Egypt

Turkey blasts EU for attending Egypt summit despite executions

Feb 27, 2019 07:00

Turkey has lashed out at European Union leaders for their double standards on the issue of human rights after they attended a summit in Egypt while turning a blind eye to the recent much-criticized executions in the North African state.
Egypt executes 9 over 2015 killing of top prosecutor

Feb 20, 2019 12:40

Egypt has executed nine men over the killing of the country’s top prosecutor more than three years ago, despite warnings by Amnesty International against the move.
Police investigating blast site in Cairo

Feb 19, 2019 08:13

Authorities began investigating the site of a blast after two policemen were killed and three wounded when an explosive device carried by a militant they were pursuing detonated in the heart of the Egyptian capital on Monday, February 18, an interior ministry statement said.
Iran slams deadly terrorist attack on army checkpoint in Egypt's Sinai

Feb 19, 2019 07:59

Iran has strongly condemned a terrorist attack on an army checkpoint in Egypt's restive North Sinai region, urging collective cooperation among all countries to fight the scourge.
Egyptian security forces kill seven militants in North Sinai: Military

Feb 16, 2019 18:10

Egyptian security forces have “eliminated” at least seven suspected members of a terror outfit affiliated to the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the restive North Sinai region during a counterterrorism operation, which also left 15 government forces either killed or wounded.
Two Palestinians martyred inside Gaza lifeline tunnel after inhaling toxic gas

Feb 11, 2019 15:37

Two Palestinians, including a police officer from Hamas resistance movement, have been martyred inside a lifeline tunnel between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip, due to inhaling poisonous gas.
Sisi pushes amendments to law to stay in power until 2022

Feb 05, 2019 07:53

A draft of constitutional amendments proposed by Egyptian lawmakers show the changes would allow President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to stay in power for up to 12 years beyond his current term.
Burial site of fifty mummies discovered in Egypt

Feb 03, 2019 07:10

Egyptian archeologists have uncovered an ancient burial site containing 50 mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era in Minya, south of Cairo, the ministry of antiquities says.
Macron slams Egypt’s human rights record during Cairo visit

Jan 28, 2019 10:40

French President Emmanuel Macron says human rights in Egypt are perceived as worse now, under his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, than under former strongman Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled by protests in 2011.
Amnesty slams Sisi's Egypt as ‘open-air prison’ for critics, urges end to crackdown on dissent

Jan 25, 2019 08:19

Amnesty International warns that Egyptians are facing an unprecedented crackdown on freedom of expression under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's administration, saying the North African state has today turned into an "open-air prison" for dissidents.