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Photojournalist released after false charge of Brotherhood membership
Al-Youm Al-Sabaa to begin investigations with journalist who reported her colleague
ECWR launches programme for 1,000 female politicians
Egypt’s ranking is “catastrophic” in women empowerment, says minister of solidarity
Croatian hostage beheaded
A photo that circulated the Internet showed Salopek’s body next to “Islamic State” flag
Bomb explodes in Fayoum, no injuries
The explosion took place near Fayoum police station and damaged three cars
Dozens of families evacuated in Aswan after sewage floods
Electricity outages interrupt work to clear waste-water
Court orders release of Islamist party leader
Al-Wasat Party chairman is to walk free from prison pending trial in a few days, says party spokesperson
In Pictures: Egypt’s bureaucrats rise up
Government employees at state-controlled Customs and Tax Authorities demand Minister of Finance’s resignation
Ministry of Social Solidarity, charity organisations send aid to Imbaba families
Dozens of families have been living in a big tent following the collapse of a building in the working-class neighbourhood
16 fishermen allegedly detained in Libya
Foreign ministry reiterates warning against fishing inside territorial waters of neighbouring countries
Endowments ministry fires preacher, bans Imam and launches investigations
The preacher is accused of leaving Salafi affiliated signs inside a mosque in Matariya
Policemen among 6 facing death penalty in Qena
Court has charged them with murder and possession of arms, killings of six in village fight
21 die due to country-wide heat wave
66 transported to hospitals after heat exhaustion
4 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members arrested
They were charged with violence and inciting against the regime
2 policemen killed, 3 injured in Al-Arish explosion
One of the deceased was a police officer, the second a conscript
Detained activist Ahmed Douma sends new letter from prison
“30 June was a dream which turned into a nightmare,” writes Douma
No reconciliation with Muslim Brotherhood: Al-Sisi’s speech to the world
It was a very brief written in-advance speech made by [President Abdel Fattah] Al-Sisi at the New Suez Canal inauguration celebration, where his improvisation was very brief and close to the context. What grabbed my attention, though, was when he spoke about the war on terrorism, or more clearly, the state’s war on the Muslim …
Israel struggles with racist underground
Israel is struggling with how to deal with groups, some of which are underground, that are linked to a banned nationalist political party that has emerged at the core of recent racist, anti-Palestinian incidents and include a militant football fan group that was responsible for last month’s violent clashes during a Europa League qualifier in …
Notes from America: The dark side of Western fascination with Africa
The West’s fascination with Africa as a wild jungle or uncivilised continent has a long history that still lives with us today. Most Americans know Africa through National Geographic specials, topless natives and free roaming animals – a continent void of civilised people and culture, only famine, danger and wild landscape. Africa has also long …
‘We were the first victims of the atomic bomb’
Seventy years after atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, New Mexicans say they’re still waiting for the US government to recognize them as the first victims. Teri Schultz reports from the US state of New Mexico. Tina Cordova’s grandfather Reynaldo Cordova was killed in Germany’s Hurtgen Forest in December 1944, one of hundreds of thousands …
First ‘Rabaa Operations Room’ appeal session scheduled for 1 October
Defendants charged with engineering violence in post-Rabaa Al-Adaweya dispersal events
Witness in torture case beaten into unconsciousness in Rashid
Police officer who assaulted witness was accused in torture case, says lawyer
Al-Sisi and Mehleb discuss Nile boat accident and Italy visit
The Prime Minister briefed the President on the measures the government took in response to the accident
Suez Cell trial adjourned to 29 August
Defendants did not attend Saturday session
Mehleb receives report on latest GERD meeting in Sudan
Meeting on contractual issues of counselling offices was successful, says Irrigation Minister
Croatian national kidnapped in Cairo
Efforts to find and arrest criminals involved in kidnapping, says police source
Egypt reiterates importance of studying GERD plan
Water ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan meet in Khartoum
Officer-turned-jihadist calls for war against Al-Sisi
Ashmawi’s call came in an audio message, according to SITE intelligence group
Morsi’s son released from prison after serving sentence
Former president’s son, Abdullah, was sentenced to a year in prison on drug abuse charges
Fishermen seek intervention for detained colleagues in Tunisia, Libya
One fisherman shot dead whilst detained in Libya, says head of syndicate
Steel prices decline in July
Production in July marked 130,825 tonnes