Tag: Egypt
Egyptian court says maritime pact with Saudi Arabia valid
An Egyptian court on Sunday said its earlier ruling effectively validating a controversial maritime border pact with Saudi Arabia remained in place, further muddying...
Blind sheikh buried in Egypt after dying in US jail
EL-GAMALEYA: Hundreds of mourners gathered Wednesday in Cairo for the funeral of Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind sheikh linked to the 1993 World Trade...
Messi promotes hepatitis C treatment in Egypt
Argentinian football star Lionel Messi was in Egypt Tuesday as the face of an initiative to promote the North African country as a medical...
Investigators believe Louvre attacker is Egyptian
French investigators believe the man who launched a machete attack outside the Louvre in Paris, before being shot and wounded by a soldier, is...
Egypt slams EU, UK for condemning ruling on activists
CAIRO: Egypt has blasted the EU and Britain for criticising a recent court decision to freeze the assets of three rights activists, accusing them...
Egypt court freezes more NGOs’ assets
An Egyptian court froze the assets of two NGOs and their founders on Wednesday, in a controversial probe into civil society groups that have...
All out support reaffirmed to Pakistani crew stranded in Egypt
Ambassador of Pakistan in Egypt Syed Mushtaq Ali Shah Monday reaffirmed all out support of the government of Pakistan to Pakistani crew on board...
Egypt migrant shipwreck death toll rises to 55
Rescuers brought more bodies ashore Thursday after a boat crowded with migrants capsized off the Egyptian coast, leaving at least 55 people dead and...
Boat with up to 450 migrants capsizes off Egypt, 42 drowned
A boat carrying up to 450 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean off Egypt's north coast on Wednesday, drowning 42 people and prompting a search...
Egyptian judoka sent home over handshake refusal with Israeli
Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby has been sent home from the Rio Olympics after refusing to shake the hand of Israeli Or Sasson following...
Rabaa’s massacre: 14 August for Egypt
Imagine if even a fraction of that amount was killed in a western country, the reaction would’ve been completely different. Think what would happen...
Rabaa’s massacre: 14 August for Egypt
Imagine if even a fraction of that amount was killed in a western country, the reaction would’ve been completely different. Think what would happen...
Israel to display ancient mummy with modern-day afflictions
Israel’s national museum is set to display a 2,200-year-old Egyptian mummy of a man who was afflicted with some modern-day illnesses such as osteoporosis...
Pakistan, Egypt agree to work in harmony to wipe out terrorism
Gen Raheel meets Egyptian president, discusses emerging security challenges
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt...
Road to defeating ISIS goes through the internet
In post-Saddam Iraq, the Nouri al-Maliki regime’s sectarian policies only helped ISIS flourish in the country. The Sunnis were completely marginalised, and as a...
Saudi king announces bridge over Red Sea to Egypt
Saudi King Salman on Friday announced plans to build a bridge over the Red Sea to Egypt, in a lavish show of support for...
Egyptians feel humiliated by Messi’s shoe donation
World Footballer of the Year Lionel Messi found himself the unlikely figure of controversy in Egypt after a local politician and a football official...
