Tag: Egypt
Putin to visit Egypt on December 11
CAIRO: Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Egypt on December 11 to meet his counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Egyptian president's office said on...
After return home, former Egypt premier says still mulling election bid
CAIRO: Former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Shafik, who returned home from the United Arab Emirates after announcing his bid for Egypt’s presidency, appeared in Cairo...
Fragmented statues of lion goddess discovered in southern Egypt
CAIRO: An Egyptian-European mission has discovered 27 fragmented statues of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet across the Nile from Egypt’s southern city of Luxor, the...
Egypt Sinai strategy put in spotlight due to deadly mosque attack
CAIRO: Egypt’s years-long military campaign against a militant insurgency in the north of the Sinai Peninsula is under increasing scrutiny following a devastating mosque attack...
Egyptian warplanes strike ‘terrorist’ targets following mosque attack
Egypt’s military has responded with air strikes directed at “terrorist” locations and vehicles after hundreds of people were killed in a bomb and gun...
President Sisi pledges forceful response after Egypt mosque massacre
CAIRO: Egypt´s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has vowed to respond forcefully after attackers killed at least 235 worshippers in a packed mosque in restive...
Three militants killed, 74 arrested in Sinai raids, says Egypt
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces killed three suspected militants and arrested 74 others in raids targetting militant groups in North Sinai in recent days, the military...
Egypt’s president rules out extending his term
CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ruled out a constitutional amendment to extend his term, saying an election would be held next year and he will...
Men allowed to marry their illegitimate daughters: Egyptian cleric
A prominent Egyptian Salafist cleric has claimed that Islam permitted men to marry their illegitimate daughters.
Mazen Al-Sersawi says that as illegitimate daughters are not...
35 Egyptian police officers killed in militant ambush
CAIRO: At least 35 Egyptian police officers were killed in an ambush by militants near the Bahariya oasis in the country's Western Desert, security...
Armed attack kills at least six soldiers in Egypt’s Sinai
CAIRO: Armed militants killed at least six Egyptian soldiers at a military post in the Sinai Peninsula, the army said, in an attack later...
Pakistan: a beacon of hope for the Muslim world
Pakistan stands today as the strongest Muslim nation state from a military perspective; being the only Muslim country with nuclear weapons and a standing...
Jubilation in Egypt after first World Cup berth in 28 years
CAIRO: Egypt’s capital crackled with fireworks and blared with horns as the soccer-crazy country reached the World Cup for the first time in 28...
From death to no-contact, ancient martial art revived in Egypt
SOHAG: Turn the clock back just over half a century and a contest between two men in the ancient Egyptian martial art of tahteeb...
Qatar, neighbours trade barbs at Arab League over boycott
CAIRO: Diplomats from Qatar and the four states boycotting it exchanged heated words at an Arab League meeting on Tuesday.
Tensions flared after Qatar’s Minister of...
Egypt announces discovery of 3,500-year-old Luxor tomb
Egypt has announced the discovery of a pharaonic tomb in the southern city of Luxor belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than...
Egypt blocks Human Rights Watch website amid widespread media blockade
CAIRO: Egypt has blocked the website of Human Rights Watch just one day after the organization released a report on systematic torture in the country’s...
