Tag: Egypt

Morsi, secular camp in the dock for ‘insulting’ Egypt judiciary

This trial, for "insulting the judiciary", is the fifth for Morsi

Use of unregistered SIMs is ‘haram’, decrees Egypt’s top religious body

According to a statement released by the body, all personal data must be specified and documented before a cellphone is bought.

Egypt using sexual attacks to crush opposition: rights group

Egyptian security forces have stepped up sexual attacks against detainees following the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi, using them as a “cynical political strategy”...

Egypt hangs six convicted IS militants

Egyptian authorities hanged six men convicted of killing soldiers Sunday, police said, ignoring appeals to spare them amid allegations that two of them had...

Egypt sentences deposed president Morsi to death

In addition to Saturday’s verdicts, Morsi faces two other trials — for insulting the judiciary, and spying for Qatar, a key backer of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egypt gets billions in aid, deals as GCC investors lead charge

Egypt secured billions of dollars in investment commitments, with Gulf Arab investors playing a key role on the second day of a conference billed...

Egypt’s re-trial of 2 Al-Jazeera English journalists to begin

CAIRO: The retrial of two Al-Jazeera English journalists who face terror-related charges in a case widely criticized by human rights organizations and media groups is...

Egypt strikes IS targets in Libya after beheadings video

Pope denounces slaying of 21 Egyptian Copts by IS terrorists

Egypt strikes IS targets in Libya after “beheadings” video

CAIRO:  Egypt’s military said in a statement on state television that it had carried out an air strike against Islamic State (IS) targets in Libya...

Egypt frees two Al Jazeera journalists on bail

Two remaining Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt on charges of aiding a "terrorist organization" were freed on bail on Thursday after more than...

22 die as Egypt police clash with football fans

CAIRO- Twenty-two people were killed Sunday in clashes between Egyptian police and Zamalek football cub fans at a Cairo stadium, the state prosecutor said,...

Egypt sentences 230 secular activists to life

CAIRO- An Egyptian court Wednesday sentenced to life 230 secular activists from the 2011 revolt against long-time strongman Hosni Mubarak, including leading campaigner Ahmed...

Egypt confirms death sentences for 183 men over police killings

An Egyptian court on Monday confirmed death sentences against 183 men convicted of killing 13 policemen in a town near Cairo in August 2013. The...

Attacks in Egypt’s Sinai kill 6

Six people were killed and 18 wounded in what security officials described as simultaneous attacks by militants on more than a dozen army and...

Amal Clooney ‘threatened with arrest’ in Egypt

British human rights lawyer had identified flaws in judicial system that later contributed to convictions of three al-Jazeera journalists British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney...

Egypt bans ‘inaccurate’ Exodus film

  Egypt has banned a Hollywood film based on the Biblical book of Exodus because of what censors described as "historical inaccuracies". The head of the...

Egypt court drops murder charge against Mubarak

  An Egyptian court dismissed Saturday a murder charge against former president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters during a 2011 uprising, after a...