Fact-checking platform Matsda2sh says employee Karim Asaad was arrested after he wrote extensively about a plane seized in Zambia earlier this month after a stop in Cairo

Online comedian Shady Sorour, 24, arrested after returning from US; he is to be tried for allegedly inciting protests to overthrow the government

All three will remain in detention for 15 days, which can be renewed indefinitely; defense team says they are held in relation to recent arrests of professors, lawyers, journalists

Security forces had arrested 3 Mada Masr editors following article alleging that President Sissi's son was being transferred to diplomatic posting following internal criticism

Longstanding racist trope in Middle East entertainment is rooted in history of slavery, expert says