Egypt

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.
Egypt names five former generals as provincial governors

Sep 08, 2016 09:45

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has named five former army generals as new provincial governors as part of appointments that increase the influence of military and security figures on crucial bodies.
Two Egyptian officers killed in shooting attack in Sinai

Aug 23, 2016 11:45

Two Egyptian police officers have reportedly been killed in a shooting attack in the North African country’s restive Sinai Peninsula.
Two policemen killed, five injured in Egypt attack

Aug 21, 2016 13:30

A deadly attack on a checkpoint north of the Egyptian capital of Cairo claimed the lives of two police officers.
Egyptian court sentences 148 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to jail

Aug 18, 2016 14:56

An Egyptian military court has sentenced 418 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood movement to jail terms ranging from two years to life imprisonment.
Egypt’s state TV: 23 Egyptian workers kidnapped in Libya freed

Aug 12, 2016 14:43

Egypt’s state television reported Friday that 23 Egyptian workers kidnapped in Libya have been freed and returned to their country.
Bomb explosion kills 4, injures 7 in Egypt’s restive Sinai

Aug 06, 2016 03:18

An improvised explosive device (IED) has exploded in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula, leaving four people dead and seven others wounded.
Egypt says killed Daesh leader in Sinai Peninsula

Aug 04, 2016 16:08

The Egyptian military says it has killed the leader of the Daesh Takfiri group operating in a restive Sinai region northeast of the country.
Takfiri group kills senior Egyptian police officer in restive Sinai

Jul 25, 2016 11:31

A high-ranking Egyptian police officer has been shot dead by a militant group during an attack in the country’s restive Sinai Peninsula.
Egypt blocks UN statement on Turkey coup

Jul 17, 2016 04:18

The Egyptian government, headed by a former general who came to power following a coup in 2013, has blocked a United Nations Security Council statement that called on all parties to “respect the democratically elected government of Turkey,” which fought and largely defeated an attempted coup by a faction of the Turkish military.