Washington Times | After British, Canadian Embassy in Egypt Closes ABC News The Canadian Embassy in the Egyptian capital closed on Monday over unspecified security concerns, a day after the British Embassy also suspended its services over safety worries. The two Western embassies, located next door to one another in the ... Canadian Embassy in Egypt closes amid security fears Egypt: British embassy suspends services for security reasons US Embassy in Cairo open while British, Canadian embasssies close over security |
BBC News | Egypt Arrests 25 Men in Bath House Raid ABC News Egyptian security forces raided a bath house and arrested 25 men suspected of homosexuality, dragging them naked out of the building in downtown Cairo, an official said Monday. The raid is part of an ongoing crackdown on gay men and comes after an ... Egypt arrests 33 men for 'debauchery' in bathhouse raid Egypt arrests men for 'debauchery' after hosting 'gay bath house orgy' 26 men arrested over bath house 'orgy' in Egypt |
Egypt cautiously accepts reconciliation with Qatar Al-Monitor CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt declared acceptance of a Gulf initiative, spearheaded by Saudi Arabia, for reconciliation with Qatar. However, certain signs indicate that the agreement has not gone past its formal appearance. A case in point of this is the new ... |
Irish Times | Egypt steps up anti-terrorism measures Irish Times Egypt is beset by foreign terrorists on its borders, organised domestic terrorists in Sinai and lone wolf terrorists who plant homemade bombs at vulnerable public facilities. The authorities issue daily tallies of jihadi dead in the northern Sinai army ... Egypt's War Against Terrorism 5 militants killed in Egypt's Sinai |
Buffer or barrier to Egypt-Gaza relations? Aljazeera.com Egypt plans to double the size of a buffer zone along its border with the Gaza Strip. The government says the measure is intended to put an end to the movement of armed fighters and weapons from Gaza to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. The first phase of the ... |
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 authorities investigate leaked recording 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 tourism revenues more than double in third quarter Egypt court sentences seven jihadists to death in Sinai case |
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 US: Navy engineer tried to steal schematics Navy engineer charged with trying to send information to Egypt on new US ... |
Daily News Egypt | 50 Italian companies to hold investment talks in Egypt in February: Italian ... Daily News Egypt Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi appointed Carlo Calenda, Italian Deputy Minister for Economic Development, and the trade mission to visit Egypt to discover new investment opportunities, Massari said during an economic conference in the Italian ... |
Egypt tackles embezzlement Al-Monitor The Cabinet's amendment of Law No. 62 of 1975 on Illicit Earnings, which is to be submitted to the legislative reform committee for approval, has stirred debate across Egypt. The amendment allows for amicable settlement between the government and the ... |