New York Times | After Church Bombings, Egyptian Christians Are Resigned but Resolute New York Times “I said: 'Please, God, no more. Please.'” The coordinated suicide attacks on St. Mark's, Egypt's historic seat of Christianity, and at another church, in the city of Tanta, took 45 lives and dealt a heavy blow to the country's embattled Coptic Orthodox ... Egypt's Christian minority in somber mood for Easter holiday Egypt's Coptic Christians Celebrate Easter in the Shadow of ISIS Egypt's Persecuted Coptic Christians Plead 'When Will This All Stop' |
The New Arab | 1 dead in Egypt gas pipeline explosion Wichita Eagle Egypt's Health Ministry says that one person was killed and 17 were injured when the driver of a vehicle used in sewage system maintenance in a Cairo suburb accidentally struck a main gas pipeline, causing an explosion. Health Ministry spokesman Khaled ... One dead, 17 injured in Egypt gas pipeline explosion Fire erupts in Egypt's New Cairo after gas pipe explosion, one dead ... |
News24 | Egypt faces uphill battle against corruption News24 Cairo - When Egyptian real estate developer Hassan tried building an apartment block without paying bribes, officials stalled the project, going so far as to suggest there were ancient relics beneath the lot. Hassan buckled and found a middleman to ... |
Voice of America | After Attacks, Egypt's Pope Curbs Easter Celebrations Voice of America Over the past decades, they have been the immediate targets of Islamic extremists as Egypt's Orthodox Coptic Christians strongly supported longtime autocratic President Hosni Mubarak before his ouster in 2011. They rallied behind el-Sissi in 2013 as he ... |
NJ.com | Former N.J. teen reportedly locked in Egyptian prison asks Trump for help NJ.com A 17-year-old New Jersey native being held an Egyptian prison is reaching out to President Donald Trump for help, according to a report. Ahmed Hassan, a U.S. citizen, was sentenced to one year in prison after he questioned Egyptian police who were ... |
Sport24 | Wits lose in Egypt, crash out of Africa | Sport24 Sport24 A 1-0 defeat to Smouha at the Borg el-Arab Stadium on Saturday evening saw Wits eliminated from the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup. Wits' African adventure cut short in Egypt |
BBC News | Egypt's shaken Copts mark Good Friday after double bombing BBC News The attacks on Christians, who make up about 10% of Egypt's population, raised security fears ahead of a visit to Cairo by Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, scheduled for 28 and 29 April. In a visit to Pope Tawadros, President Abdul ... |
Aljazeera.com | Habib el-Adly: Seven-year jail sentence for corruption Aljazeera.com An Egyptian court has sentenced former interior minister Habib el-Adly, who served under ousted president Hosni Mubarak, to seven years in jail for corruption. Adly was found guilty on Saturday of embezzling more than $110mn of public funds. The ... Egypt sentences ex-interior minister Adly to 7 years Egypt's Mubarak-era interior minister jailed for corruption |
New York Times | Egypt Declares State of Emergency, as Attacks Undercut Promise of Security New York Times TANTA, Egypt — Rattling a country already wrestling with a faltering economy and deepening political malaise, two suicide bombings that killed 44 people at Coptic churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday raised the specter of increased sectarian bloodshed led ... Dozens Killed As 2 Attacks Target Coptic Christians In Egypt Egypt on edge as Christians bury dead from church attacks Egypt Cabinet OKs state of emergency after Palm Sunday church bombings |
The Guardian | Filming Egypt after the revolution: 'An extra was stabbed, a car was ... The Guardian Mohamed Diab's movie Clash is set entirely in a Cairo police van during a riot in the wake of Mohamed Morsi's election. And, he says, things got a little out of ... |