Tag: Egypt
Egypt’s Morsi risks death penalty in first trial verdict
An Egyptian court could sentence deposed president Mohamed Morsi to death on Tuesday in the first verdict against the Islamist…
Top Muslim body, Egypt condemn Ethiopia Christians killings
The Cairo-based top Muslim body Al-Azhar on Monday condemned the executions of some 30 Ethiopian Christians captured in Libya by…
11 to die in Egypt over football riot
An Egyptian court Sunday sentenced 11 people to death after a retrial over a 2012 football stadium riot in the…
Egypt court confirms death sentence for Brotherhood chief, 11 others
An Egyptian court confirmed death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 11 other defendants on Saturday, and jailed…
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…