Egypt

Investigators '90 percent sure' bomb downed Russian plane

Investigators of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are "90 percent sure" the noise heard in the final...

Nov 08, 2015 07:50 PM EST

Flight recorders show crashed Russian jet not struck from outside - investigator

The Russian plane that crashed in Egypt was not struck from the outside and the pilot did not make a...

Nov 02, 2015 08:09 PM EST

First bodies delivered to Russia after Egypt plane crash

The first bodies from a plane crash in Egypt in which all 224 passengers, most of them Russians, die...

Nov 02, 2015 05:48 AM EST

Egypt locks up lawyers in Islamist fight

As Egypt cracks down on its Islamist dissidents, many of the country's lawyers are finding themselve...

Oct 23, 2015 08:05 AM EDT

Putin uses Assad visit to talk up Kremlin role as Syria broker

Vladimir Putin used a rare visit to Moscow by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to talk up the Kremli...

Oct 21, 2015 06:44 PM EDT

Egyptian forces mistake Mexicans for militants, kill 12 in air raid

Egyptian Army aircraft hunting for militants in the desert mistakenly bombed a convoy of mostly Mexi...

Sep 14, 2015 09:35 PM EDT

Egyptian court sentences three Al Jazeera journalists to prison

An Egyptian court sentenced three Al Jazeera TV journalists to three years in prison on Saturday for...

Aug 29, 2015 08:47 AM EDT

Boat packed with migrants sinks off Libya; up to 200 feared dead

A boat packed with mainly African migrants bound for Italy sank off the Libyan coast on Thursday and...

Aug 28, 2015 04:47 AM EDT

Egyptian army kills 63 militants in North Sinai: sources

Egypt’s military launched air strikes and ground operations that killed 63 Islamist militants in N...

Jul 05, 2015 06:33 PM EDT

Egypt court sentences Mursi, Brotherhood leaders to death

An Egyptian court sentenced deposed President Mohamed Mursi to death on Tuesday on charges of killin...

Jun 16, 2015 08:22 AM EDT

Egyptian court cancels Hamas listing as terrorist organization: sources

An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday canceled a ruling to list the Palestinian group Hamas as a ter...

Jun 06, 2015 10:18 AM EDT

Mubarak to stand trial again over 2011 killing of protesters

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will face a second and final retrial over the killing of pro...

Jun 04, 2015 09:52 AM EDT

Egypt deploys scholars to teach moderate Islam, but skepticism abounds

In his battle against militant Islam, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is relying not just on...

May 31, 2015 05:36 AM EDT

U.S.-Egyptian released from Egypt jail: family

An Egyptian-American jailed in Egypt for nearly two years for involvement in the outlawed Muslim Bro...

May 30, 2015 07:05 AM EDT

Hundreds march in Sudan against Mursi death sentence

Around 800 protesters marched through Sudan's capital on Friday against a court's decision this week...

May 23, 2015 03:23 AM EDT

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