Tag: Egypt
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,…
Egypt jails 40 Morsi backers for burning churches
An Egyptian court sentenced 40 backers of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to up to 15 years in jail Thursday…
Egypt court dismisses murder, corruption charges against Mubarak, 7 others
An Egyptian court on Saturday dismissed a murder charge against ousted president Hosni Mubarak over the killings of protesters in…
Egypt’s Sisi heads to Rome on first European visit
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi left for Rome Monday on his first European trip since ousting his Islamist predecessor and…
7 wounded in bomb attack on Cairo metro
At least seven people were wounded when a bomb went off in a Cairo metro carriage on Thursday, security officials…
16 dead as Egypt school bus collides with tanker
A bus packed with teenagers on their way to school collided with an oil tanker truck in northern Egypt on…
Egypt jails eight men for three years over ‘gay marriage’
An Egyptian court jailed eight men for three years Saturday over a video prosecutors claimed was of a gay wedding,…
Bomb wounds three in Egyptian capital
A bomb hidden in a rubbish bin wounded three people in the Egyptian capital before dawn on Saturday, the interior…
Egypt ‘gay marriage’ trial verdict set for Nov
An Egyptian court will give its verdict November 1 in the trial of eight men arrested after a “gay marriage”…
Egypt court postpones Mubarak verdict to November 29
An Egyptian court on Saturday postponed the verdict in the murder retrial of deposed president Hosni Mubarak to November 29,…
Egypt’s Mubarak arrives at court for murder verdict
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak arrived at court on Saturday for the verdict in his murder retrial over the killing…
Egypt courts jail nearly 100 Morsi backers
Egyptian courts sentenced nearly 100 people to prison for up to 25 years Thursday after finding them guilty of violence…