Egypt

Gunmen kill 12 Egyptian soldiers in Sinai

Oct 14, 2016 12:00

Twelve members of Egypt's security forces have been killed and eight others injured in an attack by gunmen suspected of having links to the Daesh Takfiri terrorists in the northeastern province of North Sinai.
Russia in talks with Egypt to lease military base: Report

Oct 10, 2016 11:08

Russia is in talks with Egypt to lease military facilities in the North African state, including an air base in the town of Sidi Barrani near the Mediterranean, a media report says.
Egypt appeals court ruling on Red Sea islands

Oct 09, 2016 03:13

An Egyptian court has begun hearing a government appeal against a lower court ruling that rejected Cairo’s handover of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.
Egypt police kill senior Muslim Brotherhood leader in raid

Oct 04, 2016 07:41

Egypt’s police have killed a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader and another member of the outlawed movement in a firefight in the capital Cairo.
Egypt arrests 4 journalists for spreading 'false news'

Oct 01, 2016 17:38

Police in Egypt have arrested four journalists reporting and conducting interviews on the street, amid the government’s crackdown on dissent.
Egypt, Saudi stances on Syria crisis different: Cairo

Sep 24, 2016 12:50

The Egyptian foreign minister says his country’s attitude toward the ongoing deadly conflict in Syria differs from that of Saudi Arabia, which has been supporting terrorist groups fighting to unseat the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
About 115 bodies pulled out after refugee boat sinks off Egypt coast

Sep 23, 2016 12:59

Egyptian rescue workers have pulled out from the Mediterranean Sea the bodies of more than a hundred refugees whose boat recently capsized near the coast of Egypt.
Egypt detains 4 suspected traffickers tied to deadly boat incident

Sep 22, 2016 14:55

Egyptian authorities have arrested at least four people in connection with the deaths of a group of refugees whose boat recently capsized in the Mediterranean.
Refugee boat capsizes off Egypt, 29 die

Sep 21, 2016 11:52

A boat transporting hundreds of refugees to Europe has capsized off the Mediterranean coast near the Egyptian city of Alexandria, killing at least 29 people.
Egypt freezes assets of rights campaigners, NGOs

Sep 18, 2016 04:05

An Egyptian court has upheld an earlier decision to freeze the assets of five prominent human rights defenders and three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as the government in Cairo keeps up its policy of repression.