BreakingNews.ie | Egypt: Life sentences for 2 over 2015 soccer violence Washington Post CAIRO — An Egyptian court has sentenced two men to life in prison and a dozen others to two to ten years over deadly soccer violence in 2015 that it blamed on the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group. The North Cairo Criminal Court announced its verdict ... Two men jailed after 20 football fans die at stadium in Egypt Former Egypt Brotherhood leader Akef dies aged 89 Ex-Muslim Brotherhood leader Mahdi Akef dies at 89 |
CNN | What it's like to crawl inside an ancient Egyptian tomb - CNN CNN Luxor, Egypt (CNN) A man in a gray robe and white headscarf brushes the dust, undisturbed for thousands of years, off a human skull, one of many messily ... |
Daily News Egypt | Egypt jails 14 over deadly stadium stampede The Punch An Egyptian court jailed two people for life on Sunday and 12 to between two and 10 years over violence that led to a deadly football stadium stampede in Cairo. At least 19 people died in the disaster after police fired tear gas at fans who tried to ... Court issues final verdict in Air Defence Stadium case |
New York Post | Stand up against these terror groups to bolster the US- Egypt alliance New York Post The Trump administration sent shock waves through Cairo last month when it denied Egypt almost $100 million in military and economic assistance. The Senate followed up by slashing military assistance another $300 million. American decision-makers want ... |
Al-Monitor | Could energy deals warm relations between Egypt, Israel? Al-Monitor Egyptian officials told Al-Monitor the reports are not true. However, the New Arab news website published a story Sept. 8, citing undisclosed sources, with the headline “Normalization through privatization: An Israeli company gets ready to invest in ... |
Gulf Times | Traders reluctant to sell wheat to Egypt after poppy seed saga Gulf Times While Egypt said it will sieve the Romanian and French cargoes, it was still unclear if the grain will receive authorisation to be milled. The saga mirrors a previous standoff with traders over the common ergot fungus, which led to fewer offers and ... What's the deal with Egypt? |
Quartz | Uber is getting set to launch a national bus service in Egypt Quartz Uber is set to launch a bus service in Egypt, the most populous Arab country with over 90 million inhabitants and notoriously heavy traffic. The national bus service will look beyond Cairo to include other major governorates. Uber currently operates in ... |
UChicago News | Exhibit illustrates magical powers of Book of the Dead in ancient Egypt UChicago News The exhibit presents 76 artifacts that demonstrate how religious beliefs shaped the lives and material culture in Egypt over a period of more than 2,000 years (from 2500 B.C. to 100 A.D). Most are from the permanent collection of the Oriental Institute ... |
News24 | Worlds of Islam, Michael Jackson collide in Egyptian film News24 The news of the passing of the King of Pop is the start of a crisis of conscience for Sheikh Khalid Hani, the main character of the movie "Sheikh Jackson," Egypt's first feature film to focus on the religious movement known as Salafis, followers of one ... |
Washington Post | US report points to Egyptian abuses, anti-democracy actions Washington Post NEW YORK — Egypt is failing to protect free speech and its minorities, investigate abuses by its forces or grant U.S. monitors access to the conflict-ridden Sinai Peninsula, according to a damning Trump administration report obtained by The Associated ... US will consider resuming halted military aid to Egypt: Trump Egypt's Sisi, Israel's Netanyahu meet for first time in public Trump to 'consider' resuming military aid to Egypt |