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Top Palestinian official denied entry to Egypt - News24 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:23:00 GMT

News24

Top Palestinian official denied entry to Egypt News24 Ramallah - A senior Palestinian official has been denied entry to Egypt, prompting a Palestinian delegation to withdraw in protest from a counter-terrorism conference he was to attend, officials said on Tuesday. Jibril Rajoub, a senior member of ... Senior Palestinian official denied entry to EgyptThe Times of Israel Egypt deports top Palestinian official on arrival at Cairo airportJerusalem Post Israel News Egypt Refuses Entry to Top Palestinian Leader, Deports Him to JordanEgyptian Streets Haaretz -Anadolu Agency -i24news all 22 news articles »

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Egypt lawmaker says expulsion warning to opposition - News24 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 14:53:00 GMT

News24

Egypt lawmaker says expulsion warning to opposition News24 Cairo - An Egyptian lawmaker who was one of the few dissenting voices in parliament said on Tuesday his expulsion over accusations of leaking a draft law to foreign embassies was a warning to the opposition. Mohamed Anwar Sadat, a nephew of the ... General Says US Wants to Resume Major Military Exercise With EgyptNew York Times Egypt: Merkel to Visit Egypt Early March - AmbassadorAllAfrica.com Egypt's Sisi, Germany's Merkel to inaugurate first phase of Siemens power megaprojectAhram Online Daily Sabah -Sputnik International all 18 news articles »

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Egypt Parliament Removes Prominent Dissenter: Anwar Sadat's Nephew - New York Times Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:33:07 GMT

New York Times

Egypt Parliament Removes Prominent Dissenter: Anwar Sadat's Nephew New York Times CAIRO — Egypt's Parliament on Monday expelled one of its few dissenting lawmakers, the scion of a storied political family, having accused him of leaking sensitive information to Western diplomats. The expulsion of the lawmaker, Anwar Sadat, nephew ... Egypt parliament expels MP critical of human rights recordBBC News Egypt: Parliament Expels Lawmaker Critical of Human Rights RecordThe Wire Egypt's parliament expels lawmaker who had criticised itNews24 ABC News all 13 news articles »

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Egypt's Economy Is in Crisis. So Why Is the Government Spending ... - Newsweek Tue, 28 Feb 2017 12:10:57 GMT

Newsweek

Egypt's Economy Is in Crisis. So Why Is the Government Spending ... Newsweek The space program is el-Sissi's latest attempt to reinvigorate the Egyptian economy with a series of mega-projects. and more »

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Egypt arrests 9 Muslim Brotherhood leaders accused of plotting to overthrow government - Toronto Star Tue, 28 Feb 2017 21:59:43 GMT

Toronto Star

Egypt arrests 9 Muslim Brotherhood leaders accused of plotting to overthrow government Toronto Star Anti-terror laws passed under Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi allow the state to define a broad category of dissent as "terrorism" — Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood was branded a terrorist organization by the government in 2013. (Maya Alleruzzo ... and more »

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Christians flee Egypt after ISIS executes kill list - TRUNEWS Tue, 28 Feb 2017 14:48:26 GMT

TIME

Christians flee Egypt after ISIS executes kill list TRUNEWS Christians flee Egypt after ISIS executes kill list Christian families who left from Al-Arish in the North Sinai Governorate after the escalation of a campaign targeting Christians by Islamic State militants last week, arrive at the Evangelical Church ... Egypt's Christians are Fleeing the North Sinai After a Spate of Sectarian KillingsTIME Egyptian Christians Fearing Terror Flee SinaiWall Street Journal (subscription) Egypt's Coptic Christians flee Sinai after killingsAljazeera.com CNSNews.com all 178 news articles »

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Egypt banks cleared to repatriate foreign firms' long-held profits ... - Reuters Tue, 28 Feb 2017 14:58:45 GMT

Reuters

Egypt banks cleared to repatriate foreign firms' long-held profits ... Reuters Egyptian banks are set to allocate about a quarter of their excess hard currency to foreign firms seeking to repatriate profits, bankers said on Tuesday, helping ... and more »

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Egypt Hopes to Revive Russian Tourism With Airport Upgrades – Skift - Skift Tue, 28 Feb 2017 02:30:58 GMT

Skift

Egypt Hopes to Revive Russian Tourism With Airport Upgrades – Skift Skift The wreckage of Metrojet flight 9268, which crashed en route to St. Petersburg. Moscow suspended air links to Egypt after Islamic militants downed a Russian ... One million fewer Britons are visiting Egypt - so why is it doubling the cost of visas?Telegraph.co.uk Egypt says near meeting Russia's airport security demandsThe Missoulian Egypt puts off higher entry visa charges until July 1Washington Post The New Arab all 32 news articles »

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Egyptian police arrest 22 over riot in coastal city - Washington Post Tue, 28 Feb 2017 08:11:20 GMT

Washington Post

Egyptian police arrest 22 over riot in coastal city Washington Post PORT SAID, Egypt — Security officials say police have arrested 22 people after hundreds went on a rampage in Egypt's coastal city of Port Said to protest death sentences for 10 residents for their part in a deadly 2012 soccer riot. The officials say ... Egypt police arrest football fans over Port Said riotThe New Arab Egypt court sentences 4 Ultras Ahlawy members to 15 years in prison over game violenceAhram Online all 7 news articles »

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Egypt plans to abstain from voting on UN Security Council resolution to introduce new Syria sanctions - Mada Masr Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:57:20 GMT

Mada Masr

Egypt plans to abstain from voting on UN Security Council resolution to introduce new Syria sanctions Mada Masr Egypt intends to abstain from voting on a Security Council draft resolution that would ban the supply of helicopters to the Syrian government and impose sanctions on Syrian military and security officials and entities within President Bashar al-Assad's ... Russia, China Veto Resolution Imposing Sanctions on Syrian Regime, Egypt AbstainsEgyptian Streets all 108 news articles »