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Egypt bars journalist critic of Sisi from traveling

Sat May 24, 2014 11:38:59

Prominent Egyptian columnist Fahmy Howeidy, who has strongly criticized the military-led ouster of the nation's first freely-elected president Mohamed Morsi, has been barred from leaving the country, officials at Cairo airport said.

Mass trial in Egypt: 170 Morsi supporters convicted

Sun May 18, 2014 20:16:43

Two Egyptian courts have convicted 170 suspected supporters of toppled President Mohammad Morsi on charges of violent attacks last year, the country's latest mass trials ahead of this month's presidential election.

Saudi Arabia gives Egypt fuel gift worth $3 billion

Mon May 12, 2014 10:12:42

Saudi Arabia is giving away $3 billion worth of ‘fuel donations’ to the military-installed government in Egypt over four months as part of a financial lifeline from Persian Gulf Arab regimes to ease the energy crisis in the embattled country that has killed and jailed thousands of protesters following the military-ouster of freely-elected president Mohamed Morsi last July.

4 bombings, violent protests hit Egypt with looming polls

Sat May 3, 2014 20:51:02

Four more bomb blasts and persisting violent protests against the military-installed government have occurred in Egypt with less than four weeks remaining until the Egyptian presidential election in May with only two contenders.

Top suspect in killing of Egyptian Shia leader caught

Sat Apr 26, 2014 23:09:48

Egyptian security sources have reported the arrest of the principal suspect in the 2013 martyrdom of one of the country’s Shia scholars and leaders.

Brotherhood official nabbed, 2 protesters killed in Egypt

Sat Apr 26, 2014 09:16:07

Egypt’s military-installed government authorities have announced arresting the spokesman for the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood while Egyptian security forces have killed two more pro-Morsi protesters during persisting demonstrations by supporters of the army-ousted president.

US to give Egypt $650 mn in cash, military aid

Thu Apr 24, 2014 18:17:37

Washington has announced plans to move forward with releasing $650 million in its foreign aid funding of Egypt’s military-installed government as part of continuing American efforts to ease its partial aid suspension to Cairo following the 2013 overthrow of elected president Mohamed Morsi and ensuing brutal crackdown on his supporters.

Egypt blast targets health minister in Kaft

Sat Apr 12, 2014 23:24:35

A makeshift bomb has gone off near a newly-built hospital in an Egyptian city just minutes before it was inaugurated by the interim government’s Health Minister Adel al-Adawi.

Morsi's trial on murder charges adjourns amid objection

Sat Apr 5, 2014 22:00:35

The trial of military-ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and 14 co-defendants on allegations of inciting murder of opposition protesters in 2012 has been adjourned following objections by defense attorney for the repeated use of biased, pro-state witnesses by the prosecution.

Former top official calls Egypt pres. poll 'a farce'

Sun Mar 16, 2014 23:45:12

A former Egyptian army general and presidential candidate has described the upcoming presidential election in his country as a “farce,” saying the April vote favors only one candidate.

PG Arab regimes to help Egypt with free oil supplies

Thu Mar 13, 2014 23:24:20

Egypt’s oil-rich Arab allies in the Persian Gulf have pledged to assist Cairo’s military-installed government by supplying it with petroleum products at least through next September in a bid to help the army-led establishment avert economic troubles in the coming months.

Egypt admits to ruining 1,370 Gaza supply tunnels

Thu Mar 13, 2014 17:04:49

The Egyptian military-installed government has announced the army’s destruction of 1,370 supply tunnels from its Rafah border to the impoverished Gaza Strip amid its souring ties with Hamas resistance movement that administers the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian enclave.

Police kills 14 pro-MB protesters in Egypt clashes

Sat Jan 25, 2014 10:04:19

Fourteen people have been killed across Egypt in clashes between the country’s security forces and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, health ministry and medical sources reported.

AI slams Egypt for crushing dissent, human rights

Thu Jan 23, 2014 22:35:38

Amnesty International has slammed Egypt's military-led authorities for using an “unprecedented scale” of violence against protesters since the ouster of the nation’s first freely-elected president, Mohamed Morsi.

Egyptian police, students clash anew at al-Azhar U

Sun Dec 29, 2013 18:11:37

New battles between Egyptian police forces and student protesters have ensued at the nation’s prominent al-Azhar University in the capital of Cairo.

Egyptian court frees on bail 84 Morsi supporters

Thu Dec 5, 2013 23:50:29

A court in Egypt has reportedly ordered the release on bail of 84 supporters of the country’s military-ousted President Mohamed Morsi that were arrested in August at Cairo’s al-Fath mosque.

Brotherhood offers talks to end Egypt unrest

Sat Nov 16, 2013 21:23:16

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has offered to talk with the government to end the crisis created in the country following the overthrow of the former Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi.

Egypt’s Morsi in court to face ‘murder charges’

Mon Nov 4, 2013 11:21:47

Egypt’s deposed president Mohamed Morsi has been transferred from the secret location where he spends his detention to a court in eastern Cairo to be tried for ‘murder charges’ during his one-year of presidency.

Morsi supporters fill streets across Egypt

Fri Oct 18, 2013 21:18:04

Supporters of Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi have staged fresh protest rallies across the North African country.

Brotherhood not ‘approved’ in Egypt any more

Tue Oct 8, 2013 19:56:19

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has been blacklisted with the government order to remove the group from the list of approved non-governmental organizations.