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The US State Department has approved the sale of 12 military transport planes to Egypt, in a deal worth more than $2 billion, the BBC reports. Air defence radar systems and other related equipment are also being sold for another $300m. The arms sales come despite recent criticism from the …

Two people died and eight others are missing after a truck plunged into River Nile in Egypt. The accident happened outside the capital Cairo when the truck was on board an unlicensed ferry. 14 survivors have so far been rescued, as rescue operations have continued at the river. The truck …

Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday, after being tried on charges of spreading fake news, Reuters agency reports. Two other persons including blogger Mohamed Ibrahim and lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer, who faced the same charges, were sentenced to four years. Abdel Fattah’s …

Govenment in Egypt has set a law on drugs in the workplace, which means that civil servants can be dismissed if proven to be drug users. On May 23, the Egyptian House of Representatives approved a bill dismissing drug addicts state servants from their job. The parliament said at the …

Three people were killed in Egypt and 450 others injured by scorpion stings in the southern city of Aswan. It was caused by hail and thunderstorms in the area near the Nile which were particularly violent. Scorpions are regularly washed into the streets by heavy rains. Additional doses of the …

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced that the state of emergency which has been in force since April 2017 in the country is now lifted. In a Facebook post, President Sisi announced that he would not be extending the state of emergency because Egypt had become “an oasis of …

The Egyptian activist Mozn Hassan who had been accused of receiving foreign funding to harm national security says the authorities have closed the case against her, after more than five years of an asset freeze and travel ban. A judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to press charges against …

Egyptian Council of State has announced that 98 women had been appointed judges in one of the country’s main judicial bodies, for the first time. The judges were sworn in before the council’s chief judge in an event in the capital Cairo on Tuesday. Their appointment comes months after President …

Government in Egypt has announced that it will bar unvaccinated public service workers from entering its buildings from mid next month. A cabinet notice on Sunday said workers would have to be vaccinated or take a weekly Covid test to be allowed into government buildings from 15 November. Egypt has …

A big fire has swept through the main square of a landmark concert hall and conference centre in Egypt where the country’s top film festival is due to open on Thursday. A plume of black smoke rose from where the opening and closing ceremonies of El Gouna film festival are …