Los Angeles Times | Egypt's grim summer: Islamic State affiliate claims latest bombing Los Angeles Times It's been a very hot summer in Egypt, with not only more scorching temperatures than usual, but an accelerating tempo of violence. Rights groups and political opponents blame increasingly repressive policies by the government of President Abdel Fattah ... How Islamic State Pushes Egypt Toward Chaos Egyptian security building in Cairo rocked by bomb blast ISIS claims responsibility for Cairo car bomb that wounds 29 |
International Business Times | Amid Threats And Turmoil, Egypt, Saudi Arabia Sign 3-Month Oil Deal Worth $1.4B International Business Times Egypt and Saudi Arabia have signed a $1.4 billion deal for Aramco, the Saudi state oil company, to supply Egypt with oil for three months, beginning in September, Egyptian Oil Minister Sherif Ismail said Thursday. The deal further cements the ... Egypt, Saudi Aramco sign $1.4 bln oil products deal Egypt signs $1.4 billion oil deal with Saudi Aramco Saudi Arabia and Egypt Covet New Assault Ships |
Fox News | Egypt invites expert behind new theory on Nefertiti's tomb Fox News The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry is inviting British-educated expert Nicholas Reeves to Cairo to debate his theory that the tomb of Queen Nefertiti may be located behind King Tutankhamun's 3,300-year-old tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings. Nefertiti archaeologist invited to Egypt over theory of hidden tomb |
Here And Now | Insecurity Rises In Egypt And Tests El-Sisi Government Here And Now Egypt's reaction to the problem has drawn criticism from rights groups around the world. This week, the government of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi passed anti-terrorism legislation that frees up the military to use more force without legal ... Egypt to cut taxes in bid to woo firms Egypt to freeze capital gains tax, in two weeks |
BBC News | Hamas members seized from bus near Egypt-Gaza border BBC News Hamas has called on Egypt to secure the members' release. Relations between the militant group and Egypt have been strained since Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was ousted from power two years ago. Hamas is an offshoot of Mr Morsi's Muslim ... Egypt reportedly seizes 4 senior Hamas naval commandos heading to Iran Four Palestinian Hamas militants abducted in Egypt's Sinai: sources Gaza families call on Egypt to save abducted Palestinians |
New York Times | The Questionable Legality of Military Aid to Egypt New York Times One notable exception is Senator Patrick Leahy, who is raising alarm about human rights abuses Egyptian security forces have committed as they battle militants in the Sinai Peninsula. He recently asked Secretary of State John Kerry in a letter whether ... US may pull out Sinai force that helps keep Israel-Egypt peace Obama mulls pulling US peacekeepers from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula |
Voice of America | HRW Criticizes Egypt's New Anti-Terror Law Voice of America Human Rights Watch leveled harsh criticism Wednesday at Egypt's new anti-terrorism law, saying the measure has an overly broad definition of what constitutes a terrorist act and leaves Egyptians open to stiff sentences for things that may amount to ... Human rights group slams Egypt's new anti-terrorism law Egypt's Sisi is making a mockery of US diplomatic efforts Egypt's Sisi to visit Russia on Aug. 25 |
NPR | 'The Automobile Club' Tours Egypt's Troubled History NPR In his new novel, The Automobile Club Of Egypt, the beloved, best-selling, award-winning Egyptian author Alaa Al Aswany finds an interesting solution. He starts his book three times. First, there is a kind of meta-beginning — a scene in which a famous ... |
Yahoo News UK | In Egypt, the disappeared resurface on TV to confess to 'terrorism' Grand Forks Herald Such detentions and videotaped confessions are a new feature of a crackdown on dissent launched after the military toppled Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 -- Egypt's first freely-elected president -- after mass protests, rights groups say. In Egypt, the "disappeared" resurface on TV as terrorists |
Egypt's Ezz Steel says output hit by forex shortages gulfnews.com Cairo: Egypt's largest steel maker Ezz Steel's first-quarter net loss increased to 136 million Egyptian pounds (Dh63.76 million, $17 million) from 19 million pounds in the same period last year, hit by foreign currency shortages, the company said on ... |