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Senior European diplomatic sources said that EU envoy Bernardino León's short visit to Cairo on Tuesday, during which he met with both Egyptian officials and representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood, did not lead to any tangible results. The sources attributed the visit's failure to the interim government's lack of...

The Egyptian authorities have transferred ousted President Mohammed Morsi from a hospital room to solitary confinement in the Burg Al-Arab Prison. According to Assistant Interior Minister Ahmed Helmi, Morsi, who is being remanded in custody pending his trial on charges related to the so-called "Ittihadia" case, has completed the...

VIDEO Egypt's security expert, General Abdul Hamid Omran has denounced the coup leaders who employed an Israeli company to provide maritime security to the Suez Canal. During an interview with al Jazeera network Oman asked why a foreign company was employed to secure the Suez Canal when Egypt's second...

Egypt's Aswan city suffered a further economic setback when it failed to join the World Travel Market forum in London. The governorate officials' negligence deprived Egypt's tourism sector of a golden opportunity to promote the city's cultural heritage during the world's most important tourism event. In the midst of...

An economic study by HSBC Bank concluded that Egypt is the worst place to host expatriate workers. The Washington Post published the study's results, indicating that Egypt, which ranked last, suffers from a growing phobia against foreigners since the military coup that ousted elected President Mohammed Morsi, and which...

The prominent Salafi Jihadi Islamist Jordanian Palestinian leader; Issam Barqawi, better known as Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, has strongly condemned members of his movement who attacked the Muslim Brotherhood during their plight in Egypt. Al Maqdisi, who is in the custody of Jordanian authorities, has addressed members of his movement...

The butane gas crisis has escalated in Egypt with the price of a barrel ranging between 60 and 70 Egyptian pounds. Egyptians have held the interim government responsible for the high prices and short supply. They are concerned by the approach of winter and noted that it was hard...

In the wake of suspending the national dialogue in Tunis, head of the Islamist Al-Nahda movement Rashid Al-Ghanouchi ruled out fears of a coup in his country, Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday. The national dialogue in Tunis was suspended as the political parties had failed to reach a...

The interim Egyptian presidents' spokesman, Ehab Badawi, has said that Egypt will reassess its relations with Turkey in light of Turkey's contradictory messages towards the country. Badawi said the "Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan's, narrow partisan vision has forced Egypt and Turkish- Egyptian relations towards a path that...

Amnesty International North Africa campaigner, Nicholas Piachaud has confirmed that Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi's human rights have been violated. Piachaud accused the Egyptian authorities of undermining Morsi, who is Egypt's first democratically elected President, right to a fair trial.   Piachaud told Anadolu news agency that the first session...

The Egyptian media have reported revelations from sources claiming that the UAE has placed conditions on its financial assistance to Egypt. According to the sources, the conditions included knowing and monitoring the spending of loans, stopping all media incitements against the country and drafting a law that protects Arab...

Ahmad Shafiq, Egypt's former presidential candidate has exposed details of a counter-revolution that the Egyptian government has planned against the January revolution. Shafiq has reappeared after a suspicious disappearance with a 'bombshell' that could thwart the coup's supporters' plans. Egypt's al Youm 7 newspaper revealed that Shafiq now supports...

Video Published by pro-coup Al Watan newspaper, November 3, 2013. Below is the transcript of the video. (The coup) is legally a full-fledged crime. Hence, I am the president of the republic according to the existing constitution in the country (words missing), a blow to the institution. It turns...

A group of generals in the Egyptian army, along with the leadership of a military services branch, have met with ousted President Mohammed Morsi to launch a campaign called the "Initiative of Repentance," a senior source in the army said. Speaking to the Egyptian social news website Rassd, the...

VIDEO Mohammad Salim Al-Awa, a member of the legal committee defending Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, and 13 members of his government, revealed details of his half hour meeting with Morsi in Burj Al-Arab prison. He said that the President was in good health and high spirits. Al-Awa and two...

General Omar Afifi, an Egyptian political refugee in the US, has criticised Egypt's Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for denying media channels the right to broadcast the trial of former President Mohammed Morsi. Afifi posted the following comments on Facebook: "General Al-Sisi has insulted and despised the Egyptian...

