All Stories

February 5, 2014

Detained Palestinian and Syrian refugees begin hunger strike in Egypt

About 50 Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Egyptian prisons started a hunger strike on Friday in protest against the inhuman conditions of their detention, an official for the UN...

News
February 5, 2014

Egypt expels Turkish ambassador

The Egyptian coup authorities have today ordered the Turkish ambassador to leave the country saying that Turkey has blatantly interfered in Egypt’s internal affairs, a foreign ministry statement said....

News
February 5, 2014

Egypt’s coup leaders call for end to subsidies on basic goods

VIDEO In a new leaked audio tape, the Egyptian coup leader Gen. Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi has called for an end to subsidies on bread and energy in Egypt, as well...

News
February 5, 2014

Russia and Egypt to sign missile deal

The head of state industrial holding company Rostec said on Monday that Russia is to provide Egypt with air defence missile systems. Sergei Chemezov told the state-run RIA Novosti...

News
February 5, 2014

Egypt’s Committee of 50 abolishes constitutional guarantee for workers and peasants

Egypt’s Committee of 50 has decided to abolish an article in the former constitution dictating that workers and farmers occupy at least 50 per cent of parliamentary seats. The...

News
February 5, 2014

President Morsi’s wife: Morsi says to remain resistant and steadfast

VIDEO Al-Jazeera Mubashir Misr recently interviewed Mrs Najla Mahmoud, wife of President Mohammed Morsi, regarding her visit to the president in Borg Al-Arab prison, prior to the commencement of...

News
February 5, 2014

Kuwaiti judicial source: Grant offered to Egypt requires parliamentary approval

A Kuwaiti judicial source, in an exclusive statement to the Anadolu news agency on Sunday, revealed that the $4 billion aid package that Kuwait is offering to Egypt must...

News
February 5, 2014

Egypt recovers 90 Pharaonic artefacts from Israel

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities has recovered 90 artefacts that were displayed for sale by an auction house in Jerusalem. Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, Dr Mohammed Ibrahim, said that...

News
February 5, 2014

Egyptian decision to close tunnels is “irreversible”

Palestinian sources have claimed that the Egyptian authorities’ decision to close the smuggling tunnels under the border between Gaza and Egypt is “irreversible”. According to Al Hayat newspaper, the...

News
February 5, 2014

HRW: Egypt has detained 1,500 refugees from Syria

Human Rights Watch issued a report on Monday accusing the Egyptian authorities of detaining around 1,500 refugees who fled the internal conflict in Syria and preparing to deport them...

News

All Stories Archive

Subscribe to our newsletter