Ministerial committee responds to concerns about health insurance bill

Committee discussed updated version of bill with Doctors’ Syndicate members

Menan Khater

New fund to compensate victims of real estate fraud

Ministry of Housing awaits upcoming law to send to parliament for approval

Doaa Farid

Egypt wins African handball championship, books ticket to Rio Olympics

Egypt beat Tunisia (21-19) in the final of the African Handball Cup of Nations held Saturday night. This victory will also qualify Egypt for the 2017 IHF World Men’s Handball…

Mohamed Farouk

2 policemen killed in a blast in Rafah

Two policemen were killed Sunday in an explosion that targeted a police vehicle in Sinai’s Rafah city. At least two other policemen were injured as an improvised explosive device (IED)…

Daily News Egypt

‘Sinai Province’ attacks Armed Forces tank

Tribal sources say the attack killed one officer and injured four civilians

Adham Youssef

12 fishermen still missing in Sudan: Egyptian Foreign Ministry

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that two Egyptian fishermen have been rescued after a fishing boat sunk in Sudanese territorial waters on Saturday. Twelve other fishermen on board…

Daily News Egypt

‘Worth 100 Girls’: Social campaign calls attention to women with unique career paths

From Om Bassem the plumber to Asmaa the carpenter, “Worth 100 Girls” compiles 15 inspiring  stories of women fighting social taboos to earn their living

Rana Khaled

Anger mounts in Doctors Syndicate over police brutality

Assaulted doctor reportedly drops charges “under threat” from Matariya police station

Amira El-Fekki

China and the Middle East: Tilting towards Iran?

President Xi Jinping went from Riyadh to Iran this month to become the first foreign leader to do so following the lifting of international sanctions against the Islamic republic. Saudi…

James Dorsey

The president’s men

Any ruling regime cannot begin from ground zero, because simply it cannot destroy the pillars of the state overnight and re-build them in the same way it demolished them. This…

Charl Fouad Al-Masry