Muslim Brotherhood
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...
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...