Egypt’s army spokesperson Tamer El Refa’ai said on Tuesday that Egyptian a group of airborne forces left the country to partake in a joint military exercise that will take place in Russia on Tuesday, with the participation of military forces from Russia and Belarus.

While in Cyprus, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed July 31 with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides bilateral cooperation in oil fields in the eastern Mediterranean.

Ramy Shaath, whose father is former senior Palestinian diplomat and negotiator Nabeel Shaath, has been detained on charges of assisting a terrorist group based on “findings” that he and his lawyer have not been allowed to examine, the family said in a statement on Wednesday.

Hours after the United Nations decided to postpone a planned anti-torture conference in Cairo, over 80 prominent human rights workers, lawyers, journalists, activists and public figures in Egypt called on the UN to “explicitly cancel or reallocate the event to another country with the minimum respect for human rights,” in …

Fears are rising in Egypt over the Egyptian president appointment of top judges for the first time in the country’s modern history, criticism of the judiciary’s lack of independence is rampant.

On Aug. 5, Egyptian public prosecutor Nabil Sadek ordered the urgent referral of 11 defendants, including four Libyans, to the National Security Court (NSC). They were accused of spying for members of the Islamic State (IS) in Libya with the aim of committing terrorist crimes against Egyptians in Libya.

Though water-scarce Egypt is on the verge of flood season, Cairo has declared a state of emergency due to a decline in water flow from last year. Yet water experts say the country is in good enough shape because of its reserves and water conservation measures.

The United Nations has decided to postpone a regional conference on torture that was due to be held in Egypt in September, following an outcry by human rights organisations, a UN spokesperson told Middle East Eye on Tuesday.

Egypt’s Administrative Control Authority arrested on Tuesday the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation Ahmed Selim, who had been caught red-handed over bribery at his office.

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi ordered on Sunday Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli to empty Cairo from ministries and state administrative headquarters by 2020 as part of state efforts to develop the historic city.