The Guardian | Meet the global feminists changing the world for girls from Kenya to Egypt The Guardian Feminism is needed for teenage girls in Sri Lanka. Women, young people and transgender people are harassed and disempowered. Opportunities are taken away from them. Sri Lanka has a particularly high teenage pregnancy rate. A Unicef study found that ... |
CNN | Attacks in Egypt leave at least 12 dead CNN Egypt's army has been fighting a decade-long militant Islamist insurgency, which has spiked since the ouster of Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsy in the summer of 2013. Hundreds of police and soldiers, as well as civilians, have been killed in ... Bombing attacks in Egypt kill and injure multiple people Two bomb attacks in Egypt's Sinai kill 13, wound dozens Egypt's Sinai Peninsula hit by deadly bomb attacks |
Egypt's Avian Flu Surge Lacks an Explanation New York Times Cases of H5N1 avian flu have been surging in Egypt since the fall. Egypt has now passed Indonesia as the country with the most human cases in total since the virus was first found in Hong Kong almost 20 years ago. About a third of the 336 cases Egypt ... |
Israel Today | Egypt Host Israel: 'Put Trust in God and Bomb Iran' Christian Broadcasting Network Meanwhile, Egyptian TV personality Tawfik Okasha called Netanyahu "our dear friend" and suggested Israel take out the Bushehr Nuclear Reactor. "Put your trust in God and bomb it," Okasha said. "We are with you and if you need fuel for the jets, we will ... Egypt, Netanyahu, Israeli Opposition - All Against Iran Deal Iran, Israel cooperate in nuclear test detection drills |
Aljazeera.com | Seeking a solution for Egypt's troubled Sinai Peninsula Aljazeera.com It has been occupied and fought over, fuelled accusations of lawlessness and neglect, and seen promises made and broken to its people. But ongoing concerns about security in Egypt's troubled Sinai Peninsula have been answered with successive military ... Egypt soldier killed a day after deadly Sinai blasts At least 14, mostly policeman, killed in separate attacks in Egypt |
New York Times | American Among Nearly 40 Sentenced to Life in Prison for Egypt Protests New York Times CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced an American citizen, Mohamed Soltan, to life imprisonment for supporting an Islamist protest against the military ouster of President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood in the summer of 2013. 'Failure of justice:' HRW slams Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood death sentences Egyptian court sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to death Egyptian-American sentenced to death in Egypt |
Newsweek | Egypt To Punish Tunnel Diggers With Life Jail Term Newsweek Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a new law which extends the punishment for those convicted of digging border tunnels to life in prison, in another attempt to prevent smuggling between militants in the country's restive Sinai ... In Response to Terror in Sinai, Egypt to Seek Life Sentences for Tunnel ... Egypt to punish tunnel diggers with life in jail Egypt sets to jail tunnel diggers, AIDA calls for lifting restrictions on Gaza |
Free Speech Radio News | Egypt court sentences dozens of protesters, including a US citizen, to life in ... Free Speech Radio News An Egyptian court has upheld the death sentences of 14 people and handed down life sentences to 36 others, including an American citizen. Dual Egyptian-American citizen Mohamed Soltan participated in sit-ins in Cairo in 2013 to protest the military ... Mass executions and the absence of justice in Egypt Egypt sentences three journalists to life in prison Mohamed Mahdi Akef… Voice of Democracy, Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood |
CleanTechnica | Egypt Solar Industry Hails Economic Renaissance CleanTechnica Capturing the headlines of the solar industry in the last several weeks, Egypt is attracting the attention of major international solar developers and investors. Following the recent Economic Development Conference held in March, many headlines have ... The Egyptian Upturn |
International Business Times | Sham El-Nessim: Ancient Egyptian Spring Festival Is Still Celebrated By ... International Business Times The ancient Egyptian spring festival of Sham El-Nessim will be marked Monday by Christians and Muslims alike. The pyramids, employed in ancient times as tools for calculating the date of the holiday, are pictured here behind a minaret in Old Cairo Dec. Salafists Say Celebrating Easter, Sham El-Nessim Is Forbidden For Muslims |