaves’ for $200
African migrants trying to reach Europe are being sold into slavery in Libya, including for sex, for as little as…
Cairo Journalists Syndicate holds meeting for prison sentence against Qallash, others
Journalists Syndicate held Sunday an urgent meeting to mull the trade union and legal measures which should be…
Air strike on prison in Syria’s Idlib kills 16: monitor
At least 16 people were killed overnight in air strikes on a prison in the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwest…
Two charged over arms supply to Paris Orly airport attacker
French anti-terrorism judges have charged two men suspected of involvement in supplying a weapon to the gunman…
Man arrested at White House gate claimed Trump telepathy link
A Virginia man charged with making a bomb threat at a White House gate claimed to be communicating with President…
Egypt’s court: 3 years-sentence for 2 policemen in Matariya hospital assault case
An Egyptian appeals court upheld on Monday a three-year prison sentence for two low-ranking police officers,…
White House intruder on grounds 16 minutes before arrest: Secret Service
A man who scaled a White House fence earlier this month traipsed the grounds of the executive residence for more…
Cairo lawyers union considers strike in protest of prison terms against Minya colleagues
The heads of local branches of Egypt's Lawyers Syndicate will decide this week on a call for a general strike on 23…
Former Egyptian President Mubarak to be released
Egypt's prosecutor-general ordered on Monday the release of ousted President Hosni Mubarak following his acquittal…
US Texas to execute killer-for-hire
The state of Texas, in the southern U.S., on Tuesday prepared to implement a man convicted of taking $2,000 for the…
Cairo demands investigation into Egyptian’s death in Italian prison- ministry
Egypt's foreign ministry gave orders early Sunday to the Egyptian embassy in Rome to follow up on the case of an…
Egyptian court sets 8 March to hear appeal on ‘Sheikh Mizo’ religion…
Egypt's court has set 8 March to hear an appeal by Islamic researcher Mohamed Abdallah Nasr, also known as Sheikh…
Egypt’s interior ministry publishes photos of wanted criminals, fugitives on public…
Egypt’s interior ministry has begun publishing photos of criminals and fugitives in the country’s public…
Egyptian ‘Blind Sheikh’ Omar Abdel-Rahman dies in US prison: daughter
The daughter of Egypt’s Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, considered the spiritual leader of the Islamist Gamaa Al-Islamiya…
Egypt court sentences former FJP counsellor, journalist to 6 months-prison
A Cairo court sentenced the legal counsellor for the now-dissolved Freedom and Justice Party and a journalist at…
Egyptian court orders retrial for Yasmine El-Narsh
Egypt's Court of Cassation ordered a retrial on Monday for Yasmine El-Narsh, who was sentenced to four years in…
Egypt’s Lawyer: 6 April spokesman to remain in prison after violating probationary…
A South Giza prosecution has ordered that political writer and researcher Zizo Abdo is to remain in custody pending…
Egyptian press syndicate head announces running for second term
Egypt's current Press Syndicate head, Yehia Kalash, declared in a statement Saturday his candidacy for a second…
Turkey to hold referendum: Mark Lowen
A new draft constitution that would significantly increase the powers of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is…
Syria rejects Amnesty International report on hangings at Saydnaya prison
Syria's justice ministry has rejected a report by Amnesty International that alleged as many as 13,000 people have…
French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy ordered to stand trial
A French judge has ordered ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy to stand trial in an illegal campaign finance case. Mr…
Romania protesters await corruption decree repeal
Romania's government is to hold an urgent meeting to scrap a decree that would have shielded many politicians from…
Egypt executes Sinai militant Adel Habara
Egyptian prison authorities executed Thursday morning Adel Habara, a Sinai militant who was convicted of murder in…