Thaer Mansour

The fate of the detained protesters remains uncertain with no official statements released yet about their whereabouts or possible charges facing them.

Despite a technical state of peace with Israel since the late 1970s, Egyptians have mostly been at loggerheads with their successive regimes over normalisation.

Conflicting geopolitical interests have recently seen tensions soar in the Horn of Africa, with Somalia and Ethiopia's ties at their lowest point in many years.

A total of 16 journalists of the currently 24 detained Egyptian journalists have reportedly exceeded the legal duration of detention without trial.

The dog was spotted by an American paraglider over the Pyramid of Khafre in Giza, and his video has gone viral, resulting in an increase in tourism

UAE's bin Zayed pardoned three prominent Egyptian football figures after they had been sentenced to jail over assaulting a local security guard during a match.

IMF's Kristalina Georgieva's visit to Egypt will precede another by a delegation from the institution expected to review the country's economic reform progress.

Public protests have legally been banned in Egypt without a prior security permit, since the military under the then-defence minister Sisi seized power in 2013.

Travellers from around the world reacted to Schlappig's review and shared comments on social media platforms and on his blog about similar experiences.

No further details were immediately available about the identities or political affiliations of the individuals removed from the blacklist.