Egypt

Libya, Egypt ask U.N. to lift arms embargo to fight Islamic State

Libya and Egypt asked the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday to lift an arms embargo on Li...

Feb 20, 2015 06:59 AM EST

Fierce crackdown on dissent no laughing matter in Egypt

When President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said people should not moan about Egypt because it was not like ...

Feb 18, 2015 09:02 AM EST

Deposed Egyptian President Mursi not sent to military trial: prosecutor

An Egyptian prosecutor denied on Wednesday that deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi had been re...

Feb 18, 2015 08:00 AM EST

Egypt bombs Islamic State targets in Libya after 21 Egyptians beheaded

Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, a day after the group there released ...

Feb 16, 2015 09:28 AM EST

Egypt's Sisi cuts short Ethiopia visit after deadly Sinai attacks

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi cut short a visit to Ethiopia for an African Union summit on...

Jan 30, 2015 06:25 AM EST

Mubarak's sons freed from Egyptian prison after anniversary of his fall

The sons of deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak were released from prison on Monday, security o...

Jan 27, 2015 07:33 AM EST

In first conviction, Egyptian doctor jailed for FGM death of teenage girl

A doctor in Egypt was jailed on Monday for two years after the death of a 13-year-old girl on whom h...

Jan 27, 2015 07:27 AM EST

Japan's Abe pledges support for Mideast countries battling IS

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned on Saturday that the world would suffer an "immeasurable l...

Jan 17, 2015 07:10 AM EST

Egypt minister says pardon still possible for Al Jazeera journalists

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi could still pardon three jailed Al Jazeera journalists who ar...

Jan 13, 2015 05:38 PM EST

Egyptian court permanently bans Jewish festival on 'moral' grounds

An Egyptian court permanently banned a Jewish celebration that has taken place since the 1979 peace ...

Dec 30, 2014 08:54 AM EST

Egypt bans biblical epic 'Exodus,' 20th Century Fox says

Egypt has banned Hollywood's big screen biblical epic "Exodus: Gods and Kings," a 20th Century Fox s...

Dec 29, 2014 10:47 AM EST

Qatar and Egypt officials discuss reconciliation - sources

Egyptian and Qatari intelligence officials have met in Cairo to discuss reconciliation as part of Sa...

Dec 25, 2014 10:24 AM EST

Egypt constituency law sets stage for long-awaited elections

Egypt on Thursday cleared a final hurdle to long-awaited parliamentary elections seen as decisive in...

Dec 18, 2014 08:48 AM EST

Journalist murders in Syria a shocking new trend: press freedom report

The beheading of journalists by Islamist militants in Syria this year showed that reporters face a d...

Dec 16, 2014 07:02 AM EST

Canadian Embassy in Cairo closed due to security concerns

Canada's embassy in Cairo was closed on Monday until further notice because of security concerns, an...

Dec 08, 2014 05:36 AM EST

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