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Egypt Devalues Pound as Foreign Reserves Continue Slide - ABC News Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:35:02 GMT

Bloomberg

Egypt Devalues Pound as Foreign Reserves Continue Slide ABC News The Egyptian pound weakened by 10 piasters to 7.93 per dollar Thursday after the central bank reduced its price in an auction by the same amount to 7.83 per dollar. Economists had been urging devaluation and said additional weakening of the pound was ... Egypt Devalues Pound Third Time in 2015 After Reserves SlideBloomberg all 93 news articles »

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Correction: Egypt Parliament story - Yahoo News Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:00:51 GMT

Yahoo News

Correction: Egypt Parliament story Yahoo News CAIRO (AP) - Next week's parliamentary elections are supposed to move Egypt closer to democracy and end a situation in which Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, first as the country's strongman then as an elected president, has governed for more than two years with ... Sissi Tightening His Grip on EgyptVoice of America all 168 news articles »

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Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay elected to serve on UN Security Council - UN News Centre Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:23:49 GMT

UN News Centre

Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay elected to serve on UN Security Council UN News Centre 15 October 2015 – In one round of voting the United Nations General Assembly today elected Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January 2016. Ukraine, Japan, Egypt win UN Security Council seatsYahoo News Egypt, Ukraine Among 5 Elected to UN Security CouncilVoice of America Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine, Uruguay win UN council seatsReuters Deutsche Welle -International Business Times UK all 585 news articles »

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Ancient Egyptian skeletons reveal workers were lashed with SPEARS if they stole - Daily Mail Thu, 15 Oct 2015 09:53:47 GMT

Daily Mail

Ancient Egyptian skeletons reveal workers were lashed with SPEARS if they stole Daily Mail A punishment of '100 lashes and five wounds' was previously found on an ancient Egyptian carving, but until now it was unknown if this was brutal act was common practice. Now experts believe they have may found proof of such corporal punishment on the ...

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Egypt: Al-Qaida Chief's Brother Acquitted of Terror Charges - ABC News Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:58:17 GMT

Ahram Online

Egypt: Al-Qaida Chief's Brother Acquitted of Terror Charges ABC News An Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted the younger brother of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri of terror charges, but referred him to prosecutors in connection with similar charges. Mohammed al-Zawahri was arrested at a police checkpoint in August ... Egypt: Al-Qaeda chief's brother acquitted of terror chargesNews24 Egypt court acquits al Qaeda leader's brother of terrorism chargesJURIST Egypt: Zawahiri aquitted, 10 sentenced to death in Al-Qaeda linked caseAhram Online all 38 news articles »

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Egypt: Pardoned Prisoners Still Behind Bars - Human Rights Watch Thu, 15 Oct 2015 03:59:03 GMT

Human Rights Watch

Egypt: Pardoned Prisoners Still Behind Bars Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – At least five people pardoned in late September 2015 by President Abdelfattah al-Sisi of Egypt are still being held three weeks later. Many more not covered by the pardons remain unlawfully detained with little chance of release. On ... It's Business Against Government as Egypt Dollar Crunch DeepensBloomberg Pardoned prisoners remain behind bars in EgyptMiddle East Monitor Egypt: A Few Odd Pardons Won't Do JusticeCounterPunch Eurasia Review all 5 news articles »

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Egypt acquits Qaeda chief's brother, orders new probe - Al-Arabiya Thu, 15 Oct 2015 18:02:56 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Egypt acquits Qaeda chief's brother, orders new probe Al-Arabiya An Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's brother of charges of forming a "terrorist group" but ordered an investigation into a speech he made in court. Mohamed al-Zawahiri was arrested in August 2013 at the height of a ... Egypt War On Terror: Al Qaeda Leader Zawahiri's Brother Acquitted Of Terrorism ...International Business Times Egypt sentences 10 people to death for Qaeda linksAnadolu Agency all 33 news articles »

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Egypt's lists running in the 2015 parliamentary marathon - Ahram Online Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:12:19 GMT

Ahram Online

Egypt's lists running in the 2015 parliamentary marathon Ahram Online Meet Egypt's lists running in the parliamentary marathon set to kick off its first round in Egypt on Sunday 18 October. The first round will be on 60 party-based seats that will go to the two constituencies as follows: The North, Middle and South of ...

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Egypt wins non-permanent UN Security Council seat - Ahram Online Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:50:57 GMT

Ahram Online

Egypt wins non-permanent UN Security Council seat Ahram Online Egypt secured a non-permanent UN Security Council seat for the fifth time on Thursday with 179 votes. Following the announcement, the spokesperson for the Egyptian foreign ministry Ahmed Abo Zeid said Egypt will work “vigorously” to defend and support ... Egypt Wins Seat on UN Security Council in Uncontested VoteEgyptian Streets Egypt elected as UN Security Council non-permanent memberDaily News Egypt Bahrain Welcomes election of Egypt as non-permanent member of UN Security CouncilBahrain News Agency The Cairo Post -Gulf Today all 19 news articles »

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Egypt Northern Sinai Bomb Kills Civilian, Soldier - ABC News Wed, 14 Oct 2015 23:02:41 GMT

Ahram Online

Egypt Northern Sinai Bomb Kills Civilian, Soldier ABC News Egypt's state-run news agency says a roadside bomb by unknown assailants in the northern Sinai city of el-Arishhas has left one civilian and one soldier dead. The news agency said Wednesday that six policemen were injured in the explosion that took ... 'Three abducted' in ISIS attack on Egypt's Sinai checkpointAl-Arabiya Two dead, six injured in blast at Egypt's El-Arish police stationAhram Online '3 abducted' in ISIS attack on Egypt's Sinai checkpointThe Daily Star all 44 news articles »