Tag: Egypt
Bombing on bridge in Egypt capital kills one
A bomb exploded near a police checkpoint on bridge in an affluent Cairo neighbourhood on Sunday, killing an officer, Egyptian…
Egypt to try 48 for killing journalists, 2 others
Egypt on Saturday referred to trial 48 suspects accused of shooting dead a journalist, a boy and a Christian woman…
Egypt policeman to face trial in death of woman protester
Egypt’s state prosecutor referred on Tuesday a police officer to trial for allegedly shooting to death a leftist female protester…
Egypt Brotherhood chief handed fourth life sentence
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced to life imprisonment the head of the banned Muslim Brotherhood over the killing of…
Egypt declares Palestinian movement Hamas ‘terrorist’
An Egyptian court on Saturday declared Hamas a “terrorist” organisation, a judicial source said, weeks after the Palestinian Islamist movement’s…
Egypt court postpones Jazeera trial to March 8
An Egyptian court postponed Monday the trial of two Al-Jazeera journalists to March 8, with Canadian reporter Mohamed Fahmy saying…
Egypt’s Morsi to face military tribunal
Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and 198 Islamist leaders and supporters will stand trial in a military court over deadly…
France, Egypt urge ‘new measures’ against IS after beheadings
France and Egypt on Monday urged the UN Security Council to meet and mull fresh measures against Islamic State jihadists…
Egypt strikes Libya jihadists after beheadings video
Egypt carried out air strikes against Islamic State group targets in Libya on Monday after the jihadists posted a video…
Egypt to retry Jazeera journalists despite outcry
Two Al-Jazeera journalists will face a retrial Thursday for allegedly supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood despite the global outcry over…
22 die as Egypt police clash with football fans
Twenty-two people were killed Sunday in clashes between Egyptian police and Zamalek football cub fans at a Cairo stadium, the…
Egypt orders deportation of jailed Al-Jazeera reporter
Egypt has decided to deport jailed Australian reporter Peter Greste to his home country, a senior interior ministry official told…
Bomb blast in Cairo as Egypt marks revolt anniversary
A bomb blast wounded a policeman in Cairo on Sunday, the interior ministry said, as Egypt tightened security on the…
Egypt court orders retrial of jailed Jazeera reporters
Egypt’s top court Thursday ordered a retrial of three Al-Jazeera reporters whose imprisonment on charges of aiding the Muslim Brotherhood…
Gunmen shoot policeman dead
Gunmen on a motorbike killed a policeman and wounded another in a drive-by shooting in the Egyptian capital on Saturday,…