Tag: Egypt
Pakistan shares close ties with Egypt: President Alvi
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan attaches great importance to close cordial and fraternal relations with Egypt and is also keen to...
Egypt condemns 17 to death for IS church attacks
CAIRO: An Egyptian military court on Thursday sentenced 17 people to death over a series of suicide bombings of churches claimed by the Islamic...
Egypt says security forces kill 10 militants in Sinai
CAIRO: Egypt says its security forces have killed 10 militants in a shootout in the city of el-Arish in the turbulent northern Sinai Peninsula.
A...
Melania Trump rounds off Africa tour in Egypt
CAIRO: US First Lady Melania Trump held talks in the Egyptian capital Saturday on the final leg of a solo four-nation tour of Africa...
UN experts condemn ‘targeting’ of rights defenders in Egypt
CAIRO: A group of UN human rights experts have condemned what they call the systematic targeting of human rights defenders in Egypt and are...
Egypt’s Sisi urges peace talks restart at meeting with Israel’s Netanyahu
JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for a resumption of Israel-Palestinian peace talks when he met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the...
Pakistan, Egypt naval forces conduct joint drills
CAIRO: Egyptian and Pakistani naval forces conducted on Thursday drills in the Mediterranean Sea, official news agency MENA reported.
“The drills meant to exchange expertise in...
Egypt says 11 suspected militants killed in Sinai
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces killed 11 suspected militants in an exchange of fire in the North Sinai town of al-Arish, the official MENA state...
Egypt sentences 75 to death, hundreds to jail over 2013 sit-in
CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Saturday issued death sentences for 75 people, including prominent Islamist leaders, and jailed more than 600 others over a...
Archeologists discover Neolithic remains in Nile Delta
CAIRO: Archaeologists in Egypt say they have found one of the oldest-known villages in the Nile Delta dating back to the Neolithic era.
A joint...
Egypt appoints first-ever Christian woman as governor
CAIRO: Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has sworn in several new provincial governors, including the first-ever Coptic Christian woman to hold the position.
Manal Awad Mikhail...
Egypt raid kills six suspected militants
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces killed six suspected militants in a raid on a house on the outskirts of Cairo, an interior ministry statement said...
Egypt security forces thwart church bombing
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have thwarted a suicide bomb attack on a church just outside of Cairo, state television said on Saturday.
A militant wearing...
Israeli minister says Egypt bears equal responsibility for Gaza
JERUSALEM (Reuters): Egypt bears as much responsibility for the Gaza Strip as Israel does, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Monday, in remarks that...
Egyptian forces kills 52 militants in Sinai, says military
CAIRO: Egyptian troops and security forces have killed at least 52 suspected militants in recent days, the army said in a statement on Sunday,...
Egypt seeks 75 death sentences, refers cases to Mufti
CAIRO: An Egyptian court said on Saturday it would transfer the cases of 75 people accused of security-related offences, including senior Muslim Brotherhood figures,...
Egypt passes law shielding senior military officers from prosecution
CAIRO: Egypt's parliament on Monday passed a law that could make senior military officers immune from future prosecution tied to violence which followed the...
