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Interior minister tours Matariya as volatile district braces for another night of dissent

Main road closed and reports of plain-clothed police officers patrolling streets after…

Emir Nader

Violations against detained protesters, lawyers on 25 January: NGOs

Lack of information and obstacles among the main concerns, say rights groups

Mahmoud Mostafa

Bird flu kills woman in Giza, 10th death this year

2 bird flu cases cured, says Ministry of Health

Daily News Egypt

New lawsuit filed to designate Hamas ‘terrorist organisation’

The lawsuit comes three days after Cairo Court of Urgent Matters rules…

Daily News Egypt

Bomb injures 7 security personnel in Greater Cairo

Three more bombs were dismantled in Qena and downtown Cairo

Daily News Egypt

Court to rule on designating 6 April as ‘terrorist organisation’

The court has scheduled the trial for 12 February

Daily News Egypt

Popular Alliance claim authorities banned Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh funeral

Al-Sabbagh's death brings former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi back to forefront of…

Amira El-Fekki

Women to protest at site of Shaimaa Al-Sabbagh killing

Organisers are certain bullet came from government and “refuse to be silenced”

Emir Nader

Egypt to apply for North Africa candidacy on UN Security Council

Foreign minister arrived in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to attend ministerial meetings…

Aya Nader

Court upholds jail term for activists Douma, Maher, and Adel

Activists were sentenced to 3 years in prison in December 2013

Amira El-Fekki