Egypt

Egypt announces discovery of 3,500-year-old tomb

Sep 10, 2017 02:42

Egypt has announced the discovery in the southern city of Luxor of a Pharaonic tomb belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago during the reign of the 18th dynasty.
Bodies of 16 refugees found in Libya near Egypt

Sep 06, 2017 06:47

Libyan security forces have found the bodies of 16 refugees near the country’s border with Egypt, amid suspicion that they have been left behind by traffickers.
Egypt president allows 'systematic torture' in jails: Prominent rights group

Sep 06, 2017 05:07

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has permitted “systematic” torture in detention centers, a practice likely amounting to a crime against humanity.
Germany, Egypt reach agreement to slow down flow of refugees to Europe

Aug 28, 2017 12:14

Germany and Egypt have agreed on a plan to reduce the flow of refugees and asylum seekers to Europe, as part of Berlin’s wider push to curb the stream of illegal and unchecked immigration to the European country, the refugees’ ideal destination.
Hamas security guard killed in bombing attack on Gaza-Egypt border

Aug 17, 2017 14:44

A member of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has been killed and another suffered injuries when an unidentified assailant blew up his explosives near the border between the besieged Palestinian coastal sliver and Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula.
Egyptian police engage in deadly shootout with militants outside Cairo

Aug 13, 2017 12:14

Two suspected militants have been killed in an exchange of fire with Egyptian police in a province outside the capital Cairo.
Factory workers go on open-ended strike in Egyptian city

Aug 11, 2017 04:49

Thousands of Egyptian workers at a textile factory have staged an open-ended strike in a northern Egyptian city where crippling industrial action several years ago inspired many other factories and helped spark a revolution against ousted president Hosni Mubarak.
Four Egyptian police killed in attack on patrol car

Aug 09, 2017 16:58

Four Egyptian policemen have been killed in a shooting attack on a patrol car in the Sinai Peninsula.
Egypt rejects EU calls for compromise on Qatar dispute

Jul 25, 2017 12:14

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has rejected a call by the European Union for a compromise between a quartet of Arab states, which includes Egypt, and Qatar.
About 43 receive draconian sentences over death of Egyptian prosecutor

Jul 22, 2017 12:18

An Egyptian court has handed down some draconian death and life sentences to 43 people for their involvement in the 2015 killing of the country’s then top prosecutor.