by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Oct 13, 2017 | Middle East
Cairo– Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has issued an order extending the state of emergency for another three months, starting Friday. The decision, which was published in the Official Gazette on Thursday, stated: “The armed and police forces shall take the...
by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Oct 9, 2017 | Middle East
Cairo- Three Arab candidates sit for the selection of UNESCO’s top post holder. Egyptian human rights activist Moushira Khattab, Lebanese lecturer in International Law at the Sorbonne School of Law Vera El Khoury Lacoeuilhe, and Qatari diplomat Hamad Bin Abdulaziz...
by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Sep 25, 2017 | Middle East
Cairo- Egyptian Interior Minister Lieutenant-General Majdi Abdul Ghaffar said his country is engaged in a fierce and unprecedented fight with terrorism, stressing “the police have taken the lead and succeeded in the past in carrying out pre-emptive attacks.”...
by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Sep 17, 2017 | Middle East
Cairo – An Egyptian court sentenced ousted President of Muslim Brotherhood Mohammed Morsi to 25 years in prison on Saturday in a final ruling over a case accusing him of espionage for Qatar. Originally, Morsi was sentenced to 40 years, but Egypt’s Court of...
by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Aug 13, 2017 | Middle East
Cairo- Public prosecutor Nabil Sadek formed a committee on Saturday that encompasses specialists from the army and the administrative authority to determine the responsible party for the terrible collision of Alexandria trains, which caused casualties. Security and...
