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Defense ministers and army chiefs of staff of Arab countries met lately in Cairo to discuss the project of setting up a joint military force to be deployed to defend common interest and ward off terror threats. The idea to create a joint Arab army came up after Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies formed […]
A court in Cairo sentenced a policeman 25 years of imprisonment, a death sentence on sexual assault charges on an ill girl at Imbaba police station. A few days after the gloomy report by FIDH (International Federation of Human Rights) accusing them of sexual abuses, Egypt authorities have handed death sentence a policeman. Officials said […]
A 40-page analysis report drafted by Steen Lau Jorgensen, World Bank’s director for Gaza and the West Bank, has highlighted that Gaza’s economy is “on the verge of collapse” due to restrictions, poor governance and internal struggles. The report described Gaza’s economy as the worst in the world with almost half of the 1.8million people […]
President Sisi said during his third monthly speech focused on corruption and national security that the country’s security should not be taken for granted. His speech coincided with the report on the findings of independent forensic acoustic experts of a tape recording where Sisi is allegedly heard planning to divert funds donated by the Gulf […]
The Egyptian government has acquired a strategic ally in its fight against extremist and terrorist groups operating in the Sinai Peninsula after 38 Egyptian tribes based in the region announced there will to cooperate with the state. The decision was taken during the first meeting of the Sinai Tribal Federation and it is believed that […]
Egyptian President al-Sisi welcomed at the Cairo International Airport on Thursday 27 Ethiopians who had been abducted in Libya and who were freed thanks to Egypt’s intervention. Egypt helped rescue the Ethiopians at the request of Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom. The execution of around 30 Ethiopian Christians by ISIS in Libya last April triggered […]
Crisis marring the Egyptian national carrier, Egypt Air, is not yet over as pilots striking against the new financial regulations have threatened to resign while the Egyptian Civilian Pilots Syndicate tackles the Civil Aviation Authority in the court room over the labor law. At least 25% of the airlines’ pilots have tendered a mass resignation […]
The newly appointed head of the recently formed Muslim Brotherhood Bureau in Exile, Ahmed Abdul-Rahman, has acknowledged that the Muslim Brotherhood committed errors and a “radical review” of the group’s charter has begun. In the same vein, he apologized to Egypt and her people for the “mistake” that the Brotherhood committed even though he didn’t […]
Parliamentary election will not be held until after July if the comments of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ibrahim El-Heneidy are anything to go by. The Minister also heads the government-appointed drafting committee tasked with reviewing the electoral law after the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruled that some articles were unconstitutional. The news could come as a […]
The Islamic State group has released a video showing its militants savagely beheading and shooting 30 Ethiopian Christians captured in Libya. This is the first time that ISIS, which gained a foothold in Libya, targets Ethiopia which has sent soldiers to Somalia to fight Al Shabab Islamist rebels within the frame of the African forces. […]