Tag: Egypt
Egypt’s Copts unhappy over smaller cabinet presence
The interim head of Egypt’s Coptic church has expressed unhappiness over the composition of the country’s new cabinet, with only one Copt given a...
Egypt denounces anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar
Egypt’s foreign ministry Saturday denounced attacks against Myanmar’s Muslim minority, saying its envoy in the Buddhist-majority east Asian country had seen extensive damage caused...
Egypt’s PM selects new cabinet
Egypt’s Prime Minister Hisham Qandil has selected a new government in which the finance and foreign ministers from the outgoing cabinet will retain their...
Israel troops in exchange of fire on Egypt border
Israeli troops engaged in a brief exchange of fire with unidentified gunmen across the southern border with the lawless Egyptian Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday,...
US hits out at Europe, Egypt over religious freedoms
The United States on Monday accused Egypt, China and European nations of harming religious freedom, citing a rising tide of anti-Semitism, laws banning Muslim...
Morsi names outgoing minister as Egypt PM
Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Morsi named outgoing irrigation minister Hisham Qandil, a reputed independent, as prime minister on Tuesday and tasked him with forming...
Egypt releases detainees held by military after Morsi decree
Egypt on Monday began to release detainees held by the military following a decree last week by President Mohamed Morsi, security officials told AFP.
“Prison...
Egypt’s Morsi orders release of 572 detained by military
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Thursday ordered the release of 572 people detained by the military, the official MENA news agency reported. Morsi, who...
Hosni Mubarak back to prison on prosecutor’s orders
Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak, who was convicted over the death of protesters, was on Monday heading back to prison from a military hospital after...
Clinton discusses Egypt, Iran and peace with Israel
Israel and the United States must think and act together to face the changes sweeping the Middle East, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
Clinton meets Egypt generals after urging transition
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks Sunday with Egypt’s top military leaders, just hours after calling for them to help smooth the...
Clinton meets Egypt generals after urging transition
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was Sunday holding talks with Egypt's top military leaders, just hours after calling for them to help smooth...
Parliament in legal limbo in Egypt power struggle
Egypt’s parliament was hanging in legal limbo on Wednesday after a top court overruled a presidential decree reinstating the dissolved house, stepping up a...
Defiant Egypt parliament meets amid legal crisis
Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court froze on Tuesday a presidential decree reinstating the parliament, hours after the lower house convened in defiance of the judiciary...
Egypt’s dissolved house meets, defying court ruling
Egypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament convened on Tuesday in defiance of the powerful military and the judiciary, following a decree by newly elected President Mohamed Morsi...
Egypt parliament set to convene, defying military
Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament was set to convene on Tuesday in defiance of the powerful military following a decree by newly elected President Mohamed Morsi...
Egypt top court says ruling nullifying parliament ‘binding’
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court said on Monday that all of its rulings were “binding,” in response to a presidential decree reinstating parliament after the...
