The Nation | Egypt: El-Sissi in Final Step to Run for President ABC News Egypt's former military chief on Monday took the final formal step to run in next month's presidential election, submitting to the election commission eight times the number of signatures required, his campaign said in a statement. Abdel-Fattah el ... Egypt arrests alleged 'terrorist' who fought in Syria Sisi makes pre-vote campaign splash in Egypt |
Death sentences in Egypt lead to international outrage Al Jazeera America MATAI, Egypt — As far as Hana Gamel was concerned, things had been going as well as they could. In September 2013 her husband, Sheik Ahmed Qorani, a respected preacher in the city of Minya, was arrested a few miles away in his hometown of Matai. |
International Business Times UK | Egypt to raise electricity prices before election -minister Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Egypt plans to boost electricity prices for the richest 20 percent of its citizens before the presidential elections at the end of May, as the country has 'no time to waste' in starting reforms, the planning minister said. Ashraf ... Egypt to raise electricity prices before elections Egypt: Electricity Price Hikes Shock Rich as Further Reforms Floated |
Aljazeera.com | Egypt brushes aside criticism of latest anti-terror measures Los Angeles Times CAIRO — Egypt on Saturday sharply rejected a prominent human rights group's criticism of two tough new draft anti-terror laws. The measures, which have yet to be signed into law by interim President Adly Mansour, so sweepingly define terrorism that ... 'Muslim Brotherhood' members killed in Egypt Egypt's Tahrir Square dream fades as Sisi builds power AI: Egypt president should reject anti-terror law |
iPolitics.ca (subscription) | Baird's office won't commit to confronting Egypt over jailed journalist iPolitics.ca (subscription) As Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird prepares for his first bilateral trip to Egypt this week, it is still not clear whether he will raise with Egyptian officials the case of jailed Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, currently being held in a Cairo ... Baird's Egypt visit sends wrong message John Baird heading to Egypt Canadian FM scheduled to visit Cairo |
NATO secretary general's visit to Egypt to be arranged soon: spokesperson Ahram Online NATO's secretary general could visit Egypt soon, thanks to an invitation from Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, says NATO deputy spokeswoman Caren Romero. Earlier this month, Fahmy met current Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in ... |
The Daily Star | Dialogue ongoing between Hezbollah, Egypt The Daily Star BEIRUT: Hezbollah will appoint lawyers to defend members of the party in Egyptian courts who fled from prison during the 2011 uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's envoy to Lebanon told The Daily Star. “The party requested that they be ... |
Today's Zaman | Egypt to Introduce Smart-Card System for Subsidized Bread Wall Street Journal Egypt will introduce a nationwide smart-card system for subsidized bread by July, in an attempt to trim waste in its massive government wheat-purchasing program. Through a state agency, the General Authority for Supply Commodities, or GASC, Egypt is ... Egypt to introduce smart card for subsidised bread Egypt to introduce smart card for subsidized bread by July Egypt minister proposes five loaves of bread per day for every citizen |
Ahram Online | Retired army general wants Egypt's St. Catherine's Monastery demolished Ahram Online A retired army general says he has filed a court case pushing for Egypt's historic Saint Catherine's Monastery to be demolished and its Greek monks deported on the grounds that they pose a threat to national security. In May 2012, Ahmed Ragai Attiya ... Ex-Egypt general wants UNESCO site demolished Pyramid Tour Guides Turn to Opium Farming as Visitors Shun Egypt |
BBC News | Egypt gives Hamas and Gaza the cold shoulder BBC News Egypt's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood has led to a sharp deterioration in relations with the Islamist group Hamas in neighbouring Gaza, and the people there are paying the price. As a coach forces its way through the crowds on the Palestinian ... |