Business Egypt agrees $3 billion loan with IMF as pound hits new low Cairo – Egypt has clinched a $3 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund against the backdrop of... Read more 28 Oct, 2022
Countries Egypt orders release of jailed activist Zyad el-Elaimy Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned a former parliamentarian, lawyer and key activist from the 2011... Read more 25 Oct, 2022
Countries Family of detained Egyptian activist stage UK protest London – Supporters of prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah gathered in London on Tuesday to mark his 200... Read more 20 Oct, 2022
Countries Egypt arrests man in new femicide case Cairo – Egyptian police arrested a man accused of killing his fiancee, the public prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday, as... Read more 19 Oct, 2022
Countries Egypt military court cuts sentence of security expert Cairo – An Egyptian military court on Monday reduced the sentence of security expert Ismail Alexandrani, whose incarceration since... Read more 18 Oct, 2022
Arts and Leisure Egypt temporarily bans hugely popular ‘mahraganat’ singers Cairo – Egypt’s state-affiliated musicians’ union on Sunday announced a temporary ban on electro-beat “mahraganat” singers, the cultural establishment’s... Read more 17 Oct, 2022
Countries British Museum hails Rosetta Stone’s role in cracking hieroglyphs London – The Rosetta Stone stars in a new exhibition opening on Thursday at the British Museum marking one... Read more 12 Oct, 2022
Countries Saudi Arabia jails 10 Egyptians for gathering, relatives say Dubai – A Saudi judge on Monday sentenced 10 Egyptian men for up to 18 years for having tried... Read more 11 Oct, 2022
Countries Heat-resilient Red Sea reefs offer last stand for corals Marsa Alam – Beneath the waters off Egypt’s Red Sea coast a kaleidoscopic ecosystem teems with life that could... Read more 10 Oct, 2022
Business Greece and Egypt call Turkish-Libyan gas deal ‘illegal’ Cairo – Egypt and Greece on Sunday said a deal allowing Turkish hydrocarbon exploration in Libya’s Mediterranean waters was... Read more 10 Oct, 2022