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Egypt: Sandstorm brings down billboard in Cairo, kills oneF

One person was killed and five others were injured Thursday when a billboard collapsed in a major thoroughfare as a result of a sandstorm that swept through Egypt's capital, state media reported. The storm "crushed" four vehicles on the October 6 motorway in the...

Egypt: Al Jazeera Journalist Hisham Abdelaziz released from prison as Egypt moves closer to QatarF

The authorities in Egypt have released a journalist with the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network nearly four years after he was detained, the media outlet said. Hisham Abdelaziz, a producer with the network's Mubasher channel, was arrested in June 2019 after being...

Egypt: Generosity brings people together in Egypt amid Ramadan’s soaring food pricesF

By Bahira Amin: In a time of dire economic trouble, Egyptians are holding fast to the Ramadan tradition of charity, with both donors and those in need pinning hopes on holiday generosity. Families have buckled under the weight of inflation, which hit 32.9 percent in...

Egypt: Khaled Elbalshy of banned Darb news site, elected chief of Egypt’s journalist unionF

Egypt's journalist union said Saturday it had elected government critic Khaled Elbalshy as its head, amid a crackdown on the press with several reporters languishing in jail. "It's a breath of hope," said Lina Atalah, editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, an online newspaper...

Egypt and Turkey look for ways to mend fencesF

Turkey's top diplomat will visit Egypt on Saturday as relations ease after a decade of strained ties, Cairo's foreign ministry said. It follows a visit last month by Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to Turkey in a show of solidarity after the devastating...

Egyptian court labels veteran human rights activists “terrorists”, sentences them to 15 years in prisonF

A special Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced four veteran human rights activists to prison terms up to 15 years for "terrorism", several rights groups said. Mohammed Abu Horayra, a lawyer, received a 15-year sentence, according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal...

Egypt: Bloodbath in Sinai, army claims it killed 40 “takfiris”F

The Egyptian army said Tuesday it had killed 40 suspected jihadist militants since September in air and ground operations in the Sinai region, site of an Islamist insurgency. In a video statement posted on Facebook, the army said its air force had "managed to...

Egypt: French President Macron fails to confront Sisi on Egypt’s human rights abusesF

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday rejected criticism of his close ties with visiting Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, saying that to take a tougher line on respect for human rights would be "counterproductive". Macron hosted Sisi, whom he referred to...

Egypt’s crumbling infrastructure: three killed in building collapse in AlexandriaF

Three people died on Wednesday when a dilapidated building collapsed in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a security source said. "Ambulances and civil protection workers are at the scene" and search operations are underway, said the source, who did not want to be...

Egypt and Italy appear to abandon the pursuit of truth in murder of Guilio Regeni in EgyptF

Egypt is to "temporarily close" its investigation into the murder in Cairo of Italian student Guilio Regeni, for which Rome named Egyptian security officials as suspect, the two countries said Monday. The judiciary services of the two countries, in a joint statement,...

Middle East: Carnage in Baghdad with dozens killed in suicide attack ahead of EidF

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