Dr Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first and only democratically elected president, died in a cage. In a glass box in a Cairo courtroom this past Monday, in visibly poor health, he stood up for the latest [ More … ]
Iranian forces downed US drone, raising fears of major military confrontation between Tehran and Washington in the Gulf. US President Donald Trump has warned Iran it “made a very big mistake” in shooting down a [ More … ]
By: AMR DARRAG and YEHIA HAMED We have been aware of the Egyptian foreign ministry’s statement regarding the deliberate murder of president Mohammad Morsi, in which the ministry’s spokesperson condemned United Nations High Commissioner for [ More … ]
The death of a former president in most countries around the world would normally make headline news domestically. But not the case for Egypt, where ex-President Mohammed Morsi died at the age of 67 on [ More … ]
Touted by its architects as the ‘deal of the century’, US president Donald Trump’s plan for Palestine and Israel has had to again be kept hidden as Israel heads back to elections after a failure [ More … ]
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman should be investigated over the killing of journalist Khashoggi, UN expert concludes. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman should be investigated over the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a UN [ More … ]
State TV reports Egypt’s first democratically elected president Morsi fainted during court session and died afterwards. Egypt‘s former President Mohamed Morsi has died after appearing in court in Cairo, according to state media. The 67-year-old died after [ More … ]
The German government had approved an €800 million ($899 million) arms export deal with Egypt during the period from 1 January to 5 June 2019, the country’s economic affairs ministry announced yesterday. Responding to a [ More … ]
Egypt reached a settlement agreement with state-owned Israel Electric Corp. to pay a reduced fine for halting deliveries of natural gas, ending a dispute that started about seven years ago. The accord signed June 16 [ More … ]
In a recent Foreign Policy article former Minister of Investment Yehia Hamed forecast that Egypt will soon be bankrupt if it continues in the same vein. External debt has increased fivefold in the last half [ More … ]
Iran says it “categorically rejects” US claims that it is behind attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had blamed Iran for the “unprovoked attacks” on [ More … ]
The popular speaker, who is married to the Muslim Brotherhood deputy head’s daughter, was ‘kidnapped’ on Monday according to his family. Prominent Egyptian Islamic preacher Khaled Abu Shadi has “disappeared” after leaving a mosque in Cairo [ More … ]
Much of the world is wondering who is really running the show in Sudan now that its president of three decades has been ousted. It’s certainly not the protesters being crushed by the military as [ More … ]
The repeated confiscation of Al-Ahaly newspaper has raised complaints about press freedom in Egypt, where state oversight of the media is a long and opaque tradition. A wave of anger swept journalists and rights groups in Egypt after copies [ More … ]
The economic situation is undoubtedly a major factor in the stability of any society. However, the regime of General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi mainly relies on tightening its security grip which is significantly supported by the [ More … ]
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