Topic: Masry al-Youm

Egypt's former ruler Hosni Mubarak was freed on Monday after being cleared of involvement in the killing of peaceful protesters, state media reported.

The Carter Center announced it will close its office in Egypt and cancel planned monitoring of Egypt's parliamentary elections citing political suppression.

The Egyptian government confiscated all copies of a major Cairo newspaper to censor an article.

Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi said Al Jazeera journalists should have been deported, rather than convicted, for supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Egyptian pro-democracy blogger Bassem Sabry died Tuesday at the age of 31, reportedly from a fall off a balcony in Cairo.

Banks in Egypt have begun refusing to accept financial transfers or recognize invoices from client banks of Egyptian exporters in Sudan, Syria and Libya.

A Cairo court Thursday sentenced Mubarak-era official Anas al-Fiqqi to a year of hard labor after charges of illegal gains through abuse of power.

Russia's discussions with Egypt on a $3 billion arms deal underlines a major drive by Moscow to boost arms sales in the Middle East as it strives to upgrade its once powerful defense industry with a 10-year, $755 billion spending program.

Nineteen armed members of the Muslim Brotherhood have been arrested in the town of Ismailia, an Egyptian military spokesman said Saturday.

Egyptian paramedics said they may refuse to handle cases of suspected bird flu because the government has not given them a flu shot.