A report by the Arab Organisation for Human Rights has revealed that an Israeli company, Seagull Maritime Security, provides maritime security services for cruises and cargo ships passing through the Suez Canal in Egypt. The Egyptian authorities have granted the company a license to work in the Suez Canal,...

Former Egyptian presidential candidate Dr Mohammad Salim Al-Awa has said that he will sue Sky News for attributing false information about the Rabaa al-Adawiyya massacre to him. Al-Awa denied news, reported by the Sky News Network, that he told them that he had a list of security officers who...

The families of victims who died during clashes outside the Itihadiya presidential palace in December 2012 have condemned a decision by Egyptian authorities to exclude the names of eight out of the ten victims. The names are being excluded due to their political affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood. The...

VIDEO At the first hearing of his 'trial' in Cairo today Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi told the judge the case against him is illegitimate as he remains president. Morsi refused to wear the stipulated white track suit assigned to prisoners and instead wore a formal dark suit. He...

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has avowed that the Egyptian people will not abandon their freedom, dignity and values and will march against the frivolous and oppressive trial of their President. They will prove, to the world, that they will pursue their grievances and will not abandon the fight for legitimacy...

Upon his first appearance in court, ousted Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, introduced himself before as "the legal president of Egypt," and waved his hand with the Rabaa al-Adawiyya massacre symbol. From inside the court, Morsi said, "I am Dr Mohammed Morsi, the legal president of the Arab Republic of...

Egyptian pro-coup TV channel CBC's decision to cancel the ironic show of the famous Egyptian sarcastic TV presenter Bassem Youssef has aroused a wave of angry responses among Egyptians. Spokesman of the coup, president Ahmed al-Maslamani, said: "The presidential institution respects freedom of speech." He said to a TV...

The head of el-Wafd Party and a leading member of the National Salvation Front, has said that his opposition group will support the coup's leader, defence minister, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, if he runs for the presidential elections scheduled for next year.   In an interview with the UAE-based news...

Egyptian security services prevented anti-coup journalists and solicitors from attending ousted president, Mohammed Morsi's, trial.   Sources said that Court of Appeal in Cairo decided to hold the hearing at the Police Academy's head office in Al-Qahera Al-Jadida. Security sources said that the trial would not be aired live....

Egyptian security forces have closed Tahrir Square to vehicles and pedestrians to prevent mass protests developing in the square.   A joint Egyptian army and police force prevented cars and pedestrians, including employees of the Tahrir complex, from entering the square. The tight security measures are taken as Egypt's...

PHOTOS The Egyptian judiciary is to prosecute ousted president Mohammed Morsi, the first ever elected Egyptian president, for inciting the killing of protesters, Reuters reported on Monday. A report published by Reuters said that the same judiciary had protected security staff that had actually killed protesters on January 25,...

Egyptian politician Amr Mousa has been denied a place in the Association of Arab Parliamentarians because he holds no official position in the coup-led government. Although he is heading the so-called "Committee of Fifty" in Egypt, made up of pro-coup politicians trying to modify the constitution, an official of...

The defence minister and a number of army officials carried out a military coup on July 3, 2013 against the legitimate government of Egypt that came into office by means of free and fair elections that reflected the people's will. The coup leaders captured the legitimate and elected civilian...

US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has told the Washington Post that Egypt's economy will collapse if the military continues to rule the country. As Graham explained to veteran reporter David Ignatius, "This is a power grab by the military. It's unsustainable." Ignatius himself is concerned about the implications of...

On Friday the South African foreign minister criticised the Israeli occupation of Palestine and said that it reminded her of the era of racial discrimination in her country, news agencies reported. "The Palestinians' struggle is our struggle," international relations minister of South Africa Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said. "The last time...

Egyptian General Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi, who carried out the coup against the freely elected president, has called for immunising the military institution for at least 10 years, a recorded interview with an Egyptian journalist revealed on Friday. Part of the recorded interview was aired on Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr on Friday...

The Secrets of Arabia web site has learned that Egypt's interim Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim expressed severe frustration during the last cabinet meeting in Cairo, admitting that all security measures, arrests and acts of repression have failed to prevent or even to hinder anti-coup demonstrations. A source familiar with...

