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Egypt hangs 15 militants for attacks in Sinai
Security sources said the convicted militants had been hanged at two prisons in the north of the country early on Tuesday. Over the past few years, militants belonging to Velayat Sinai extremist...
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Real Reasons behind Turkey-Egypt Rapprochement
The two countries first severed diplomatic ties in 1954 when Ankara declined to recognize the revolutionary government of Gamal Abdel Nasser. The two countries restored their relations after Hosni...
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10 Dead in Terrorist Attack on Cairo Coptic Church
The attack happened at the Marmina church in the Helwan City district on the capital’s southern outskirts. The victims include members of the congregation and a police officer killed in a shootout at...
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Egyptian Grand Mufti Declares Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Forbidden in Islam
Mufti Allam referred that Bitcoin is one of virtual banking currency, or a digital currency, which first appeared in 2009, created and held electronically, and is not available in a physical form. He...
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Sudan sends troops to border after Egypt deploys own forces in Eritrea
The Sudanese forces have been stationed at a garrison in the border state of Kassala, as both Sudan and Ethiopia have shut down their borders with Eritrea, Sudan Tribune reported on Saturday. The...
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Egypt in tight security ahead of Coptic Christmas celebrations
Tens of thousands of soldiers and police were on duty across Egypt as of Saturday, a day before the Coptic Christians mass to celebrate the holy occasion. A focus of the heavy deployment was an...
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Report reveals Egypt's support for US policy on Jerusalem al-Quds
In four audio recordings of telephone calls obtained by The New York Times, Captain Ashraf al-Kholi told the hosts that instead of condemning the US policy, they should persuade their viewers to...
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Egypt set to hold presidential election in late March
National Elections Authority chief Lasheen Ibrahim told a news conference in Cairo on Monday that the first round would be held on March 26-28 and a second round would be held on April 24-26 if no...
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Saudi Arabia and Egypt Should Reconsider Their Embrace of Trump
The ‘deep state’ in the US seems to have decided that the time has come to wage war on the incumbent president, and use all its available heavy weapons to defeat him. That explains the book’s citing...
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Egypt Presidential Poll Set for March 26-28, El-Sisi Expected to Win
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has yet to announce his candidacy but is likely seeking a second term in office since his victory is assured especially with the Muslim Brotherhood banned from...
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Why are Tensions Running High Between Sudan and Egypt?
The ambassador warned that his country will take further escalatory actions against Egypt within days. Abdelhalim told the journalists that his summoning was a step in a series of moves that could...
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Egypt’s President Sisi to stand for re-election in March vote
“I announce to you in the honesty and transparency which we are used to... my candidacy for the post of president of the republic,” Sisi said at a Cairo conference broadcast live on state television...
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Egyptian Ex-General Arrested for Declaring to Run against El-Sisi
Sami Anan was the last challenger seen as a potential threat to President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi, himself a former military chief, whose re-election is fait accompli. The arrest of Anan, a former member...
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Egypt’s last main opposition candidate abandons presidential bid
"We today announce our decision not to enter this race, and will not present our candidacy papers," the candidate, Khaled Ali, said at a press conference in Cairo on Wednesday. The announcement came...
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El-Sisi Heading to Easy Victory in Egypt’s Presidential Election
The deadline for nominations passed on Monday with only Sisi and Mussa Mustapha Mussa confirmed as candidates. Several other hopefuls had announced, but then quickly withdrew their nominations under...
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Egypt's Sisi vows to prevent repeat of 2011 uprising after election criticism
"Be warned, what happened seven or eight years ago will not be repeated. ... You seem not to know me well enough. No, by God, the price of Egypt's stability and security is my life and the life of the...
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Israeli Regime launched over 100 Airstrikes in Egypt’s Sinai since 2014: Report
According to a report published by The New York Times on Saturday, , Tel Aviv has been staging airstrikes against targets in the peninsula at least since 2014 Using unmarked warplanes and drones and...
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Visiting Egypt, Tillerson avoids commenting on pro-Sisi repression ahead of...
“We have always advocated for free and fair elections, transparent elections not just in Egypt but in any country,” Tillerson said on Monday in the Egyptian capital at the start of a five-country tour...
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Rights groups unanimously call Egypt's upcoming presidential vote a 'farce'
The incumbent, general-turned-president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, is virtually certain to win the March vote, his only challenger an obscure politician and one of his most ardent supporters. Moussa...
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ISIS Affiliate Threatens to Launch Attacks on Egypt’s Election
The authenticity of the 23-minute video posted late Sunday on websites known to be sympathetic to the ISIS terrorist group could not be independently verified, but appeared similar to past ISIS...
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