CNN | Egypt: El-Sissi gives new sign of presidential run USA TODAY CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military chief, Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, gave his strongest indication yet that he intends to enter presidential elections, saying in a speech Tuesday that he "can't turn his back" if Egyptians want him to run. El ... Court bans activities of Islamist Hamas in Egypt Egypt court bans all activities by Hamas Egypt: El-Sissi Gives Sign of Presidential Run |
DigitalJournal.com | Report: Egypt seeks Russian arms that could undermine treaty with Israel Jerusalem Post Despite the fact that Egypt has maintained the peace deal with Israel since 1979, a transfer of such advanced weapons “would degrade Israel's qualitative military edge,” said the report, titled “Egypt's arms deal with Russia: Potential Strategic Costs ... Egypt lobbies Germany to ease travel advisory: minister Egypt seeking advanced Russian S-300 air defense missiles Belgium, Switzerland warn against travel to Sharm El-Sheikh |
CNN | Egypt Pulls Ambassador From Qatar New York Times CAIRO — Egypt on Thursday became the fourth Arab state in two days to pull its ambassador from Qatar over its support for Islamists around the region, including the deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and his supporters in the Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt has no plans to send ambassador back to Qatar: cabinet |
Entrepreneurship Grows in Egypt's Flailing Economy ABC News In Egypt's newest reality television show, contestants sold fruit juice from push carts in Cairo's busiest market and later organized a desert safari for tourists, hustling to make sales in the capital's crowded streets. The program, called "The ... |
Aljazeera.com | Three killed in Cairo clashes, 48 wounded across Egypt Reuters Egypt has been in a state of turmoil since the army ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi of the Brotherhood last July after protests against his rule. The Brotherhood has kept up its protests against Mursi's overthrew in spite of a severe crackdown ... Egypt approves laws for presidential election UN Criticizes Violence Against Egypt Protesters UN declaration criticizes Egypt over violence used against protesters |
Montreal Gazette | Statue of pharaoh's daughter unearthed in Egypt Reuters The statue of Princess Iset was discovered at the temple of her pharaoh father on the western bank of the Nile in the southern city of Luxor, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said on Friday. The new discovery is the first known representation of Iset ... Statue of Egypt Pharoanic Princess Found in Luxor |
Aljazeera.com | Egypt envoy 'will not return' to Qatar Aljazeera.com Egypt has welcomed the decision of three Gulf states to withdraw their envoys to Qatar and said its own ambassador "will not return" to the Gulf emirate. The unprecedented decision this week by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates was ... News Analysis: Saudi blacklisting of Brotherhood signals political support to ... Egypt Urges Arabs to Copy Saudi on Brotherhood Terror Tag |
The Daily Star | Activists Heading to Gaza Stuck at Egypt Airport ABC News More than 40 women on their way to Gaza as part of a delegation for World Women's Day are staging a sit-in inside the Cairo International Airport after being refused entry into the country since Tuesday, airport officials in Egypt and activists said ... Gaza Palestinians protest Egypt's Hamas ban Gaza Hamas supporters protest against Egypt ban Egypt deports dozens of Gaza-bound women activists |
Egypt seeks Saudi help on Ethiopia water dispute Al-Monitor CAIRO — Egypt is considering preparing a formal request for Gulf mediation under the leadership of Saudi Arabia, in order to back Cairo's stance vis-à-vis the ongoing conflict with Ethiopia about the Renaissance Dam. The mediation request comes as ... |
UN Human Rights Council: Egypt Rights Abuses in Spotlight Human Rights Watch For the first time UN member states have used the forum of the Human Rights Council to spotlight the abuses going on in Egypt. Egyptian authorities are now on notice that the international community will not ignore their crackdown on dissent and ... |