Reuters | Saudi Aramco to resume oil product shipments to Egypt soon Reuters CAIRO Saudi Arabian state oil company Aramco will resume oil product shipments to Egypt some six months after halting them suddenly, the Egyptian Petroleum Ministry said on Wednesday, signaling a potential thaw in relations after months of tension. |
Middle East Monitor | More Than 2200 Kids May Have Been Food Poisoned U.S. News & World Report CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Health Ministry says hundreds of schoolchildren have been admitted to hospital in a suspected mass food poisoning this week. The ministry says the outbreak involved 2,262 children in eight schools in the southern province of Sohag. Egypt: 1,911 students suspected of having food poisoning – Middle ... |
Axios | Russian troops reportedly spotted in Egypt Axios Russia "appears to have deployed" special forces to an airbase in Egypt 60 miles from the border with Libya in the past few days, according to U.S., Egyptian, and diplomatic sources, per a Reuters report. Last week the U.S. military commander who ... Egypt military source denies deployment of Russian troops in Egypt Russia appears to deploy special forces to airbase in western Egypt Russia May Have Deployed Troops in Egypt |
New York Times | Journalists in Egypt Discuss Press Freedom There and Around the World New York Times Sima says that once she was taking a photo of the Nile with her cell phone, a guy stopped her and said “you foreigners are giving a bad impression of the country.“ Hanna Ingber. Senior Editor, International Desk. 9:53 AM ET. Sima says she was ... |
USA TODAY | Three-ton torso of ancient Egyptian statue lifted from site USA TODAY CAIRO (AP) — The three-ton torso of a massive statue that may be of one of Egypt's most famous pharaohs was lifted Monday from mud and groundwater where it was recently discovered in a Cairo suburb. The torso was pulled by a crane as dozens of ... Huge statue of 'Pharoah Ramses II' pulled from ground in Egypt Egypt: bust of ancient Pharaoh lifted from slum Colossal 3000-year-old statue of ancient Egyptian pharaoh branded one of the 'most important ever finds' is lifted ... |
gulfnews.com | In Egypt, shining a light on sexual assault gulfnews.com Tackling the country's sexual harassment epidemic was never a priority for the crowds that gathered, in 2011, in Cairo's Tahrir Square. And yet unlike the largely unmet reforms they did demand, the fight against sexual violence is one area in which ... |
New York Times | The U.S. Should Not Be Egypt's Accomplice - The New York Times New York Times The Trump administration should not disregard Cairo's abuses, past and present, and stumble into a marriage of convenience with a despot. Egypt releases 203 prisoners jailed for protesting High expectations: Egypt-US relations in the age of Trump Egypt's Sisi pardons 203 young protesters: state news agency |
Egypt SIS (press release) | Nasr, Saleh Kamel review boosting investments in Egypt Egypt SIS (press release) Investment and International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr reviewed with Chairman of the Egyptian-Saudi Business Council Saleh Kamel means of boosting investments in Egypt. During a meeting on Wednesday 15/3/2017, the minister underlined that ... |
Sudanese Amb. praises strong relations between Egypt, Sudan Egypt SIS (press release) During a meeting with MENA Board Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Alaa Heidar, Abdel Halim made reference to an economic partnership agreement which was signed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in October to boost trade ties with Sudan. |
New York Times | Egyptian Prosecutor Orders Release of Hosni Mubarak, President Toppled in 2011 New York Times Mr. Mubarak led Egypt for almost 30 years until he was toppled in 2011. He was later prosecuted on a variety of charges, including corruption and murder, but almost all the cases eventually foundered. His only standing conviction is for his role in ... Egypt's ex-President Mubarak to be freed Egyptian prosecution frees ousted president Hosni Mubarak Egypt's Hosni Mubarak to walk free in coming days |