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The US Isn't Making Sure Its Military Aid to Egypt Stays Out of the Wrong Hands - VICE News Tue, 17 May 2016 21:58:31 GMT

U.S. News & World Report

The US Isn't Making Sure Its Military Aid to Egypt Stays Out of the Wrong Hands VICE News The US pours around $1.3 billion into the Egyptian military each year, financing its massive arsenal of US-made weapons: F-16s, Apache helicopters, M1A1 tanks, and a flood of small arms, missiles, and equipment. Strict requirements are in place to keep ... Egypt president backs French proposal for Mideast talksU.S. News & World Report The Strange, Unending Limbo of Egypt's Hosni MubarakNew York Times Egyptian president calls on Israelis, Palestinians to take historic steps to peaceJerusalem Post Israel News The National Interest Online -Reuters -i24news all 80 news articles »

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Treasures of Egypt's Atlantis: Raised from the deep after 1300 years - and now on dazzling show in the British Museum - Daily Mail Tue, 17 May 2016 22:34:08 GMT

Daily Mail

Treasures of Egypt's Atlantis: Raised from the deep after 1300 years - and now on dazzling show in the British Museum Daily Mail For 1,300 years, the legend of a lost Egyptian city was exactly that — a legend. The earliest Greek historian, Herodotus, said the metropolis of Thonis-Heracleion derived its name from being the place where Heracles, the mythical strongman, first set ... Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds, exhibition review – What lies beneathEvening Standard Oxford researchers help uncover remains of Egypt's lost citiesThe Oxford Times Exhibition: Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds at the British Museum, WC1The Times (subscription) The Upcoming all 12 news articles »

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Website photographer is latest journalist jailed in Egypt - The Guardian Tue, 17 May 2016 06:21:58 GMT

The Guardian

Website photographer is latest journalist jailed in Egypt The Guardian Week by week, the Egyptian authorities are jailing journalists. The latest to be sentenced is a photographer, Ali Abdeen, who works for the news website El-Fagr. He got two years, according to his outlet, for inciting illegal protests, obstructing ... Egypt: 26 Journalists Arrested at Protest, 1 to Jail for 2 YearsteleSUR English Journalist covering protests in Egypt jailed for two yearsCPJ Press Freedom Online all 3 news articles »

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Amid Crackdown, Egypt Sentences 152 People To Prison For Protesting - NPR Sun, 15 May 2016 16:06:39 GMT

NPR

Amid Crackdown, Egypt Sentences 152 People To Prison For Protesting NPR Egyptian courts have sentenced 152 people to prison time over a peaceful demonstration against Egypt's president last month. It's another sign that President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi will not tolerate dissent, amid a widespread crackdown on opposing voices. Egypt Sentences 152 to Prison for Protest Over Transfer of IslandsNew York Times Egypt jails 51 for protesting against Saudi islands dealBBC News Egypt Sentences 152 Protesters to Jail in Spree of VerdictsABC News Deutsche Welle -The Guardian -The Local.fr all 106 news articles »

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Egypt: Continuing judicial harassment against Mr. Negad El-Borai - OMCT World Organisation Against Torture Tue, 17 May 2016 12:24:00 GMT

Egypt: Continuing judicial harassment against Mr. Negad El-Borai OMCT World Organisation Against Torture The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in ... and more »

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Drowned worlds: Egypt's lost cities - The Guardian Mon, 16 May 2016 10:32:01 GMT

The Guardian

Drowned worlds: Egypt's lost cities The Guardian All Mediterranean traders who had dealings with Egypt – not just Greeks, but also Phoenicians, Cypriots, Levantines – were obliged to come to Naukratis to trade their oil and wine and pay their tax, sailing more than 40 miles inland down the Nile via ... and more »

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Filmmaker wants to put Egypt and Luxembourg on the global cinema map - The National Tue, 17 May 2016 12:23:58 GMT

The National

Filmmaker wants to put Egypt and Luxembourg on the global cinema map The National It tells the semi-autobiographical tale of a vegetarian, pacifist Egyptian DJ who leaves Alexandria at the outset of the Egyptian revolution to find fame and fortune in Europe. He loses his passport and finds himself stranded in Luxembourg, where the ...

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Senior Hamas official accuses Fatah of plotting to kill Egypt's Sisi - Jerusalem Post Israel News Tue, 17 May 2016 08:11:00 GMT

Jerusalem Post Israel News

Senior Hamas official accuses Fatah of plotting to kill Egypt's Sisi Jerusalem Post Israel News "The Egyptian intelligence services or other security forces have possibly taken part in this performance in order to denounce the Palestinian resistance and to create a justification for Egyptian military involvement in Gaza Strip," the Kassam ... and more »

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Egypt aims high on Chinese investment - China.org.cn Tue, 17 May 2016 03:41:31 GMT

China.org.cn

Egypt aims high on Chinese investment China.org.cn "Egypt is playing a great role in the interaction between China and the rest of Africa, and we're going to accelerate the Silk Road initiative and its execution plan as much as we can," said Yasser ElKady, the Egyptian minister of communications and ... and more »

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Egypt's next national security threat: all the single ladies? - Al-Monitor Mon, 16 May 2016 19:12:06 GMT

Al-Monitor

Egypt's next national security threat: all the single ladies? Al-Monitor In a first of its kind in the history of the Egyptian parliament, the National Security Council announced May 3 that the "issue of spinsters” constitutes a national security issue that should be confronted. This has left analysts divided, with some ... and more »