Egypt

Blast hits area near church in Egypt’s Tanta

Apr 09, 2017 04:49

At least 15 people have been killed and more than 40 others injured in an explosion that hit an area near a church in the northern Egyptian city of Tanta, sources say.
Egyptian lawyer appeals court verdict giving islands to Saudi Arabia

Apr 03, 2017 12:44

An Egyptian lawyer has launched an appeal against a recent court ruling which lifted a block on the transfer of two Red Sea islands to the Saudi regime under a controversial deal.
HRW: Zionist entity 'systematically' barring entry into Gaza

Apr 03, 2017 07:50

Human Rights Watch has denounced the illegal Zionist entity for "systematically" banning the international group's researchers from entering the blockaded Gaza Strip to document Tel Aviv's abuses.
Americans hold demonstration ahead of Trump-Sisi meeting

Apr 03, 2017 07:50

Protesters in the US capital have urged President Donald Trump to grill Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi over his government’s human rights record, as the White House prepares to roll out the red carpet for him later on Monday.
Bomb blast near police training center leaves 16 casualties in Egypt’s Nile Delta

Apr 02, 2017 01:31

A newly-emerged terrorist group in Egypt has detonated a motorcycle bomb in the country’s Nile Delta region, killing a policeman and wounding 15 other people.
Egypt, US courting one another again

Apr 01, 2017 08:46

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is to go on his maiden state visit to the White House, where he is expected to get a warmer reception than he ever would have under the former US administration.
Egyptian court jails 56 over refugee boat shipwreck

Mar 26, 2017 09:57

An Egyptian court sentenced 56 people to prison terms of up to 14 years on Sunday over the capsizing of a boat that killed over 200 people, one of the deadliest disasters in the dangerous Mediterranean crossings of migrants to Europe.
Four Egyptian soldiers killed by explosion in Sinai

Mar 26, 2017 00:59

Four Egyptian soldiers were killed in an explosion that hit their armored vehicle on Saturday in the northern Sinai Peninsula, where the government is battling a Daesh-led insurgency, security sources said.
Mubarak walks free for first time in six years

Mar 24, 2017 07:37

Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak has walked free for the first time in six years, his lawyer says.
Egypt court orders corruption probe into Mubarak

Mar 24, 2017 03:30

An Egyptian court ordered on Thursday a renewed corruption probe into ousted president Hosni Mubarak, who has been cleared for release after almost six years in detention, judicial officials said.