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Egypt invites Iranian president to Sisi's inauguration

Wed Jun 4, 2014 12:32:26

Egypt has invited Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to the inauguration ceremony of newly elected President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a trip that would make him only the second Iranian leader to visit Egypt since the countries severed ties in 1980.

Abdel Fattah Sisi declared as President of Egypt

Tue Jun 3, 2014 21:28:28

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, former army chief who toppled first democratically elected president of Egypt, has been declared as new president of the country with 96.9% of the vote.

Egypt exceeds annual fuel subsidy budget by $9.8B

Sun Jun 1, 2014 20:01:27

Egypt has announced that it will have to spend 70 billion pounds ($9.8 billion) more on energy subsidies than it has already budgeted for the fiscal year ending on June 30, despite receiving billions of dollars in complementary fuel deliveries from some Persian Gulf Arab regimes since the military-ouster of elected president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.

20,000 Egyptian prisoners stage hunger strike

Fri May 30, 2014 19:19:15

Nearly 20,000 Egyptian prisoners have gone on a week-long hunger strike inside their jail cells to protest what they allege as inmate mistreatment, an Egyptian rights activist said.

Egypt resumes voting in poll seen giving Sisi landslide victory

Tue May 27, 2014 11:05:47

Egyptians have resumed voting for a new president in an election expected to give a landslide victory to the ex-army chief who ousted the country's first democratically-elected leader and crushed his Muslim Brotherhood movement.

US covertly continues providing arms to Egypt junta

Mon May 26, 2014 22:30:18

Newly obtained documents reveal that the US government has been secretly providing Egypt’s junta with substantial arms, despite the State Department's assertion that it would put on hold important weapons shipments.

Egypt sentences 19 Morsi backers to 5-year jail terms

Sat May 24, 2014 16:45:39

An Egyptian court has sentenced 19 supporters of military-ousted president Mohamed Morsi to five years in prison on charges of storming the offices of the head of the Al-Azhar institution, judicial sources said.

Brotherhood defies Sisi and changing of the guard

Sat May 24, 2014 12:13:44

Generals love democracy, especially the kind that propels them into power without conceding anything to the civilians. This is underway in Egypt under General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the Empire’s new muscleman.

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.

Two killed in Egypt clashes hours before campaign ends

Fri May 23, 2014 22:36:49

Two people were killed in clashes between supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and security forces Friday, the final day of campaigning for next week's presidential election, officials said.

Pro-Morsi students, police clash in Cairo campuses

Sat May 17, 2014 18:00:15

Clashes have erupted in Egypt at two major universities in the capital Cairo between protesting students and police forces.

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.

Egypt's al-Azhar U expels 76 students for protesting

Mon May 5, 2014 09:38:49

Egypt's prestigious Al-Azhar University – the oldest seat of Islamic learning in the Middle East – has expelled 76 students from different college departments for "involvement in riots" against the ruling military-installed government, state news agency MENA reported.

US colluded with Egypt in toppling Morsi: Al-Qaeda

Sun May 4, 2014 10:07:09

Al-Qaeda’s American spokesman has accused the United States of colluding with military leaders in Egypt to topple its democratically-elected president last summer.

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.

Egypt's two presidential candidates begin campaigning

Sat May 3, 2014 16:37:27

Egypt’s only two presidential contenders – former military chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi – are set to launch their election campaigns on Saturday.

Egypt sentences top MB leader, 682 supporters to death

Mon Apr 28, 2014 16:57:05

An Egyptian court has sentenced the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and 682 supporters to death, intensifying crackdown on dissent.

Al-Qaeda chief calls for abducting Westerners

Sun Apr 27, 2014 14:15:18

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on his followers to kidnap Westerners, particularly Americans, who could then be exchanged for jailed extremists including a blind Egyptian cleric convicted in 1995 of conspiring to attack the United Nations and other New York landmarks.

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.