Authorities arrested more than 350 since protests in favor of the resignation of President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi accused of corruption began Friday, a Cairo-based non-governmental organization (NGO) reported.
Coptic Christian homes in the southern province of Minya were attacked by Muslims protesting their use as places of worship, the region’s archdiocese said Saturday.
Jeremy Corbyn has been slammed for allegedly making an Islamist salute, with the gesture linked to a radical anti-Semitic group.
CAIRO – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been reelected for a second term with 92 percent of the vote, state media reported on Thursday citing preliminary results.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will make his first state visit to Washington during the first week of April at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump, Egyptian state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram reported on Sunday.
Egypt’s interior minister warned in comments published Monday that the country faced “unprecedented challenges” that required a “decisive” response by security forces, accusing the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood of scheming to incite chaos.
Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey wants to repair its ties with Egypt, after relations soured over the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Saturday.
TEL AVIV – A column in the London-based Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat argued that the Arab Spring failed because opposition parties were just as undemocratic and dictatorial as the tyrannical regimes they were fighting to replace. Columnist Uthman Al-Mirghani wrote that
JAFFA, Israel – The Egyptian government has warned against an alleged Iranian plot to bolster Shi’a Islam in five regions, from which it plans to take over the entire country, Al Masr al Youm newspaper reported. The investigative report suggested that “foreign efforts”
TEL AVIV – Senior Egyptian officials met Sunday with high-level representatives of the Hamas terror group at the behest of Saudi Arabia, the Times of Israel reported. The meeting included the Deputy Political Bureau Chief of Hamas, Moussa Abu Marzouk, and Egyptian Intelligence Minister Khaled Fawzi.
