Texas Balloon Crash Reminder of Egypt's 2013 Disaster New York Times CAIRO — The weekend's hot balloon crash in Texas has been a grim reminder of a similar but deadlier accident in Egypt three years ago, when 19 foreign tourists burned to death or jumped to their deaths from the burning balloon as their sunrise flight ... |
The Guardian | The citizens using Facebook to report on Egypt's forgotten war The Guardian For a strategic border region in its third year of a brutal war between armed militants and national security forces, North Sinai receives remarkably little coverage in Egypt's mainstream media, with foreign journalists fearing attacks and local ... |
Yahoo News | Egypt's Sisi warns tough measures to fix economy are looming Yahoo News Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the graduation of 83 aviation and military science at the Air Force Academy in Cairo, Egypt July 20, 2016 in this handout picture courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency. The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via ... Sisi announces austerity measures while Egypt finalises IMF loan Tough measures to fix Egypt's economy Egypt president praises wisdom and patriotism of Coptic Christians |
Smithsonian | How the American Civil War Built Egypt's Vaunted Cotton Industry and Changed the Country Forever Smithsonian Under the ambitious leadership of Muhammed Ali, an Albanian soldier who had seized power in 1805 and is widely considered the founder of modern Egypt, the country had already embraced cotton as a valuable cash crop. The discovery 40 years ... |
Ahram Online | Egypt denies requesting Israeli mediation in Ethiopian dam issue Ahram Online In press statements carried by Egypt's state-owned MENA agency, foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said that recent discussions held by foreign minister Sameh Shoukry and Israeli officials focused only on finding ways to solve the Palestinian ... |
TheTower.org | Egypt Fumes Over Hamas' Increasing Cooperation With Islamic ... TheTower.org Increased cooperation between the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and Islamic State forces in the Sinai Peninsula have drawn Egyptian ire, The Times of ... WATCH: New ISIS Video Shows Executions & Snipers in Sinai Peninsula, Egypt Egypt air force strikes ISIS explosives plant in Sinai, 46 dead Egyptian airstrikes kill 46 militants in Sinai: Source |
The Times of Israel | Egypt rankled by Hamas's burgeoning ties to Islamic State The Times of Israel Members of Hamas' security forces patrol an area along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, where Hamas began increasing its forces, on April 14, 2016 in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (SAID KHATIB/AFP) ... |
Ahram Online | IMF deal credit positive for Egypt, implementation risks remain high: Fitch Ahram Online The International credit rating agency Fitch said on Monday that for Egypt securing an IMF funding deal would be credit positive for the country's economy, yet warned that risks in implementation are high and the country will continue to face several ... Fitch: Implementation Risk Would Be Key to Egypt IMF Deal IMF Loan: Possibly Egypt's Last Chance IMF delegation arrives in Egypt for bailout talks |
gulfnews.com | Gold hikes dim marriage lustre in Egypt gulfnews.com Egypt has been facing an acute shortage in foreign currency revenues blamed on the turmoil that followed the 2011 uprising. A team from the International Monetary Fund is currently in Egypt for talks on supporting its troubled economy with a 12-billion ... |
Open Democracy | Turkey 2016 and Egypt 2013: the politics of time Open Democracy “Part of the reason Egypt's security establishment has landed on its feet is that it has been careful to bide its time. It seems willing to refrain from full-blown 'pacification' until the revolutionaries come to learn that the only alternative to ... |