Egypt

Egypt court jails 10 for 3 yrs over islands demos

Jul 14, 2016 17:18

An Egyptian court has sentenced 10 people to three years' imprisonment for taking part in demonstrations against a recent contentious decision by the government to hand over two strategic islands to Saudi Arabia.
Hundreds disappear in Egypt government crackdown: Amnesty

Jul 13, 2016 09:12

Amnesty International says the Egyptian government has been increasingly relying on a “sinister” campaign of abductions and torture to silence political dissidents.
Egypt FM travels to Tel Aviv to meet with Netanyahu

Jul 10, 2016 12:09

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has left Cairo for Occupied Palestine for a meeting with the Prime Minister of illegal Zionist entity.
Egypt joins critics of Israeli decision to build new settler units

Jul 08, 2016 09:05

Egypt, one of the two Arab countries that have public diplomatic relations with the illegal Zionist entity, has censured Tel Aviv’s recent decision to construct several hundred new illegal settler units in the occupied Palestinian lands.
Info can be extracted from intact recorder of doomed passenger plane: Egypt

Jul 02, 2016 12:12

Egyptian authorities say they are capable of retrieving information from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the doomed EgyptAir flight MS804 as its memory chips are not damaged.
Egypt briefly opens Rafah border crossing

Jun 29, 2016 09:04

Egypt has temporarily opened its border with the besieged Gaza Strip to allow the Palestinians with urgent need to cross in and out of the enclave.
Egypt court voids islands deal with Saudi Arabia

Jun 21, 2016 08:03

An Egyptian court has voided a maritime border deal signed with Saudi Arabia that would hand over the control of two strategic Red Sea islands to Riyadh.
Egypt’s Morsi sentenced to life in prison in espionage trial

Jun 18, 2016 15:01

An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted president Mohamed Morsi, along with two other defendants, to life in prison on the charge of spying for Qatar.
Palestine, Egypt begin talks to determine sea borders

Jun 18, 2016 09:17

The Palestinian ambassador to the UN says negotiations are underway with Egypt on setting out the maritime borders between the two sides as international efforts to recognize a Palestinian state gain momentum.
Egypt water crisis prompting street protests

Jun 14, 2016 09:02

Egypt is struggling with a new wave of alarming water crisis, as popular anger at poor infrastructure and frequent water cuts turns into growing street protests in the North African country.