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Six more years: Egypt’s al-Sisi gets “reelected” with “nearly 90%” of the vote as the economy faces freefall

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has won a third term with 89.6 percent of the vote in the Arab world's most populous nation, the national election authority said Monday. The outcome of the December 10-12 poll was widely expected after the former army chief with...

Egypt intercepts drone of unknown origin in Sinai as region remains destabilized

@northafricajournal #Egypt downs #drone in #Sinai Peninsula near #Israel ♬ original sound - The North Africa Journal The Egyptian air force shot down a drone off the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday down the coast from the Israeli border, state-linked media reported....

Egypt: Italy sets new trial for Egyptians accused of student’s murder

A court in Italy on Monday set a February date for a new trial in absentia of four Egyptian security officers accused of murdering an Italian student in 2016. Giulio Regeni, 28, was researching his doctorate at Cambridge University when he was abducted while in Cairo....

Turkey welcomes Palestinian cancer patients after they entered Egypt

More than two dozen Palestinian cancer patients, who had crossed from Gaza into Egypt, arrived in Turkey for treatment in the early hours of Thursday, Turkey's Anadolu agency reported. Two planes carrying the patients, many of them children, landed at Ankara airport...

Egypt opens Rafah Border, to allow safe passage to foreign nationals

Egypt will help evacuate "about 7,000" foreigners and dual nationals from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, the foreign ministry said, with officials saying some 400 people were expected to cross Thursday. For the first time after weeks of deadly fighting between Israel and...

Third aid convoy enters Gaza via Egypt border crossing

An aid convoy entered the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday via the Rafah border crossing, AFP correspondents on the Egyptian and Palestinian sides said, the third since war erupted on October 7. More than a dozen lorries crossed Rafah, the correspondents said, adding to...

Egypt: Another building collapses in Alexandria

On Monday, June 26, 2023, a 13-story building in the El-Montazah district, Sidi Bishr area of Alexandria collapsed, causing significant damage. The building, which was condemned by the authorities, may have been used as hotel structure but details remain sketchy. So...

Nine Egyptians arrested in Greece for migrant smuggling

Nine Egyptians have been arrested on suspicion of being people smugglers after the migrant boat disaster off Greece that claimed at least 78 lives, a port source told AFP Thursday. Among the detainees is the captain of the overloaded and dilapidated vessel, the source...

Egypt executes man over high-profile femicide

Egypt on Wednesday executed a man sentenced to death for the murder of a fellow student who rejected his advances, authorities said, in the culmination of a case that sparked outrage. Prison authorities "carried out the death sentence issued against Mohamed Adel", who...

Egypt: Three British tourists missing after boat fire in the Red Sea

Three British tourists were missing Sunday after a motor yacht caught fire in Egypt's Red Sea, authorities said. The Red Sea governorate said in a statement that "15 English passengers, 10 members of the crew, and two tour guides" had been rescued, and that the search...