An Egyptian police officer was wounded and seven suspected militants were killed Thursday in a firefight and raid in the capital Cairo, the interior ministry said. Militants “opened fire” on security forces at a checkpoint on the southern part of the city’s ring road, leaving one officer wounded and three ...
Egypt’s transport minister resigned on Wednesday, the cabinet said, hours after a deadly train crash killed 20 at Cairo’s central railway station. “Transport Minister Hisham Arafat submitted his resignation … and the prime minister accepted,” the cabinet said in a statement.
