A Suez Canal tugboat sank and a crew member was missing after the vessel collided with a Hong Kong-flagged tanker, the authorities in charge of the key waterway said. A salvage team had located the wreckage following the accident Saturday and the waterway was being...
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Rights group criticizes Saudi legal system over jailing of Egyptian psychiatrist
An Egyptian psychiatrist jailed in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to prison on terrorism charges following an "unfair trial" triggered by a salary dispute, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. Sabri Shalabi, 66, was taken from his home in the coastal Saudi city of Al-Wajh by...
Egypt: Under intense international pressure, Egypt releases Egyptian-Irish student Patrick Zaki two days after he was sentenced to prison
Egyptian researcher Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer walked out of prison Thursday, relatives said, a day after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned them in the wake of an international outcry. Zaki was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday for...
Egypt: Three years in prison and tortured for allegedly spreading “fake news”
The United States called on Egypt Wednesday to release rights researcher Patrick Zaki, a day after he was sentenced to three years' prison for "spreading false news". "Concerned by 3-year sentence of Egyptian human rights defender Patrick Zaki," the US State...
Egypt and Turkey seek better ties, appoint envoys after a decade of tension
Egypt and Turkey said Tuesday they had appointed ambassadors to each others' countries for the first time in a decade, in the latest sign of warming ties. Cairo and Ankara both issued statements announcing "the upgrading of diplomatic relations between them to the...
How Egypt’s road infrastructure investments are ruinous and destructive
Photo by Mostnir Shady Ahmed: In the decade since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seized power, Egypt has built dozens of motorways that zigzag across Cairo -- crushing entire neighbourhoods, precious green spaces and historic gravesites. The administration of Sisi, a...
Egypt’s assembly OKs cabinet reshuffle
An emergency session of parliament on Saturday approved several cabinet changes in Egypt's first major reshuffle since...
Egypt detains three over viral video of mosque dancing
Egypt has detained three men after a video clip allegedly showing one of them singing and dancing at a mosque went...
Egypt: Sister of jailed dissident announces hunger strike
Egyptian activist Mona Seif announced Wednesday that she had begun a hunger strike in solidarity with her jailed...
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