The Guardian | Egypt opens border with Gaza to allow airstrike casualties in for medical care The Guardian Egypt says it has opened its border crossing with Gaza to allow the most critical casualties of Israeli airstrikes access to Egyptian medical care, following accusations that it has abandoned its usual role of mediating between the Israeli and ... The man the Israeli-Palestinian crisis needs most? Egypt's Mohamed Morsi. Egypt steps back as Israel pounds Gaza militants Egypt opens Rafah crossing so wounded Gazans can seek medical care |
Socialist Worker Online | Egypt Silent as Neighbors Wage Battles New York Times CAIRO — Again and again over decades, Egypt has leapt in to play the role of mediator during hostilities between the Palestinians and the Israelis, including the time two years ago when Egypt's president, Mohamed Morsi, helped broker a cease-fire ... Economic cooperation between Egypt and Ethiopia on the rise Confronting the counterrevolution in Egypt Egypt's Sisi Sees Regional Islamist Threat, Promises to Support Iraq |
USA TODAY | Egypt challenges sale of valuable ancient statue USA TODAY LONDON (AP) — Egypt is challenging a British museum's planned sale of a 4,000-year-old Egyptian statue that is expected to fetch up to $10 million at a London auction. Former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass told the BBC Wednesday that the Northampton ... Egyptian statue Sekhemka sells for nearly £16m Northampton and Christie's insist on Sekhemka sale, claim Egypt approves Don't sell statue, Egypt asks England |
NPR (blog) | Will Egypt Finally Embrace Israeli Gas? Forbes However, the country's ability to rebuild – and reverse – a gas trade route to Egypt has been hampered by political resentment and logistical hurdles. This all appeared to change late last month with the news that production partners in Israel's ... Gas In Egypt Is 78 Percent More Expensive Now Than Last Week Cairo cinema gives Egypt home for alternative film |
Arutz Sheva | Crunch Time for Egypt's Energy Mess? Foreign Policy (blog) Over the weekend, Egypt abruptly hiked domestic prices for energy products such as gasoline and diesel by almost 80 percent, a step that has the potential to send food prices skyrocketing as well. Egyptian officials are also speaking more warmly about ... Egypt Would Approve BG's Israel Gas Deal If Local Demand is Met Egypt 'Not Embarrassed' to Import Israeli Gas |
Egypt Takes Steps to Protect the Environment World Bank Group On June 13, 2014, the World Bank approved a US$ 8.10 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF)* for Egypt's “Sustainable Persistent Organic Pollutants Management Project (POPs)” to demonstrate the improved management and disposal of ... |
Toronto Sun | Brother starts petition to fight for release of journalist jailed in Egypt Toronto Sun Mohamed Fahmy, an Egyptian-Canadian producer with Al Jazeera English in Cairo, was sentenced to seven years for aiding a terrorist organization, the Muslim Brotherhood. Two of his colleagues, Australian correspondent Peter Greste and Egyptian ... Is Egypt getting ready to free Canadian Mohamed Fahmy? Rania Lawendy: Canadian government failing Egypt's prisoners Egypt convicts Al Jazeera journalists, verdict draws international condemnation |
Middle East Eye | African court to investigate alleged Egyptian crimes against humanity Middle East Eye Lawyers that support ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi asserted on Wednesday that the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) had accepted their lawsuit accusing Egypt's ruling regime of committing crimes against humanity. |
TIME | Egypt's President Expresses Disappointment Over Conviction of Three Journalists New York Times CAIRO — President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt expressed disappointment in remarks published Monday at the conviction of three journalists from Al Jazeera's English-language service, saying that their sentences had “negative consequences” and that he ... Egypt President Defends Recent Price Hikes Egypt's President el-Sisi Says He Wished Al-Jazeera Journalists Weren't Tried Sisi: Egypt should have deported journalists |
'Long Live Egypt Fund' receives over EGP 400m in donations Daily News Egypt State-run Banque Misr, Banque du Caire and National Bank of Egypt each donated EGP 20m. Other contributing banks include the Commercial International Bank (CIB), Arab African International Bank, Emirates NBD, the United Bank, QNB Al-Ahli, Faisal ... |