Al-Sisi meets African environment ministers

Ministers met on the side lines of AMCEN 15 organised by UNEP in Cairo

Daily News Egypt

Cabinet entrusts drafting committee to amend unconstitutional elections law

Amendments could be reached within month, will feature change in numbers of seats, says constitutional law expert

Mahmoud Mostafa

Court closes Khaled Said ‘police torture’ case

Court refused the appeal, the defendants were sentenced to ten years in prison

Daily News Egypt

Photojournalist Gamal Ziada, Al-Azhar students on trial for protesting

Authorities would not differentiate reporter from students despite proof, says lawyer

Amira El-Fekki

2014 was escalating year for protests in Egypt: ANHRI 

Despite numerous freedom restricting legislations, 2014 witnessed an escalation in protests in Egypt, reports human rights organisation

Nourhan Fahmy

Netanyahu criticises Iran nuclear negotiations in Congress speech, Obama objects

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heavily rejected possible deal between the P5+1 group and Iran in his speech on Tuesday

Daily News Egypt

Hamas members in Egypt to be arrested, assets frozen: Justice Minister

Group leaders demanded Saudi intervention to revoke verdict

Adham Youssef

Scrutiny grows on human rights in Egypt in run-up to Economic Summit

British-based NGO questions the ethics of investment without scrutiny at a time of widespread rights abuses

Emir Nader

Shoukry seeks mutual agreement between Egypt, Nile basin countries

Egyptian Foreign Minister currently in Khartoum for GERD talks

Daily News Egypt

Egypt, Russia to hold naval exercise: Russian state media

Report come as Defence Minister Sobki meets his counterpart in Russia to discuss military cooperation in “fighting terrorism”

Menan Khater