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Updated: Researchers rally around science advocate convicted in Egypt - Science Magazine Wed, 13 Sep 2017 21:20:39 GMT

Science Magazine

Updated: Researchers rally around science advocate convicted in Egypt Science Magazine Scientists, engineers, and others are hoping an Egyptian court will reconsider a prison sentence given to one of the nation's most prominent science advocates. Last week, in a surprising outcome, an Egyptian judge sentenced Ismail Serageldin, founding ...

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Egypt charges lawyer investigating Italian student's murder | World ... - The Guardian Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:00:12 GMT

The Guardian

Egypt charges lawyer investigating Italian student's murder | World ... The Guardian Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy, who was looking into forced disappearance of Giulio Regeni in 2016, secretly arrested in Cairo. Egypt acknowledges secret arrest of rights lawyerWashington Post Lawyer Who Worked for Egypt's Disappeared Himself VanishesNew York Times Egypt detains lawyer investigating enforced disappearancesBBC News Channel NewsAsia -The Independent all 35 news articles »

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Egypt: 2 soldiers, 5 militants killed in Sinai shootout - Washington Post Wed, 13 Sep 2017 17:26:15 GMT

Independent.ie

Egypt: 2 soldiers, 5 militants killed in Sinai shootout Washington Post EL-ARISH, Egypt — Egypt's military said Wednesday that troops killed five militants who attacked a checkpoint in the northern Sinai Peninsula, where an Islamic State assault on a convoy two days earlier killed 18 police. Military spokesman Col. Tamer ... Deadly attack hits Egypt's Sinai PeninsulaAljazeera.com Two conscripts and five militants killed in Egypt clashIndependent.ie Two Egypt soldiers, 6 jihadists killed in 'foiled' attackNews24 The Times of Israel -TODAYonline -Anadolu Agency all 24 news articles »

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Facing Potential Wheat Crisis, Egypt Plays Down Poppy Seed Risk - U.S. News & World Report Wed, 13 Sep 2017 17:26:18 GMT

U.S. News & World Report

Facing Potential Wheat Crisis, Egypt Plays Down Poppy Seed Risk U.S. News & World Report Banna's comments are the first by an Egyptian official to take a similar view. He said the seeds were "not very dangerous", and that "there is still a study that has not been completed to determine whether to re-export it to the country of origin or ... More Wheat Import Woes in EgyptKTIC Staring down potential wheat crisis, Egypt will sieve cargoes of poppyNasdaq all 8 news articles »

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Rights group slams Egypt's 'nationalization' of media | Miami Herald - Miami Herald Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:28:00 GMT

Rights group slams Egypt's 'nationalization' of media | Miami Herald Miami Herald An international media rights group has voiced alarm over Egypt's "nationalization" of once-independent outlets. and more »

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Forest Whitaker to Be Feted by Egypt's New El Gouna Film Festival ... - Variety Wed, 13 Sep 2017 13:58:07 GMT

Variety

Forest Whitaker to Be Feted by Egypt's New El Gouna Film Festival ... Variety ROME – Oscar-winning actor-director Forest Whitaker will be feted with a lifetime achievement award by Egypt's new El Gouna Film Festival, which will open its ... and more »

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Egypt Criticises Human Rights Watch - New Vision - New Vision Wed, 13 Sep 2017 10:45:19 GMT

New Vision

Egypt Criticises Human Rights Watch - New Vision New Vision (1) Egypt was one of the 48 countries that agreed to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, while 8 states abstained from voting and 2 States did ... Egypt Defends Human Rights Record After Criticism From UN OfficialHaaretz Egypt slams torture report, questions HRW's funding – Middle East ...Middle East Monitor all 10 news articles »

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ISIS militants kill 18 police in attack on convoy in Egypt's Sinai - CBS News Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:25:00 GMT

CBS News

ISIS militants kill 18 police in attack on convoy in Egypt's Sinai CBS News EL-ARISH, Egypt -- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants ambushed a police convoy in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Monday, killing 18 police and wounding seven others in one of the deadliest attacks this year in the restive region bordering ... 18 soldiers killed in ISIL ambush in Egypt's Sinai | News | Al JazeeraAljazeera.com IS attack on Sinai convoy 'kills 18 Egyptian police'BBC News Militant blast, gun attack kill 18 police in Egypt's SinaiReuters Chicago Tribune -Wall Street Journal (subscription) all 135 news articles »

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Egyptian Archaeologists Find Goldsmith's 3500-Year-Old Tomb - New York Times Sun, 10 Sep 2017 14:48:19 GMT

New York Times

Egyptian Archaeologists Find Goldsmith's 3500-Year-Old Tomb New York Times This is the latest find in a series of discoveries made this year in Egypt. In March, Egyptian archaeologists discovered a Pharaonic colossus, and they unearthed 17 mummies in Minya in May. In April, they also found another tomb in Luxor, that of an ... Ancient Egyptian treasures uncovered in tomb near Valley of the ...The Guardian 3500-Year-Old Royal Tomb Discovered in EgyptTIME Get a First Look Inside a Newly Opened Egyptian TombNational Geographic New York Post -Aljazeera.com -CNN all 152 news articles »

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Report: Egypt cuts military ties with North Korea - ABC News Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:04:09 GMT

Haaretz

Report: Egypt cuts military ties with North Korea ABC News FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2013 file photo, then Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Sedki Sobhi attends the funeral of Giza Police Gen. Nabil Farrag in Cairo, Egypt. South Korea's news agency said Tuesday Sept. 12, 2017, that Sobhi, Egypt's defense minister ... Egypt Cuts Military Ties With North Korea Amid Pressure From US GovernmentHaaretz Egypt cuts military ties with North Korea, report says | Toronto StarToronto Star Egypt and Peru Heed US Calls to Isolate North KoreaCNSNews.com Arutz Sheva -One America News Network (press release) all 30 news articles »