Senior Muslim Brotherhood official and Vice-President of the Freedom and Justice Party Essam El-Erian has been arrested by the coup authorities in Egypt. According to security sources, El-Erian was detained while visiting one of his friends in eastern Cairo. The interior ministry said that its officers faced no resistance...

Hafez Abu Saada, a member of Egypt's National Council for Human Rights, a governmental body, has revealed that the General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, refused to meet with the council's delegation to the Tora prison outside of Cairo on Tuesday, telling them to "go and visit...

Egyptian police forces have stormed al Azhar University campus at the request of its dean, Dr Osama Albed, to 'protect the university's properties and students' lives'. The Egyptian interior ministry explained, in a press statement, that some university students affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and some students from the...

Three judges due to preside in the trial of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood have decided to step down from the proceedings. The case scheduled at the Cairo Criminal Court is the trial of Supreme Guide Mohamed Badei and his deputies Khairat El-Shater and Mohamed Rashad Bayoumi. All...

The media advisor of the interim president of Egypt has revealed that the government has put Britain's Guardian newspaper on the blacklist of "misled media". Ahmed Maslamany claimed that the Guardian has "lost much of its credibility among Egyptian readers by turning hostile to June's revolution and acting...

A senior member of Syria's opposition has been "harassed" and detained at Cairo International Airport. This is the second time that the National Coalition's Haitham Al-Maleh has been treated in such a way by the Egyptian authorities. He was detained for two hours following his arrival from London where...

Abdel-Fattah Ibrahim, head of Egypt's Textile Union has said the government will not be able to fulfil its financial obligations, which amount to 80 million Egyptian pounds towards 70,000 employees who work in the State's 32 companies. Ibrahim said in a press statement reported in Al Masry Al Youm...

Egypt's Sports Minister, Taher Abu-Zaid, has ordered the council of the Egyptian Football Union not to sell the broadcasting rights for the country's Premier League to Al-Jazeera Sport Channel. Officials in the Football Union are now facing an embarrassing situation because the memorandum of conditions does not include any...

In the few months since the ousting of President Mohamed Morsi, a major justification put forward by apologists for the coup has been that it was necessary to increase Egypt's economic prosperity. The "interim" government headed by Hazem Beblawi is, after all, backed by a number of leading economists....

Egypt's aviation authorities at Cairo international airport have said that three airline companies had to cancel five scheduled flights to Saudi Arabia, Italy, Jordan and Libya on Sunday due to low traffic and economic revenue. The cancelled flights were Egypt Air, flight 601 to Yanbu; Saudi Arabia, flight 930...

Dr Amr Darraj, a leader of Egypt's Anti-Coup Alliance, has revealed that the interim government is offering the Muslim Brotherhood a post as Head of the Cabinet to resolve the political crisis. Darraj, who is also the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Freedom and Justice Party,...

Egypt's Ministry of Sports has decided to ban Kung Fu Champion Mohammad Yousuf from representing Egypt in the next round of international events after he made a gesture with four fingers symbolising support for the Rabaa Al-Adawiyya while receiving the gold medal at the World Championship in Saint Petersburg,...

Moheb Dous, a founding member of Egypt's Tamarrod movement, believes that none of its members have benefited from the movement, claiming that the only ones who have benefitted are certain bodies who were interested in the group's emergence for political purposes. In a video published on the web site...

The leader of Tunisia's Al-Nahda Party has said that he and his colleagues have full confidence in the country's political factions. Shaikh Rashid Ghannouchi said on Sunday that all parties are serious about forming a "reconciliation government" and proper supervision of the elections. "Such a government means that no...

Tunisia's ruling EnNahda party has started a national dialogue on Friday with the opposition 'Salvation Front' to form a caretaker government and prepare for general elections. The dialogue is aimed at ending the political crisis in the country. Most of the country's secular and leftist parties have decided to...

VIDEO A Sinai-based jihadist-Salafi group has released a 30-minute video which it claims is the attempted assassination of Egypt's interim interior minister. Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis (Supporters of Jerusalem) said that the attack on General Mohamed Ibrahim was carried out by a former army officer named as Walid Badir on...

Algeria's ruling National Liberation Front Party has announced that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will run for a fourth presidential term in the elections scheduled to take place next April. Ammar Saadani, the party's Secretary General, told members, "I announce to you officially that the National Liberation Front will nominate party...