Aljazeera.com | Egypt sentences 78 minors to prison Aljazeera.com Seventy-eight Egyptian minors have been handed sentences of between two and five years in prison by a juvenile court in Alexandria on charges of "belonging to an outlawed group," according to Egypt's state news agency. Heavy security was seen outside ... Egypt plans blanket anti-terrorism law against 'disrupting order' Egypt: Cabinet Approves Broad Antiterrorism Bill Egypt Court Sentences 78 Minors Over Protests |
Aljazeera.com | Egypt temporarily opens Gaza border crossing Aljazeera.com Egypt has temporarily reopened the Rafah border crossing with Gaza for the first time since its closure in late October after a bombing in the Sinai Peninsula, officials have said. The crossing, which is the only access point to the Palestinian ... Egypt opens Rafah crossing to stranded Palestinians bound for Gaza Egypt Opens Crossing to Gaza for 1st Time in Month Egypt: Rafah Border Crossing Is Opened Temporarily |
ABC News | Apartment Building Collapses in Egypt, Killing 19 ABC News An apartment building in Egypt's capital collapsed Tuesday, killing at least 19 people as rescuers and neighbors frantically dug through rubble with their hands to find survivors, authorities said. The collapse in Cairo's eastern Matariya district ... Egypt: Apartment Building Collapses Egypt: Cairo flats collapse kills 17 people |
Deseret News | Egypt and Cyprus freeze out Turkey in possible gas deal Financial Times Egypt and Cyprus are deepening energy co-operation, as an apparent anti-Turkey bloc emerges in the Eastern Mediterranean – potentially undermining US hopes that the area's gas finds could reduce regional tensions. At a tripartite Egyptian-Cypriot-Greek ... Egypt in talks to import Cypriot natural gas Cyprus eyes gas exports to Egypt via pipeline |
Mysterious 'Spellbook' From Ancient Egypt Decoded Huffington Post A mysterious ancient book written in an Egyptian language called Coptic has puzzled researchers ever since it was first found as part of an extensive papyrus collection at Macquarie University in Australia in 1981. But now, two Australian scientists ... |
Bidness ETC | Kellogg and Abraaj battle for Egypt's Bisco Misr Reuters Egypt's government this year launched a raft of long-delayed reforms aimed at luring back foreign investors and shoring up growth while cutting a ballooning deficit. The competing bids from Kellogg and Abraaj are the latest sign foreign investors could ... UPDATED: Abraaj tops Kellogg's offer in race to acquire Egypt's Bisco Misr Kellogg tops Abraaj offer for Egypt's Bisco Misr |
The Fiscal Times | Egypt, the Most Important Arab Nation, Is an ISIS Target The Fiscal Times Egypt has historically been one of the most stable countries in the Middle East. Today, after the failed 2011 “Arab Spring” and shake-up of official power, Egypt's economy is crippled. The tourism industry is dead. Many other vital sectors are in a bad ... Egyptian Cyber Army: The hacker group attacking ISIS propaganda online |
Wall Street Journal | IMF Says Egypt Needs More Reforms Wall Street Journal Egypt needs further subsidy reform to reduce its budget deficit even as recent efforts at an economic overhaul are starting to bear fruit, the International Monetary Fund said. After the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak nearly four years ago, and ... IMF Says Egypt's Economy Starting to Recover IMF mission welcomes Egypt reforms, urges flexible exchange rate Egypt's hopes of attracting investment given timely boost by IMF |
Aljazeera.com | Egypt faces a new, harsher kind of repression USA TODAY Since ousting an Islamist leader 17 months ago, more than 41,000 people have been arrested in a sweeping crackdown against Islamists, secular activists, protesters, students and journalists, according to the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights. Egypt's Sisi visits Pope on first Europe trip Egyptian president says Egypt prepared to send troops to a future Palestinian ... Egypt could send troops to a Palestinian state to help out: paper |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Egypt's Sisi Piles on to Hagel's Fractured Legacy Foreign Policy (blog) One day after announcing that Chuck Hagel is being dismissed as defense secretary, his greatest foreign-policy legacy -- relations with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's government -- seems to be evaporating. Egypt's interior minister warned on ... |