Politics of Egypt
Egypt Police Trap and Kill Top Militants
Egyptian police have killed two leaders of the Hasam militia in a shootout after intercepting them as they relocated to...
Five Egypt Police Shot Dead Near Capital
Assailants killed five Egyptian policemen in a shooting south of Cairo on Friday, in the latest of a series of attacks...
Epic Struggle of Film About Cairo On Eve of Revolution
Everyone thought Tamer El Said had gone mad in the decade it took him to make his film "In the Last Days of the City"....
Egypt’s Sisi Ratifies Handover of Islands To Saudi Arabia
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified a treaty that hands over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in a deal...
Egypt Extends State of Emergency
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi extended a state of emergency declared after twin church bombings in April by...
Egypt Hisham Barakat Killing
A court in Cairo has recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the killing of Egypt’s...
Egypt Blocks More Internet Sites
Egypt, under fire for muzzling freedom of expression, has blocked access to around 60 news websites and service...
Tense Kabul Under Lockdown After Deadly Protest Clashes
Kabul city was on lockdown Saturday with armed checkpoints and armoured vehicles patrolling the streets to prevent a...
New Protests Shake Morocco’s North
Thousands staged demonstrations for a fifth night running in northern Morocco to demand the release of the leader of a...
Sisi’s Egypt Cracks Down On News Websites
Egypt's government, already accused of muzzling freedom of expression and opposition to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi,...
Egypt Blocks Several News Sites Including Jazeera
Egypt blocked several media websites on Wednesday including those belonging to the Qatari Al-Jazeera news channel and...
Prominent Egypt Rights Lawyer Detained
A former Egyptian presidential candidate and rights lawyer who challenged the government for handing over islands to...
Pope Francis Lands In Egypt In Push For Religious Tolerance
Pope Francis landed in the Egyptian capital on Friday to promote dialogue with Muslims and support the country's...
Egypt Sentences Ex-Interior Minister Adly To 7 Years
An Egyptian court sentenced former interior minister Habib al-Adly to seven years in prison for corruption Saturday, in...
Egypt Mourns Coptic Church Attack Victims
Funerals have been held in Alexandria for victims of one of the two bomb attacks on Coptic churches in Egypt by...
At Least 15 Dead In Egypt Church Bombing
A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday...
Trump To ‘reboot’ US-Egypt Ties With Sisi Meeting
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is to visit the White House for the first time since he led the military's...
Trump Welcomes Egypt’s Sisi Amid Questions On Rights Record
US President Donald Trump meets his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Washington on Monday, welcoming a...
Egypt’s ‘fantastic Guy’ Sisi To Meet Donald Trump
After four years of tension with the United States, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi now has a fan in the White...