The Guardian | Morsi and Al Jazeera journalists sentenced for 'spying' Aljazeera.com An Egyptian court has handed down its final ruling in the trial of 11 people, including toppled president Mohamed Morsi and Al Jazeera journalists, accused of leaking state secrets to Qatar. The court on Saturday confirmed a ruling from May 7, when six ... Al-Jazeera employees among six sentenced to death in Egypt Egypt sentences 2 Al Jazeera journalists to death Egypt finalizes death ruling for Al Jazeera journalists tried in abstentia |
Middle East|Leaks of Answers Before Egypt's National Exams Embarrass Government New York Times CAIRO — As Egyptian high school students take their final exams this month, the government is facing a wave of criticism and mockery after copies of at least two test papers — and their answers — were leaked on Facebook. The leaks, which caused one ... |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Fatah- Hamas reconciliation talks set to take place in Egypt next week Jerusalem Post Israel News Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of his support for the talks, “I welcome Egyptian President Sisi's remarks and his willingness to make every effort to advance a future of peace and security between us, the Palestinians and the peoples of the ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Cambridge University 'stalling murder case' of student in Egypt, Italian government says Telegraph.co.uk Giulio Regeni, 28, was killed in February, allegedly by Egyptian secret police or intelligence agents, because he was researching the activities of independent unions and had written articles critical of the Egyptian regime. He was a PhD student at ... |
New York Times | Palestinians Enter Talks With Egypt to Stake Mediterranean Claims New York Times The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad H. Mansour, said Friday that his government had begun preliminary negotiations with Egypt to define the extent of Palestinian-claimed territory in the Mediterranean off the roughly 25-mile-long ... Palestinians Say They Are Negotiating Sea Border With Egypt Palestinians negotiate sea border with Egypt |
Washington Post | Ramadan edict against eating in public infuriates some Muslims in Egypt Washington Post During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the faithful abstain from food and drink from dawn until dusk. In Egypt, it is usually a time of unity and festivity, with little tension beyond family squabbles over food and the dozens of soap operas on TV to ... |
Express.co.uk | PANICKED Brussels chiefs plead for Egypt talks after migrants find NEW route into Europe Express.co.uk The European Union's border agency Frontex claimed one of the reasons for 19,000 migrants arriving in Italy last month was “a growing number of departures from Egypt”. Worried EU fat cats are now calling for urgent talks with Cairo in a bid to stop the ... EU Seeks Talks With Cairo as Migrants Depart Egyptian Coast |
Deutsche Welle | Egypt: Second EgyptAir MS804 black box recovered 'in several pieces' Deutsche Welle In the past year, Egypt has witnessed a series of aviation crises. In March, a man hijacked a domestic Cairo-bound EgyptAir flight and forced the pilot to divert the aircraft to Cyprus. The man claimed to have a suicide belt strapped to his body. In ... Egypt pulls second black box of doomed plane out of the sea Egypt has recovered the second black box from the crashed EgyptAir jet Egypt says it has found plane wreckage |
Newsmax | Egypt court gives Mursi another life sentence over spying case euronews Egypt's former President Mohamed Mursi has been given another life sentence after a court in Cairo found him guilty of espionage and leaking state secrets. The leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood has already received the death penalty and a life ... Egypt's Ex-President Mursi Gets Life Sentence in Qatar Spy Case Former Egyptian president gets another life sentence |
The children are in danger: Welcome to 'the kids' Guantanamo' of Egypt Middle East Eye "Do you know what it's like to be one of the reasons someone is behind bars?" With those words, an Egyptian lawyer greets me as he tells me about his latest case. Mohamed Abdelsayed, a 14-year-old boy, was charged with protesting and the possession of ... |