Tag: Egypt
Bomb in Egypt’s Sinai kills 25 soldiers
A car bomb in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula killed 25 soldiers Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks against security forces since the military deposed...
Video of woman giving birth at hospital doorstep triggers outcry in...
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An Egyptian hospital director was suspended on Monday after a video purporting to show a woman giving birth on the facility's doorstep caused...
Egypt military aircraft crash kills six
An Egyptian military aircraft crashed while on a training mission on Sunday after a technical failure, killing six soldiers, the army said.
The aircraft crashed...
Egypt on frontline in fight against IS militants: Kerry
Egyptian top diplomat says Egypt is against terrorist groups that use religion as a cover for its activities
US Secretary of State John Kerry Saturday...
Egypt charges Mursi with leaking state secrets to Qatar
Egyptian public prosecutor's office says secret probe has unearthed enough evidence of espionage to charge Mursi and nine others in a criminal court
Egypt charged...
Bomb kills 11 Egyptian policemen in Sinai
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A roadside bomb ripped apart an armored police vehicle travelling in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, killing 11 policemen, including an officer, security...
Egypt probes Morsi for ‘giving security papers to Qatar’
Egypt has opened an investigation into deposed president Mohammad Morsi for allegedly handing over to Qatar “documents relevant to national security,” state news agency...
Egypt and UAE behind airstrikes in Libya
Official says two countries and Saudi Arabia have been supporting a renegade general's effort for months against Libyan militant groups
Egypt and the United Arab...
Egypt calls for Gaza ceasefire as fighting rages
Five people, including two children, killed in Israeli strike on a house in central Gaza; four more Palestinians killed in other strikes
Four-year-old Israeli boy...
Egypt stops Human Rights Watch staffers at airport
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Egyptian authorities stopped the executive director of Human Rights Watch and another U.S. staffer from entering the country Monday ahead of the release...
Egypt militants attack checkpoint,kill 5 police
CAIRO — Egypt's Interior Ministry says militants attacked a police checkpoint in the country's north, killing five policemen. Security forces killed four of the...
Egypt plans to dig new Suez Canal costing $4b
Egypt plans to build a new Suez Canal alongside the existing 145-year-old historic waterway in a multi-billion dollar project aimed at expanding trade along...
Kerry, aides checked by security at Egyptian presidential palace
Egyptian security officers checked US Secretary of State John Kerry and his top aides with a metal detector as they arrived for a meeting...
Blast wounds 3 near Egypt’s presidential palace
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Security officials say a homemade bomb has gone off near Egypt's presidential palace in Cairo, wounding three people.
They said a police bomb squad was...
Egypt under pressure to pardon Al Jazeera journalists
Cairo considers Al Jazeera to be the voice of Qatar and accuses Doha – which has denounced the repression of the movement’s supporters which has left more than 1,400 people dead – of backing the Brotherhood
Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt, supporters stunned
The three men had looked upbeat as they entered the courtroom in handcuffs, waving at family members who had earlier told journalists they expected them to be acquitted
Egypt confirms 183 death sentences, including Brotherhood chief
An Egyptian court on Saturday confirmed death sentences for 183 Islamists, including Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie, a prosecutor said, after a speedy mass...
