Tag: Egypt
Christians flee Egypt town after death threats
Several Christian families have fled their homes in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula after receiving death threats from suspected Islamist militants, officials and residents told AFP...
Copt denies blasphemy charges at Egypt trial
An Egyptian Copt on trial for blasphemy on Wednesday denied the accusations, saying he was asked about his faith during questioning, in a case...
Israel army kills 3 on Egypt border, averts ‘major attack’
Israeli troops on Friday shot dead three heavily armed gunmen who sneaked across the Egyptian border and ambushed soldiers, averting “a very big terror...
Egypt to try US Copts over anti-Islam film
Egypt’s public prosecutor on Tuesday ordered that seven US-based Egyptian Copts be tried over their role in an anti-Islam film that sparked violent clashes...
US missions in Yemen, Egypt stormed over anti-Islam film
Demonstrators briefly stormed the US embassy compound in Yemen on Thursday while protesters pelted the Egypt mission with stones after a night of clashes,...
Egypt to take legal action in US against Prophet film makers
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi asked the Egyptian embassy in Washington to take legal action in the United States against makers of a film against...
Egypt ex-PM Ahmed Nazif sentenced to 3 years in jail: MENA
An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced former prime minister Ahmed Nazif to three years in prison and to pay a fine of nine million...
Egypt army says killed 32 ‘criminals’ in Sinai
Egypt's armed forces have killed 32 "criminal elements" in an ongoing operation against Islamists in the lawless Sinai peninsula, a military spokesman said on...
Morsi wants central Arab role for Egypt
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi told a gathering of Arab foreign ministers on Wednesday that he wanted to revive Egypt’s pivotal role in the Arab...
Hamas team headed to Egypt for security talks
A Hamas delegation was to head to Cairo for security talks later Saturday amid Egyptian anger at a deadly raid on an army post...
Egyptian boy dodges airport security, boards plane
A 10-year-old Egyptian boy managed to sneak past security checkpoints at Cairo’s international airport and board a flight to Bahrain before getting caught, airport...
Egypt militants wound three police in Sinai
Militants wounded three Egyptian policemen in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday in an ambush of their vehicle with a rocket propelled grenade, a security...
Six killed as Egypt army presses Sinai campaign
Egyptian security forces killed six gunmen in a raid on a village in North Sinai early Sunday, witnesses said, as the military pressed a...
Egypt asks Hamas for intel on three militants
Egypt has asked Gaza’s Hamas rulers for information on three members of an Islamist group suspected of involvement in a deadly attack on a...
Renewed clashes hit Egypt’s Sinai
Police and gunmen clashed on Thursday in the Sinai town of El-Arish, Egyptian TV said after the authorities vowed to crush a surge in...
Egypt army declares success in Sinai crackdown
Egypt’s army declared tentative victory in a crackdown on Islamist militants in Sinai Wednesday, hours after state television reported the military killed 20 militants...
Egypt air strike kills 20 militants in Sinai: state TV
Egypt's military killed 20 militants in a helicopter strike in Sinai on Wednesday, state television reported, days after 16 of its soldiers were killed...
