New York Times | Al Jazeera Journalist Held in Germany Awaits Verdict on Egyptian Arrest Warrant New York Times BERLIN — An Egyptian-British journalist working for the television news network Al Jazeera remained in German custody on Sunday pending a court ruling on the validity of an Egyptian arrest warrant that served as grounds for his detention at a Berlin ... CPJ Urges Egypt to Stop 'Campaign' Against Al-Jazeera Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour detained in Germany over Egypt conviction Al-Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour held in Germany on Egyptian warrant |
New York Times | Gaza Welcomes Break From Strife and Reopening of Border With Egypt New York Times GAZA CITY — For much of the past year, Gaza has sat in frustrated isolation as it struggled to recover from a devastating war with Israel. But for the people of the battered coastal enclave, the past week brought some welcome signs of relief. First ... After 3 years, Egypt appoints new ambassador to Israel Egypt names new ambassador, last one recalled in 2012 Egypt to send ambassador to Israel for first time since 2012 |
The Guardian | The west's betrayal of Egypt will reap a bitter harvest The Guardian When the former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was sentenced to 20 years in April, in a trial internationally condemned as unconstitutional, unfair and deeply politicised, many saw it as a test of the international community's resolve to stand up to ... David Cameron invites Egypt's Sisi to London after Morsi death sentence Egypt's Morsi appeals protesters jail sentence: lawyer UK invites Egypt's Sisi, state media say, day after Mursi ruling |
CNN | 8 million mummified animals, mostly dogs, in catacombs at Egypt site CNN (CNN) For centuries, dogs have been humans' loyal, domesticated companions. They've been wild animals, doing what's needed to survive. And in ancient Egypt, they served as bridges to the afterlife, with the hope that they'd intercede with the god ... 8 million mummified dogs found in Egypt Egypt: Mummified Dogs and Puppies Uncovered in Mass Grave near Ancient ... 8 million mummified dogs found in the catacombs of Anubis in Egypt |
U-T San Diego | Women protest detentions outside Egypt's presidential palace U-T San Diego Egyptian women hold up posters with people detained for violating the country's protest law as they hold a rally in front of a presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, June 21, 2015. The vigil Sunday outside the palace of President Abdel-Fatah el ... Egypt Anti-Protest Law: Women Hold Vigil At Presidential Palace To Oppose ... |
Ynetnews | Egypt appoints new ambassador to Israel Ynetnews The outgoing ambassador, Salam, has been serving from Egypt since 2012, when then-president of Egypt Mohammed Morsi withdrew him from Tel Aviv in protest over operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza. Since then, the ambassador has not returned to Tel ... Egypt names ambassador to Israel, nearly 3 years after it recalled its last ... |
VOA Learning English | Egypt: Expanded Suez Canal to Open in August VOA Learning English Construction of the expansion, called the "new" canal was originally expected to take three years. But last year Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi announced the project would finish in a year. Picture taken June 13. 2015. (Heather Murdock/VOA) ... |
U.S. News & World Report | Helicopters, Scanners No Match for Egypt's Exam Cheats U.S. News & World Report CAIRO — High school exam seasons in Egypt are often accompanied by exam leaks — a phenomenon that has become a major challenge to the successive Egyptian governments, despite several attempts to confront it. The government transports exam ... |
Al-Arabiya | Egypt's Mursi seen in 'execution' uniform Al-Arabiya Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Mursi appeared Sunday in a red uniform, becoming the country's first leader to appear in an attire of a prisoner sentenced to death. Earlier this month, Mursi, who was being retried for allegedly leaking classified ... Is Morsi's Death Sentence a Turning Point for Egypt? Morsi, Egypt's first former president to appear in red execution garb Latest from Iran |
Al-Arabiya | Egypt's Farida Osman swims past previous African record in 50m butterfly Al-Arabiya Egyptian swimmer Farida Osman beat the African record for women's 50-meter butterfly in Santa Clara in the U.S. on Saturday, reported Cairo-based daily al-Ahram. Osman broke her own record by improving the previous timing of 26.12 seconds to 26.08 at ... |