9 dead, 6 injured in Egyptian bus crash
AL-ARISH: An Egyptian police official says a truck has slammed into a minibus traveling through the Sinai Desert, killing nine passengers and injuring six others.The official says the minibus was…
Appeals Court orders retrial of Hidelina case
CAIRO: The Cairo Court of Appeals annulled a previous Criminal Court ruling exonerating those accused in the infamous Hidelina defective blood bags case, and ordered a retrial.On Nov.7, the Appeals…
NCCM files complaint over FGM case
CAIRO: The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) filed a complaint to the Prosecutor General demanding an investigation into the case of a young girl left struggling for her…
Three Nile Badrawi operating rooms reopen
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health announced the re-opening of three operating rooms at Nile Badrawi Hospital in Maadi after all six were shut down last month by ministerial decree.Minister Hatem…
NCCM files complaint over recent FGM case
CAIRO: Tens of Egyptian Copts demonstrated Wednesday on the steps of the Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasiya over a land dispute involving their church in the town of Meet Neama in…
Abuse of women in the workplace on the rise, says study
CAIRO: When a bride-to-be appeared last Ramadan on Mahmoud Saad's hit show "Do'o El-Mazaher and talked about the working conditions at the textile factory where she works, she instantly touched…
COMMENTARY: What an idealistic America means
CAIRO: Americans are not hard to spot. Sure, the mix of skin colors and ethnicities could beguile an undisciplined observer, but there is plenty else to set them apart: accents,…
MP questions run down Upper Egypt highways
CAIRO: MP Hisham Al-Kady of the Muslim Brotherhood filed a parliamentary question to the speaker of the People's Assembly (PA) about the frequency of accidents on Egyptian highways, especially in…
