No Military Trials for Civilians rejects amendments to terrorism draft law
Opposition group says amendments only serve to “beautify” military trials
EOHR calls for release of Maadi metro detainees
Organisation decries the continued preventative detention of 25 January anniversary detainees
Egyptian Pound strengthens fractionally, unchanged on black market
Reuters - The Egyptian pound strengthened fractionally at a central bank currency…
Doctors strike for the third time in 2014
The Doctors’ Syndicate will hold an extraordinary session of the general assembly…
Galal approves allocation of EGP 1.31bn funding to healthcare, education, other sectors
Allocations aimed at improving public services for citizens, finance minister says
YNN team released on bail
Network faces charges of incomplete legal documents required for an operating permit
Israeli ministers harangue Kerry over boycott remark
Washington’s top diplomat also referred to “talk of boycotts” of Israel.
Baghdad attacks kill 16 as Iraq presses Anbar assault
The assassinations in particular harken back to Iraq’s brutal Sunni-Shi’a sectarian war…
Al-Qaeda disavows ISIL in Syria
Rebels have accused ISIL of seeking to consolidate power rather than fighting…
Egypt to try 5 Mossad agents
Israel foreign ministry “not aware” of allegations, described as “obviously preposterous”