BBC News | Egypt: British embassy suspends services for security reasons BBC News The British embassy in Cairo has suspended public services for security reasons, the Foreign Office has confirmed. A spokeswoman would not confirm the nature of the security issue, but said staff were working with Egyptian officials to enable work to ... British Embassy in Cairo closes over security concerns UK embassy in Cairo closes to the public over security concerns UK Embassy's closure is 'precautionary measure': Egypt's FM |
Middle East Monitor | Egypt Sentences 4 Muslim Brothers to Death ABC News An Egyptian court has issued provisional death sentences to four Muslim Brotherhood figures pending the opinion of the country's top religious authority. The case stems from clashes near the Brotherhood's headquarters on June 30, 2013, four days before ... Egypt's new shocking and potentially indicting leaks Egypt Sentences 4 Muslim Brotherhood Members to Death Egypt probes Morsi evidence recordings |
BBC News | Egypt death sentences over Sinai ambush at Rafah BBC News An Egyptian court has upheld death sentences given to seven men for an attack that killed 25 policemen. The August 2013 attack on the police convoy in Sinai, close to the town of Rafah on the Gaza border, was one of the deadliest on security forces. Seven sentenced to death in Egypt Egypt court sentences seven jihadists to death in Sinai case Egypt's Arab Spring Gets a Death Sentence |
i24news | Buffer or barrier to Egypt-Gaza relations? Aljazeera.com The buffer zone runs for about 13km along Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip. The first phase cleared an area 500 metres wide, destroying homes and tunnels used for smuggling. The security buffer is now being extended to one kilometre. But is Egypt's ... Egypt to Reopen Schools in Sinai Towns On Sunday - Governor Schools set to reopen in North Sinai border towns Egypt begins second phase of Rafah border evacuation |
Christian Science Monitor | Four years after Egypt's uprising, prison ranks swell: A writer's story Christian Science Monitor Alexandria, Egypt — In his early prison months, Omar Hazek worked only by night, snatching time with his notebook when guards fired up the strip lights outside. The young writer could wait hours for that moment, his cellmates sleeping all the while. |
The Week Magazine | Feds: Yorktown man tried to smuggle carrier plans to Egypt 13newsnow.com NORFOLK -- A Yorktown man, originally from Saudi Arabia, was arrested on Friday on charges of trying to smuggle schematic plans for a US Navy aircraft carrier to Egypt. Mostafa Awwad was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday on two charges of ... Navy engineer tried to leak plans for new aircraft carrier to Egypt, US says Navy engineer charged with trying to send information to Egypt on new US ... US: Navy engineer tried to steal schematics |
Egypt's Qalaa Holding posts 67 pct fall in Q3 net loss qtr-on-qtr Reuters Qalaa has some $9.5 billion in assets under management, including dozens of firms mainly in Egypt, east and north Africa. The company said it would issue $560 million in new shares by May 2015 to advance a major restructuring. ($1 = 7.1500 Egyptian ... Egypt's Qalaa Holding posts 67% fall in Q3 net loss qtr-on-qtr |
Today's Zaman (press release) (blog) | Egypt bans travel to Turkey without permit Today's Zaman (press release) (blog) Egyptian Interior Ministry spokesman Hany Abdel-Latif said the new measure was an effort to prevent Egyptian citizens from traveling through Turkey to join militant groups in Syria. According to the estimates of Egyptian security officials, hundreds of ... Egypt: Travel to Turkey without permit banned Egypt security clearance for travelling to Turkey 'not new': Ministry Egypt Adds New Measures Against Terror Recruitment |
NBCNews.com | US Embassy Warns Staff in Egypt to Restrict Movements NBCNews.com The State Department warned U.S. Embassy staffers in the Egyptian capital on Thursday to stick close to their homes and restrict personal travel after recent attacks on Westerners in the region. "In light of the heightened tensions and recent attacks ... |
Spiderman 'exhausted' by Cairo Ahram Online A man in a Spider-Man costume hangs upside down in Cairo's Metro in Egypt, December 2014. (Photo: Courtesy of Photographer Hossam Atef Farouk and Antikka Photography Facebook page). Related. Sexual harassment, chaos: Cairo's main metro station ... |