Tag: Cairo

Egypt: roadside explosion injured three people in Cairo

March 10, 2016

A roadside bomb explosion in a populated neighborhood of Cairo late Wednesday injured three people and damaged police cars, reports say. State-run news agency Mena ... Read More

Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood Killed Barakat, Cairo

March 6, 2016

Egyptian authorities have claimed that Hisham Barakat, the country’s chief prosecutor, was assassinated June last year in a plot planned by the country’s Muslim Brotherhood ... Read More

Egypt: MP Kicked out of Parliament over Meeting with Israeli Envoy

March 3, 2016

The Egyptian Parliament Wednesday decided to revoke the membership of independent lawmaker Tawfiq Okasha following his meeting with Israeli envoy to Cairo late last month. ... Read More

Arab League S.G to Step Down in July, Successor already Picked up

February 29, 2016

The Arab League will be choosing a new Secretary General in July after Nabil al-Arabi revealed that he had told the Egyptian Government not to ... Read More

Egypt: Shoe Tossing in Parliament

February 29, 2016

Egyptian lawmakers received their colleague and television show anchor Tawfiq Okasha with shoe tossing Sunday to protest his recent meeting with Israeli envoy to Cairo ... Read More

Egypt: MPs Warn against Radical Economic Measures

February 22, 2016

Egyptian lawmakers have addressed a letter to Prime Minister Sherif Ismail warning against announcing critical economic and financial measures likely to affect the population. The ... Read More

Libya: HoR Pressured to Endorse Proposed Unity Government

February 19, 2016

Seven States, namely France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UAE, UK, and the US, Thursday issued a joint statement calling on the Libyan internationally recognized House of ... Read More

Egypt: Authorities Move to Close Anti-Torture Right Organization

February 18, 2016

An Egyptian prominent rights group fighting against human right abuses in police stations and prisons Wednesday denounced authorities’ clampdown as the group received orders to ... Read More

Egypt: Cairo Cancels Israeli Prime Minister’s Visit over Security Cooperation Disclosure

February 15, 2016

Egypt has cancelled a historic meeting between President al-Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz opened the lid over ... Read More

Egypt, Russia to Boost Trade, Industrial Cooperation

February 3, 2016

Egypt and Russia have signed several agreements and memoranda of understanding meant to boost trade and industrial cooperation between the two countries. The accords were ... Read More