Chairman of Suez Canal Osama Rabie told Youm7 Tuesday that MV EVER GIVEN container ship has been officially confiscated as the operating company is unwilling to pay the compensation worth $900 million.
HRW says over 12,300 Sinai buildings razed by Egypt army
Egyptian troops have demolished more than 12,300 buildings in the Sinai Peninsula since 2013 in a ca…
Egypt’s stateless keep receiving empty promises of citizenship
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior has recently granted citizenship to three stateless individuals wh…
The Implications of Egypt’s Military Economy
The Carnegie report “Owners of the Republic: An Anatomy of Egypt’s Military Economy” details how the…
Anti-gov’t protests in Egypt’s Giza amid tight security presence
Dozens of anti-government protesters took to the streets in the Egyptian governorate of Giza on Sund…
Egypt sends 150 troops to Syria to ‘fight for Assad’
Egypt has reportedly sent 150 soldiers to fight alongside Bashar al-Assad‘s regime in a planne…
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Rights group warns of rising number of prisons in Egypt
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) yesterday warned of the rapid increase in the number of prisons in Egypt, since the January 25 Revolution in 2011.
Lavrov tells Sisi Russia rejects any harm to Egypt’s historic water rights
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov affirmed Moscow’s rejection of any harm to the Egyptian historic water rights, as he discussed in Cairo the Ethiopian dam dispute with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Monday.
Egypt warns Ethiopia against GERD action, says will take ‘serious’ measures
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Sunday that his country would take “serious” measures to protect water security and deal with any irresponsible move by Ethiopia regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Egypt, Greece, Cyprus edge closer militarily, but may be risking face-off with Turkey
The latest signing of a tripartite cooperation program deal between Egypt, Greece and Cyprus will strengthen military coordination between the three states and allow them to act together in the face of threats in the Eastern Mediterranean, military and political analysts in Cairo said.
Egyptian prosecutors find gross negligence behind train crash
Egyptian prosecutors say they found gross negligence by railway employees to be behind a deadly train crash that caused public outcry across the country, adding that drugs were allegedly involved.