Tag: Egypt
Egypt military aircraft crash kills six
An Egyptian military aircraft crashed while on a training mission on Sunday after a technical failure, killing six soldiers, the…
Kerry lands in Cairo for talks on anti-IS coalition
United States Secretary of State John Kerry arrived Saturday in Cairo on the latest leg of a regional tour to…
Table Tennis: Egypt’s dominance over Nigeria over – Toriola
Since Egypt overthrew Nigeria as Africa’s number one country in table tennis five years ago they have enjoyed some high…
Nigeria begins Davis Cup promotion race
Nigeria will start its quest for promotion to the World Group II of the Davis Cup as the quartet of…
Israel air strike kills two after Egypt calls talks
An Israeli air strike killed two Palestinians in Gaza Sunday as militants kept up rocket fire, a day after an…
Jailed Jazeera journalists appeal against Egypt verdicts
Three Al-Jazeera journalists jailed by Egypt for alleged ties with Islamists filed appeals Thursday against their convictions, their network said…
Egypt urges Israelis, Palestinians to resume Gaza talks
Egypt on Wednesday called on Israelis and Palestinians to resume negotiations, expressing its “profound regret at the breach of the…
Israel hits Gaza, quits Cairo talks after rocket fire
Israel hauled its negotiators back from talks in Cairo and warplanes hit Gaza Tuesday after Palestinian rockets smashed into the…
Egyptians leaving Libya after days at Tunisia border
Thousands of Egyptians who have been seeking to flee strife-torn Libya for days were being airlifted home Sunday after Tunisia’s…
Egypt truce plan ‘real chance’ to end Gaza clashes – Sisi
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday an Egyptian truce plan provides a “real chance” to end the Gaza conflict,…
Egypt’s president to skip Obama’s Africa summit
New Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will not attend an unprecedented gathering of African leaders here next week, a US…
Egypt warns Turkey to stop criticizing Sisi again
Egypt warned Ankara Saturday of “further action” as it protested for the second time in a week at the Turkish…
10 dead as cooking gas blast flattens Egypt houses
Ten people were killed, five of them children, when two neighbouring buildings collapsed after a cooking gas cylinder exploded in…
Sisi defends Egypt’s Gaza peace efforts
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday defended Egypt’s role in trying to broker a Gaza truce between Israel and Hamas,…
Egypt vows to punish attackers in checkpoint assault
Egypt vowed on Sunday to punish the attackers who killed 22 border guards in its western desert near the frontier…