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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,…
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…
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…