Wall Street Journal | Egypt Detains Dozens in 2015 Killing of Prosecutor Wall Street Journal CAIRO—Egypt on Sunday accused members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and Gaza-based militant group Hamas in the assassination of the country's top prosecutor last year, detaining dozens of people for the attack. “The number of those involved in ... Egypt: Hamas linked to killing of prosecutor Hisham Barakat The Latest: Hamas Denies Role in Killing of Egypt Prosecutor Egypt accuses Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas of assassinating prosecutor |
Los Angeles Times | Egypt denies reports linking police to Italian student's torture and death Los Angeles Times Egypt's interior minister on Sunday denied media reports that police arrested an Italian student one week before he was found dead on the outskirts of Cairo, mutilated and bearing signs of torture. Giulio Regeni, a 28-year-old Cambridge University ... Egypt's Tourism Ministry holds memorial for slain Italian Egypt holds mass memorial for slain Italian student Egypt Holds Funeral for Italian Student Killed in Cairo |
AfricaNews | Egypt, France conduct joint military exercise off the Mediterranean AfricaNews Egypt and France began on Sunday a joint military exercise termed as the “Ramses-2016” in the coastal city of Alexandria along the Mediterranean. According to Egyptian military, the joint venture off the coast of Egypt will go on for several weeks. France, Egypt in joint military exercise France joins military exercise with Egypt Egypt, French Navies Launch Joint Exercises in Mediterranean |
AfricaNews | Egypt: Gunmen kill three in Sinai AfricaNews Two security forces and a first-aider were killed on Sunday, while they were being transported in an ambulance after a bomb attack Egypt's Sinai region, security officials have said. The attackers are still to be identified but Egypt has been the ... Egypt: 3 shot dead in ambulance ambush Gunmen ambush ambulance in Egypt's Sinai, killing 3 Egypt's army claims killing of 5 'terrorists' in North Sinai |
Bloomberg | Billionaire's Investment Banking Foray Bets on Egypt Revival Bloomberg Sawiris, in an interview in Cairo on Sunday, said he will complete the purchase of CI Capital Holding this month to create Egypt's second-biggest investment bank. The 924 million Egyptian-pound deal ($118 million) is in "execution mode" after the ... MIDEAST STOCKS-Saudi surges on oil, Orascom Telecom lifts Egypt |
Ynetnews | Shooting the messenger in Egypt's parliament Ynetnews Analysis: Tawfik Okasha, voted out of the Egyptian parliament for promoting normalizing relations with Israel, is in indeed a bigmouth who seeks self-publicity at all costs; conspiracy theories abound about how he was being used to see if relations ... Could there be a clash between Israel and Egypt? Booted Egypt lawmaker apologizes for hosting Israeli envoy Egypt: Sisi's Egypt appears to draw closer to Israel |
Daily Mail | Palestinian 'terror' recruiter active in Egypt arrested: Israel Daily Mail Nazal told investigators that "while in Egypt, he sought out and recruited students from the West Bank studying in Egypt, sent them for military training in Gaza, and then planted them in the West Bank" to set up a military network, a Shin Bet ... Hamas-linked operative 'who recruited terrorists in Egypt' nabbed Under Egypt's nose, Hamas boosts cooperation with IS in Sinai Palestinian 'terror' recruiter active in Egypt arrested |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Report: Egypt imposes entrance ban on Hezbollah's leaders following Gulf's declaration Jerusalem Post Israel News According to Arab media reports, an Egyptian security official said that Egypt decided to ban Hezbollah leaders from entering the state following the latest decision of the Gulf Cooperation Council to label Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Egypt ... |
MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf markets gain as oil nears $39; Egypt up but worries loom Reuters OTMT boosts Egypt but most foreign buyers absent. By Celine Aswad. DUBAI, March 6 Firmer oil prices and a revival of global risk appetite helped lift stock markets in the Middle East on Sunday, as heavyweight petrochemical firms and banks boosted Saudi ... |
Reuters | Egypt's central bank holds exceptional $500 million FX auction Reuters CAIRO Egypt's central kept bank kept the pound stable at 7.7301 pounds against the dollar at an exceptional auction on Sunday for the sale of $500 million to cover imports of strategic goods, bankers said, pumping more foreign exchange into an economy ... Egypt's C.Bank sells $551 million in exceptional FX auction Egypt central bank auction to cover imports of strategic goods |