Egypt says it killed senior Muslim Brotherhood leader in shootout
Egypt’s Interior Ministry said early on Tuesday that it killed a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader it said was responsible for the group’s “armed wing” and...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Talking energy on the sidelines
By Elias Hazou AS PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades addressed the UN General Assembly in New York yesterday on the Cyprus issue, the focus of numerous top-level...
Egypt’s Sisi approves anti-terrorism law setting up special courts
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday approved an anti-terrorism law that sets up special courts and provides protections to its enforcers in the face...
Egypt’s Sisi launches nationalist New Suez Canal celebration (Updated)
By Eric Knecht Egypt staged a show of international support on Thursday as it inaugurated a major extension of the Suez Canal which President Abdel...
Anastasiades briefs el-Sisi on his Mid East initiative
President Nicos Anastasiades had on Thursday, from Brussels, a telephone communication with the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, following his meeting on Wednesday with...
Merkel tells Egypt’s Sisi: death penalty is wrong but let’s trade
By Andreas Rinke Germany opposes Egypt’s use of the death penalty, which a court is seeking for former President Mohamed Mursi and other Islamists, but...
Egypt’s Sisi urges UN mandate for Libya coalition
By Mark John Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi called for a United Nations resolution mandating an international coalition to intervene in Libya after Egypt’s airforce...
Islamic State’s Egypt wing claims deadliest attacks in months -official Twitter
By Yusri Mohamed, Ali Abdelaty and Mostafa Hashem Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi cut short a visit to the Ethiopian capital for an African Union...
Egypt’s Sisi says pardon for Al Jazeera journalists ‘being discussed’
By Stephen Kalin and Maggie Fick Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suggested on Thursday he was considering pardoning journalists of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera television...
Egypt blasts Turkish leader Erdogan after U.N. speech
By Michael Georgy Egypt has accused Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan of supporting terrorists and seeking to provoke mayhem in the Middle East after he questioned...
Egypt’s president says will not interfere in judicial rulings
by Lin Noueihed Newly elected Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday he would not interfere with judicial verdicts, following an international outcry over...
Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt (Updated)
By Maggie Fick Three Al Jazeera journalists were jailed for seven years in Egypt on Monday after a court convicted them of helping a “terrorist organisation” by spreading lies, in a case that...