New York Times | Italy Recalls Envoy to Egypt Over Inquiry Into Student's Death New York Times Maurizio Massari, the Italian ambassador to Egypt, in February, when he was arriving at the morgue where the body of Giulio Regeni was taken. Mr. Massari was recalled to Italy on Friday. Credit Mohamed El-Shahed/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Italy recalls ambassador from Egypt for talks about death of student Italy recalls ambassador from Egypt in row over student's murder Giulio Regeni murder: Italy recalls ambassador to Egypt |
Wall Street Journal | Saudi Arabia, Egypt to Partner on Bridge in Southern Sinai Wall Street Journal Saudi Arabia will partner with Egypt to build a bridge connecting the Sinai Peninsula to the Gulf kingdom, part of a cash injection into Egypt's economy agreed upon during a visit by Saudi King Salman. The causeway proposal revives an initiative ... Saudi Arabia and Egypt to build bridge over the Red Sea Saudi Arabia and Egypt Want to Build a Bridge Over the Red Sea Saudi Arabia and Egypt announce Red Sea bridge |
U.S. News & World Report | Congress Ponders 'Marshall Plan' for Egypt U.S. News & World Report A top US senator is floating an ambitious proposal to rebuild Egypt and other Middle East trouble spots, prompting congressional soul-searching into whether the region's strongmen have any desire to change. The chairman of the Senate Appropriations ... Senator Lindsey Graham wants billions in emergency funds for Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon |
Wall Street Journal | Saudi King Makes First Official Visit to Egypt Wall Street Journal Saudi Arabia's King Salman arrived in Egypt on Thursday for a rare foreign visit intended to cement the relationship between the two major Arab powers, as the kingdom courts greater support from its ally on regional security amid tensions with Iran. Egypt rolls out red carpet for king Saudi king visit boosts Egypt economic ties Saudi king sets aside frustrations with Egypt for state visit |
Al-Monitor | Why Egypt abstained from voting on UN sex crime resolution Al-Monitor “Although Egypt condemns with the utmost force all sexual abuses by peacekeepers and deals with such abuses with the utmost firmness, whether in Egypt or at the international level, we believe in the need to set certain criteria to preserve the ... |
Newsweek | ISIS Kills Seven in Roadside Bomb Blasts in Egypt's Sinai Newsweek Egypt Sinai ISIS Gaza Hamas Morsi Sisi An Egyptian policeman gestures from an observation tower in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, as seen from Israel's Negev Desert, February 10, 2016. Two ISIS roadside bomb blasts have left at least six military personnel ... 4 Soldiers Killed In Terror Strike In Egypt's Sinai ISIS bomb attacks kill seven in Egypt's Sinai Saudi cash boosts Egypt's war on ISIS-Sinai after US opts out |
Reuters | In Egypt, dye workshop fights to survive Reuters CAIRO Egypt's hard-currency crisis and competition from modern factories in Asia and at home threaten one of the last dyeing workshops in Egypt but one of its owners takes comfort in the trade's ancient resilience. Mohamed Mostafa boasts that the trade ... |
Wall Street Journal | Actress' Plight Puts Spotlight on Police Conduct in Egypt Wall Street Journal CAIRO—With a few soap-opera roles to her name and no apparent history of political activism, aspiring actress/singer Mirhan Hussein makes an unlikely frontwoman for the campaign against police abuse in Egypt. But her allegations that police beat and ... |
Al-Monitor | Who will be Egypt's next 'Hijab Queen'? Al-Monitor Mahmoud says the pageant draws attention to the beauty of loose-fitting clothes and long veils that cover the neck and hair, which are worn by many Egyptian women. Speaking to Al-Monitor, she said the pageant emphasizes that it is possible for women to ... |
Al-Monitor | Can Egypt's parliament learn from Israeli Knesset? Al-Monitor CAIRO — On March 22, Sayed Farag, an Egyptian member of parliament representing Cairo's Hadayek el-Qubba district, announced an initiative to form a parliamentary delegation that would visit the Israeli Knesset to discuss pending issues between the ... |