Egypt warned against ignoring UN Security Council resolutions related to the Middle East, or being being selective in their application, according to an official statement. Read More
The Egyptian government's destruction of thousands of buildings in the Rafah border area to "counter the threat of smuggling tunnels was likely disproportionate," HRW said in a report on Tuesday. Read More
The Egyptian military announced the killing of 10 insurgents, which it says belonged to “an extremely dangerous, armed terrorist cell” near Bahareya Oasis in the Western Desert, according to a press release on their official Facebook page. Read More
The prescription painkiller Tramadol has ranked first among illicit drugs abused in Egypt, taken by 40.7 percent of drug abusers, Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali said, quoting information obtained by the Anti-Addiction Fund's hotline. Read More
Egypt received the highest official development assistance (ODA) valuing $5.5 billion in 2013, said United Nations' report on Friday. Read More
Mubarak-era politician Ahmed Ezz decided Monday against changing the judges' panel ruling on his case to run for the parliamentary elections. Read More
A string of coordinated attacks on military checkpoints and a police station in North Sinai's Sheikh Zuweid is "moving in the same direction" as that of Islamic State fighters, an analyst said. Read More
A year into his rule, one of the most challenging files on the president's in-tray was militancy, which in Egypt has taken the Sinai Peninsula as its base. Read More
Egypt's central bank is expected to keep interest rates on hold on Thursday, choosing not to cut borrowing costs to boost a slowing economy after inflation hit a five-month high in March. Read More
Egypt's return to the international debt market after a five-year gap is set to attract heavy demand - so heavy that the new bonds risk pricing at precariously high levels. Read More
When President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said people should not moan about Egypt because it was not like war-ravaged Iraq or Syria, his remark gave birth to a joke: New Egyptian passports should read "The Country not like Iraq or Syria." Read More
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