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Egypt: Regime pardons 11 political prisoners, but keeps 60,000 others in jail
Egypt: Businessman Mohamed el-Amin jailed for sexually assaulting children
Egypt: Facing crippling economic crisis, Egypt says it will sell dozen state companies
Despite dismal human rights abuses, Egypt to acquire advanced F-15 fighter jets
A senior US general told Congress Tuesday that the United States will sell Egypt advanced F-15 fighter jets, despite concerns in Washington over Cairo's human rights record. "In the case of Egypt, I think we have good news, in that we are going to provide them with...
Egypt: Price of subsidized bread up by as much as 50% in Egypt, threatening stability
By Bassem Aboualabass Soaring bread prices sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine have bitten into the purchasing power of consumers in Egypt, a leading importer of wheat from the former Soviet states. For the first time since he took office, President Abdel Fattah...
MENA region confronted with dangerous wheat supply crisis
By Sarah Benhaida Russia's invasion of Ukraine could mean less bread on the table in Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen and elsewhere in the Arab world where millions already struggle to survive. The region is heavily dependent on wheat supplies from the two countries which are...
Egypt: Russians and Ukrainians tourists stranded in Egypt
Egypt said Thursday it would look after any Russian and Ukrainian tourists stranded in the country because of flight cancellations stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Tourists from countries where air travel has been disrupted would be able to "stay in the...
Egypt and France in joint naval exercises
Egypt: In a break with tradition, Egypt’s new head of the Supreme Constitutional Court is a Coptic Christian
Egypt charges five after another teen suicides over blackmail
Prosecutors in Egypt charged five people after a teenager committed suicide over alleged blackmail using doctored images -- the second such incident within weeks. Heidi, 15, took her own life earlier in February, local media reported. Her case echoes that of Basant...
Egypt accuses businessman El-Amin of human trafficking and sexual assault
Security: Egypt ups its military hardware with US and South Korean purchase spree
Egypt: Two killed after truck falls into Nile
Two people died and eight others are missing in Egypt after a truck carrying 24 people plunged off a ferry while crossing the Nile, the public prosecutor's office said Tuesday. The accident took place in the Nile Delta north of the capital Cairo on Monday evening,...
Business: Egypt says it earned more than $6 billion in Suez Canal transit fees
Egypt: Italian parliamentary commission accuses Egypt security services of murdering Italian student Giulio Regeni
Egyptian court sentences 22 Jihadists to death by hanging
An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced to death by hanging 22 Islamist militants for 54 attacks including the attempted assassination of a former interior minister, a judicial source told AFP. The men were found guilty of committing 54 "terrorist operations"...
Egypt: France reportedly supplied Egypt intelligence that led to the murder of civilians
Egypt has used intelligence supplied by the French military to target and "kill civilians" suspected of smuggling, according to a report Sunday by investigative website Disclose, based on leaked documents. Opposition deputies immediately called for a parliamentary...
Covid-19: Egypt bars unvaccinated employees and students from accessing public facilities
Egypt: Rights activists decry choice of Egypt to host next environmental summit
Egypt: The business of money-pooling apps in Egypt
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