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Egypt Receives Ancient Stolen Limestone Relief - ABC News Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:20:08 GMT

Ahram Online

Egypt Receives Ancient Stolen Limestone Relief ABC News Egypt's embassy in London received a limestone relief that had been stolen from Queen Hatshepsut's temple in Luxor, the Ministry of Antiquities said. Shaaban Abdel Gawad, general supervisor of the ministry's antiquities repatriation department, in a ... Stolen relief of Queen Hatshepsut recovered from LondonAhram Online all 8 news articles »

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In yet another case of censorship, Egypt blocks messaging app Signal - Digital Trends Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:34:15 GMT

Digital Trends

In yet another case of censorship, Egypt blocks messaging app Signal Digital Trends In the latest act of censorship taken by a governmental body, access to the encrypted messaging app Signal has been blocked in the North African nation. Open Whisper Systems, the company that owns Signal, tweeted confirmation of Egypt's block on ... Maker of Signal Says App Is Being Blocked in EgyptABC News Egypt has blocked encrypted messaging app SignalEngadget Report: Egypt Censors Encrypted Signal AppPC Magazine Motherboard all 13 news articles »

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Red paint not blood: Photographer nabbed shooting fake images of 'Aleppo suffering' in Egypt - RT Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:19:52 GMT

Africa Times

Red paint not blood: Photographer nabbed shooting fake images of 'Aleppo suffering' in Egypt RT It was destined to be an iconic image: a small girl holding a teddy bear in a white dress marked by blood splotches with the ruins of Aleppo behind her. But according to Egyptian authorities, it was also a set-up, shot hundreds of miles away in a ... Egyptian photographer detained for using child in fake Aleppo imagesAfrica Times all 6 news articles »

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Egyptian police arrest five people for using children to stage fake 'Aleppo' footage - Mirror.co.uk Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:05:01 GMT

Mirror.co.uk

Egyptian police arrest five people for using children to stage fake 'Aleppo' footage Mirror.co.uk Police in Egypt have arrested five people for using children to stage fake footage they claimed was shot in Aleppo. The videographer, two assistants and the parents of two children who appear in the footage were detained by officers, the Egyptian ... Egyptian police arrest five people for using children to stage fake ...The Independent Egyptian Police Bust Staged Photo Shoot of 'Wounded Aleppo ...Sputnik International Egypt's FM calls for ceasefire, political dialogue in SyriaFamagusta Gazette all 6 news articles »

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Egypt-Gulf relations tested by Saudi visit to Ethiopia dam | Middle ... - Middle East Eye Tue, 20 Dec 2016 07:43:42 GMT

Middle East Eye

Egypt-Gulf relations tested by Saudi visit to Ethiopia dam | Middle ... Middle East Eye A Saudi visit to Ethiopia and a tweet falsely attributed to a Qatari official have harmed relations between Cairo and Gulf monarchies. PressTV-Saudi-Egypt ties further strained over dam visitPress TV Retired Saudi general denies GCC-Egypt riftMiddle East Monitor Egypt's High Amdinistrative Court sets 16 January to rule on Red Sea island dealAhram Online Reuters -Sputnik International all 34 news articles »

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Egypt: Novelist's prison term suspended - New Zimbabwe.com Tue, 20 Dec 2016 22:30:13 GMT

New Zimbabwe.com

Egypt: Novelist's prison term suspended New Zimbabwe.com CAIRO: The lawyer for Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji, who is imprisoned for violating public modesty, says a court has ordered his client's two-year sentence suspended pending review of his appeal. Lawyer Mahmoud Othman tells The Associated Press on ...

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A weekend in Egypt, five years after the eruptions of the Arab Spring - The Spinoff Tue, 20 Dec 2016 19:33:48 GMT

The Spinoff

A weekend in Egypt, five years after the eruptions of the Arab Spring The Spinoff The Egypt Museum is the sum total of what has not been stolen. It is a dirty, disorganised and dark place; the antithesis of Te Papa. But it is lovely. There are relics in there that are pared-back and simple, carved pale granite with symbols Apple ...

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UPDATE 1-World Bank approves second $1 bln loan tranche to ... - Reuters Tue, 20 Dec 2016 21:53:06 GMT

Sputnik International

UPDATE 1-World Bank approves second $1 bln loan tranche to ... Reuters The World Bank's board ofexecutive directors approved on Tuesday a second $1 billiondisbursement from a $3 billion loan to Egypt to support itseconomic ... World Bank Approves $1Bln Loan to Support Egypt's Job CreationSputnik International Egypt receives second $1bn portion of World Bank loanMiddle East Monitor World Bank board approves release of $1 bln loan tranche to Egypt ...Ahram Online Daily News Egypt all 8 news articles »

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Child victim of Egypt church attack dies; death toll now 27 - Jakarta Post Tue, 20 Dec 2016 09:15:42 GMT

Jakarta Post

Child victim of Egypt church attack dies; death toll now 27 Jakarta Post Child victim of Egypt church attack dies; death toll now 27 In this undated 2016 photo, provided by Nermine Samir Abdu, mother of Maggie Momen, Maggie Momen attends an activity at a sports club, in Cairo, Egypt. Momen is one of the 49 people injured in ... Egypt church attack: 10-year-old dies, death toll rises to 27Hindustan Times A Church Bombing in Egypt Puts Two Trump Policies on a Collision CourseUN Dispatch Girl's death takes Egypt church bombing toll to 26Daily Mail all 16 news articles »

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Egyptian Novelist Jailed on Obscenity Charges to Be Released - New York Times Sun, 18 Dec 2016 15:27:52 GMT

New York Times

Egyptian Novelist Jailed on Obscenity Charges to Be Released New York Times CAIRO — Egypt's highest appeals court on Sunday suspended the prison sentence of Ahmed Naji, a prominent writer who had been convicted on charges of obscenity, in a decision that paved the way for his release, his lawyer said. Mr. Naji, 31, was ... Egyptian court suspends author's jail sentence over sexually explicit book...Reuters all 23 news articles »