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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is greeted by supporters upon his return to Gaza City on January 27, 2017. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
January 28, 2017, 10:13 am
Rafah crossing opens as Hamas, Egypt improve ties
Ismail Haniyeh makes first trip to Cairo in three years, says ties will witness a 'paradigm shift'
By TOI staff and AP
Egyptian women hold their national flag and a poster bearing portraits of President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi and Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi, as they celebrate the sixth anniversary of the 2011 uprising that overthrew former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in Cairo's Tahrir Square on January 25, 2017. AFP/STRINGER)
January 25, 2017, 4:40 pm
Six years after uprising, Sissi insists Egypt ‘on right track’
President calls on country's younger generation to work for continued 'reform, construction and development'
By AFP
Egyptian Coptic leader Pope Tawadros II leads Christmas celebration at the St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the Abbassia District of Cairo on January 6, 2017. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
January 7, 2017, 5:52 pm
Fearful Egypt Copts mark Christmas after church bombing
Recent surge of deadly attacks by Muslims heightens concerns among small Christian minority; 'Even in church you can’t feel safe,' one says
By Haitham el-Tabei
EgyptAir Airbus A320 with the registration SU-GCC taking off from Vienna International Airport, Austria, on August 21, 2015. (AP/Thomas Ranner, File)
December 15, 2016, 6:58 pm
Egypt: Traces of explosives found on victims of Paris flight
Criminal investigation opened into May's crash of Egyptair Flight 804, which killed all 66 people on board
By Hamza Hendawi
Egyptian mourners and officials stand next to the coffins of the victims of a bomb explosion that targeted a Coptic Orthodox Church the previous day in Cairo, at the end their funeral in the capital's Nasr City neighbourhood on December 12, 2016. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
December 13, 2016, 11:31 pm
Islamic State claims Cairo church attack that killed 25
But jihadists name different bomber than one identified by Egyptian authorities using DNA evidence
By AFP
Security forces examine the scene inside St. Mark's Cathedral in central Cairo, following a bombing in which 24 were killed, Sunday, December 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
December 12, 2016, 4:11 pm
Egypt says church attack carried out by suicide bomber
Four suspects arrested in connection with Sunday's deadly blast; no group has taken responsibility yet
By Agencies
People attend a funeral service for victims of a Sunday cathedral bombing, at the Virgin Mary Church, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
December 12, 2016, 1:51 pm
Egypt mourns 25 Christians killed in cathedral bombing
Scuffles outside church as only relatives of victims allowed into Virgin Mary and St. Athanasius for service conducted by Pope Tawadros II
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
Egyptian security forces and members of the clergy inspect the scene of a bomb explosion at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Coptic Orthodox Church on December 11, 2016, in Cairo's Abbasiya neighbourhood. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
December 11, 2016, 8:51 pm
Israel condemns ‘reprehensible’ Cairo bombing that killed 25
Netanyahu sends condolences after explosion targets main Coptic Christian church in Egypt’s capital, urges joint fight against terror
By AFP and TOI staff
Egyptian security forces gather at the site of an explosion at the Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, in the Abbasiya neighborhood in the capital Cairo, December 11, 2016. (AFP/KHALED DESOUKI)
December 11, 2016, 11:58 am
Cairo cathedral bomb blast kills at least 25
Explosion targets St. Mark's, the main Coptic Christian house of worship in Egypt's capital; 35 injured
By Agencies and TOI staff
Egyptian emergency services carry a wounded victim at the site of a bomb attack next to a police checkpoint in the western Talibiya district of the capital Cairo on December 9, 2016. (Stringer/AFP)
December 9, 2016, 2:39 pm
Cairo blast near pyramids kills 6 Egyptian police
Three more wounded in presumed jihadist attack, the deadliest assault on security forces since May
By AP
A man walks past a currency exchange shop displaying a giant US dollars banknote in downtown Cairo on November 3, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
November 11, 2016, 10:47 pm
IMF approves $12 billion loan to aid Egypt’s struggling economy
Fund to release $2.75 billion immediately, while further disbursements will depend on country's economic performance
By Heather Scott
A woman shops at a supermarket in Cairo, Egypt, November 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
November 5, 2016, 8:52 am
Lack of sugar highlights Egypt’s bitter, deepening financial crisis
With the Egyptian pound crashing and staple foods running out, President Sissi is in economic trouble
By Avi Issacharoff
File photo showing Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in a defendant cage in the Police Academy courthouse, May 8, 2014 Cairo, Egypt. (Tarek el-Gabbas/AP)
November 4, 2016, 6:09 pm
Egypt Morsi trial judge escapes car bombing
Attack comes days after a roadside bombing on police convoy in Cairo killed one passerby
By AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Mohammad Dahlan, left, leave a news conference in Egypt, in February 2007. (AP/Amr Nabil)
October 31, 2016, 4:14 pm
Abbas rival Dahlan rules out Palestinian presidency run
Former Gaza strongman says he supports jailed terrorist Marwan Barghouti; says Hamas has become an 'oppressor' in Strip
By Dov Lieber
An Egyptian vendor sits outside his shop in the tourist area of Al-Hussein in the capital Cairo, October 24, 2016. (AFP/MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
October 30, 2016, 7:36 am
Egypt tourism in limbo a year after Russian plane bombing
Foreign visitor numbers have not bounced back, slashing revenues in cash-strapped economy
By Haitham el-Tabei
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