New York Times | Former Kuwait Lawmaker Detained for Tweets Critical of Egypt ABC News Kuwaiti authorities detained a former liberal lawmaker overnight for questioning and on Wednesday ordered him held for 10 days for tweets criticizing the Arab Gulf country's ruler and his support for Egypt's president, a defense lawyer said. Abdullah ... Egypt's Appalling Crackdown on Gays |
CNN International | Egypt's President calls for a 'religious revolution' CNN International A former defense minister, he led the ouster of Mohamed Morsy -- the Islamist who was Egypt's first democratically elected President -- and has long positioned himself as a more secular option, and defender against extremist views. "It's inconceivable ... Video Captures Moment Police Officer Killed Defusing Bomb in Egypt Egypt's Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas Egypt's President al-Sissi makes historic Christmas visit to Coptic church in ... |
PBS NewsHour | Archaeologists unearth new tombs in Egypt, identifying unknown queen PBS NewsHour Egypt's Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Eldamaty said in a statement to Agence France-Presse that this was the first time any mention of the queen had been found. “This discovery will help us shed light on certain unknown aspects of the Fifth Dynasty ... 'God's tomb' discovered in Egypt Tomb of unknown queen discovered in Egypt Tomb of Osiris discovered at Luxor: The legend of ancient Egypt's god of the dead |
CBC.ca | Al Jazeera Journalists Are Not Egypt's Enemies New York Times TORA, Egypt — Together with two colleagues from the cable news channel Al Jazeera English, I have spent more than a year in jail. We were accused of joining a terrorist group conspiring against the Egyptian state and reporting “false news.” In reality ... Mohammed Fahmy's family seeks his deportation from Egypt Amal Clooney disputes Egypt arrest warning story Peter Greste: lawyer says release not imminent as deportation request lodged |
Migrants in post-revolution Egypt Washington Post (blog) Egypt is a major receiver of migrants and refugees from the Horn of Africa and other Arab states. Although the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' official number of registered refugees in Egypt is about 250,000, the Egyptian government's ... |
Egyptian Leader Visits Coptic Christmas Eve Service New York Times CAIRO — President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Tuesday visited the main Coptic Christian cathedral during its Christmas Eve Mass, and the Egyptian state news media declared him the first Egyptian president to attend such a service. “Let no one say, 'What ... |
NBCNews.com | Police Shot Dead While Guarding Coptic Christian Church in Egypt NBCNews.com MINYA, Egypt - Two Egyptian policemen were shot dead by masked men on Tuesday as they stood guard at a Coptic Christian church in a city south of Cairo, witnesses and a local security source said. Egypt's Coptic Christmas falls on Wednesday and ... |
Newsweek | The Winter of Egypt's Dissent Newsweek Riot police walk in front of graffiti depicting Bassem Mohsen, 20, who was killed in the 2011 Egypt uprising, along Mohamed Mahmoud street during the third anniversary of violent and deadly clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo November 19, 2014. |
CBC.ca | Mohamed Fahmy's family seeks his deportation from Egypt CBC.ca Mohamed Fahmy's brother, Adel Fahmy, told CBC News that a senior Egyptian government official told him that Mohamed's deportation is in its "final phase." Adel Fahmy said deportation documents have been signed and lawyers and government officials are ... |
The Tomb of a Previously Unknown Queen Has Been Unearthed in Egypt TIME Archeologists in Egypt have stumbled across the tomb of a previously unknown queen, believed to be the wife of a pharaoh who ruled 4,500 years ago, Egyptian officials announced Sunday. From inscriptions found on a wall of the tomb, the mystery queen ... |