30 face death sentence over assassination of Egyptian prosecutor
A Cairo criminal court on Saturday recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the 2015 assassination of Egypt’s top prosecutor, the...
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Trump administration debates designating Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group
A debate is under way in the Trump administration about whether the United States should declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation and subject it...
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...
Egypt accuses Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas of assassinating prosecutor
By Amina Ismail and Ahmed Aboulenein Egypt has accused exiled Muslim Brotherhood officials of conspiring with Gaza-based Hamas militants to assassinate Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat...
Egyptians vote in second round of parliament elections dogged by apathy
By Ahmed Aboulenein Egyptians voted on Sunday in the second phase of elections that are meant to restore parliament after a more than three-year hiatus...
Six Muslim Brotherhood supporters killed in clashes in Cairo (Updated)
Six supporters of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood were killed in clashes with police near the Giza pyramids in Cairo on Friday, security sources said, as...
Egyptian policeman sentenced to 15 years over killing of activist
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a policeman to 15 years in jail on Thursday over the killing of a woman activist, a judicial source and...
Egypt security forces step up sexual violence since Mursi’s ouster-human rights group
By Michael Georgy Egyptian security forces have stepped up sexual violence since the military overthrew the country’s first freely elected president in 2013, a human...
Egyptian court seeks death sentence for former president Mursi (updated)
By Stephen Kalin An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death penalty for former president Mohamed Mursi and 106 other supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood...
Egyptian court sentences Mubarak, sons to 3 years in jail
By Michael Georgy An Egyptian court sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in jail without parole on Saturday in...
Former Egyptian president Mursi jailed for 20 years (Update 2)
By Mahmoud Mourad Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Mursi was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges arising from the killing of protesters on Tuesday,...
Egyptian court adjourns trial of Al Jazeera journalists to March 25
An Egyptian court adjourned until March 25 the trial of two Al Jazeera television journalists after hearing witness testimony on Thursday. The pair are charged...
Egyptian military kills 47 militants in the Sinai
Egyptian security forces killed 47 Islamic militants in the country’s Northern Sinai on Friday in one of the biggest operations in the region in months,...
Egypt could free jailed journalist Fahmy within hours-Al Jazeera
By Amena Bakr Egypt could free Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy within hours, Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera English reported on Tuesday. Fahmy’s colleague, Peter Greste,...
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...
Human Rights Watch urges UN inquiry into “systematic” Egypt killings
By Maggie Fick THE KILLING of hundreds of Egyptian demonstrators at two protest camps last year was systematic, ordered by top officials and probably amounts...
Bombs kill two at Cairo University
By Stephen Kalin A series of explosions outside Cairo University killed two people on Wednesday, including a police brigadier-general, in what appeared to be a militant attack targeting...
Egyptian court sentences 529 Muslim Brotherhood members to death
An Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on charges including murder on Monday, a defence lawyer said, in a...
Egyptian court jails policeman linked to Islamist deaths
By Michael Georgy A Cairo court sentenced a police officer to 10 years in prison with labour on Tuesday in connection with the deaths of 37 Islamists...