Reuters | Egypt offers military training to Libya, cites Islamic State threat Reuters Egypt is trying to reassert its regional authority on its own terms while also winning back the U.S. military aid suspended after Cairo cracked down on the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. Egyptian military officials and representatives of pro-government ... Egypt offers military training to Libya Egypt offers military training to Libya, cites ISIS threat |
Egypt Seizes Newspapers to Censor an Article New York Times CAIRO — The Egyptian authorities on Wednesday confiscated all the copies of one of the country's largest private newspapers in order to censor an article, just days after President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi vowed in an American television interview that ... |
Deseret News | How politics and unrest are changing religious life in Egypt Deseret News Mosques have long been central to political dialogue in Egypt, where, the Pew Research Center reports, 95 percent of the population is Muslim and 75 percent identify religion as a “very important” part of their lives. But over the past three years, a ... |
Daily Sabah | Egypt: No plans to scrap Turkey transport deal Daily Sabah Local media recently reported that the government was mulling the termination of its "Ro-Ro" (roll-on/roll-off) deal with Turkey for the transport of Turkish containers to the Gulf via Egyptian ports, saying Egypt had little to gain from the agreement ... Egypt's hopes of ending international criticism unrealistic: Turkey Turkey hits back at Egypt amid diplomatic row Egypt official: No plans to scrap Turkey transport deal |
Daily News Egypt | Egypt to witness huge growth in electronic payments in next 5 years: EMP ... Daily News Egypt At the conference, the Daily News Egypt sat with Paul Edwards—Chairman of Emerging Markets Payments (EMP), a leading company in the electronic payment processing industry—and Mark Richards—a partner in Actis, which owns a major stake in ... |
Al-Arabiya | Egypt's Sisi delivers economic reforms but hurdles remain Al-Arabiya In his first 100 days in office, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has made a fast start on economic reform: slashing costly fuel subsidies, raising taxes and devising infrastructure projects to secure long-term revenues and ease unemployment ... Egypt President Gives Army Control of Arms Imports Egypt Set to Boycott Turkey Over Muslim Brotherhood Support From New York with Love to Sisi |
Middle East Eye | 'New Suez Canal' construction displaces over 2000 people in Egypt Middle East Eye The project, one of the major infrastructure works proposed by Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi as a means of boosting the Egyptian economy, was originally scheduled to take three years to complete, though Sisi said it should be done in one. Two container ships collide on Egypt's Suez Canal Watch two container ships collide on Egypt's Suez Canal Moment two massive ships collide |
Eni Looks Past Uncertainty in Egypt Forbes As Cairo continues its push towards reviving Egypt's energy sector and moving towards some much needed sector security, a few international firms are looking past the country's uncertainty and expanding their footprint in the region. This past week ... |
Middle East Eye | Egypt courts sentence 110 in absentia over protests and 'riots' Middle East Eye Egyptian courts on Tuesday slapped 110 defendants with prison sentences ranging from two to 18 years over their involvement in unlicensed protests and violence. A Cairo court jailed nine activists for two years for staging an unlicensed protest in ... Egypt court jails 68 pro-Morsi protesters Egypt jails 111 opponents for protest, violence charges Egypt Sentences 68 Brotherhood Supporters to Jail |
Al-Arabiya | Egypt's Qalaa Holdings eyes '$560 million capital boost' Al-Arabiya Egypt's Qalaa Holdings is considering a share issue worth some 4 billion pounds ($560 million) as part of efforts to tighten control of its core investments and end years of losses, sources with knowledge of the deal said. The non-cash transaction ... Egypt's Qalaa Holding eyes $560 million capital boost -sources |