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Egypt executes man over high-profile femicideF

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...

Egyptian policeman clashes with Israeli soldiers, kills threeF

Three Israeli soldiers and a member of Egypt's security forces were killed Saturday in a rare exchange of fire near the border between the two countries, official sources from both sides said. The Israeli army said an Egyptian assailant shot dead two soldiers "in the...

Egypt: Negotiations over Ethiopian dam project going nowhereF

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Tuesday that Ethiopia's enormous dam project, upstream on the Nile, risked causing "unimaginable instability". The dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been simmering for around a decade and...

Egypt: Eight arrested over train collision in Tahta that killed 18 peopleF

Egypt has ordered the arrest of eight people over a collision between two trains that killed 18 people last week, the prosecutor's office said Monday.  "The prosecutor general ordered that the two drivers... their two assistants, the guard of a traffic control tower,...

Egypt: Suez Canal reopens after container ship refloatedF

By Hager Harabech with Mona Salem in Cairo -  Suez, Egypt, March 29, 2021 (AFP) - The MV Ever Given was refloated and the Suez Canal reopened on Monday, sparking relief almost a week after the huge container ship got stuck during a sandstorm and blocked a major artery...

Egypt: Container ship still stuck in Suez CanalF

By Mohamed Abouelenen - Egyptian authorities decided Sunday that more tugboats will be needed to free a mammoth container ship blocking the Suez Canal, a shipping agency said, dashing earlier hopes that the vital global trade route could be clear by the end of the...

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