August 29, 2015
8:45 pm

Al-Jazeera news channel's Australian journalist Peter Greste (L) and his colleagues, Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fadel Fahmy (C) and Egyptian Baher Mohamed , listen to the verdict inside the defendants cage during their trial for allegedly supporting the Muslim Brotherhood on June 23, 2014 at the police institute near Cairo's Tora prison. (photo credit: AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki)

Egypt’s jailing of Al-Jazeera journalists riles international community

Court finds Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed, Peter Greste guilty of broadcasting ‘false news’ after 2013 military takeover

By AFP

August 20, 2015
4:54 pm

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

Egypt’s Sissi to visit Moscow seeking closer ties

Leaders set to discuss Middle East issues as well as ways to boost economic cooperation

By AFP

August 20, 2015
5:27 am

Car bomb wounds six Egyptian policemen in Cairo

Explosion partially destroys state security building

By AFP

August 20, 2015
4:14 am

Large bomb explodes in Cairo neighborhood, officials say

Explosive goes off near national security building; no immediate reports of casualties

By AP and Times of Israel staff

August 12, 2015
2:56 pm

An Egyptian farmer carries an electric fan as she walks through a Cairo street , Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Scorching Egypt heatwave kills at least 42

As temperatures top 104 degrees Farenheit, casualties include German resident, psychiatric patients and prisoners

By AP

August 5, 2015
3:13 am

Boats crossing the new waterway at the new Suez Canal in the Egyptian port city of Ismailia, east of Cairo, July 29, 2015. (AFP/ KHALED DESOUKI)

Egypt sports $8b Suez Canal expansion that world may not need

From the web Bloomberg: Economic benefits of project unclear as sluggish global trade growth means return on investment may be slow

July 23, 2015
11:58 am

Rescuers search for victims in Cairo, Egypt on July 23, 2015 where at least 21 people including two children were killed after a cargo boat collided with a ferry on the Nile. (AFP PHOTO/ STR)

18 dead as cargo ship hits party boat north of Cairo

Rescue teams search for missing revelers after deadly boat collision on Egypt’s Nile; at least two kids drown

By AFP

July 17, 2015
12:44 pm

Egyptian students from Cairo University, supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi, demonstrate on campus, March 19, 2014. (AFP/Topshots/Mohamed el-Shahed)

Six dead as Egypt police clash with protesters

Officials say pro-Islamist demonstrators attacked security forces in Cairo

By AFP

July 11, 2015
7:18 pm

Egyptian investigators collect evidence at the base of the crumbled facade of the Italian consulate following a blast that killed at least one person in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 11, 2015. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

IS claims bombing at Italian consulate in Cairo

One Egyptian civilian killed, 9 others wounded; terror group warns Muslims to stay away from ‘legitimate targets’

By AFP and AP

July 11, 2015
12:08 pm

Egyptian policemen stand at the base of the crumbled facade of the Italian consulate following a blast that killed at least one person in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 11, 2015 (Hassan Ammar/AP)

Italy ‘won’t be intimidated’ by Cairo consulate bombing

Rome’s FM says no Italians hurt in early morning attack in Egyptian capital that killed civilian, wounded 9 others

By AFP and AP

July 11, 2015
8:48 am

Crowds gather outside the Italian Consulate building in Cairo after it was hit by a large explosion on July 11, 2015 (YouTube screen capture)

At least one killed by blast at Italian Consulate in Cairo

Rome officials say staff unhurt as offices were closed at the time; several others wounded, with heavy building damage

By AP and AFP

July 4, 2015
7:34 am

Egyptians carry the coffin of 1st Lt. Mohammed Adel Abdel Azeem -- killed on July 1, 2015, in an attack by Islamic extremists in the Sinai -- during the funeral procession in his home village of Tant al-Jazeera, north of Cairo, Egypt, July 2, 2015. (Hassan Ammar)

Egypt marks 2nd anniversary of Morsi ouster

Ex-leader’s supporters call for ‘revolt’ as country mourns death of dozens of soldiers in Sinai attack earlier this week

By Brian Rohan and Dan Perry

July 4, 2015
3:39 am

Egypt's deposed Islamist president Mohammed Morsi raises his hands from behind the defendant's cage as the judge reads out his verdict sentencing him and more than 100 other defendants to death, at the police academy in Cairo on May 16, 2015. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)

Two years after Morsi, Egypt stuck in turmoil

Slew of deadly attacks highlight lack of security despite Sissi’s military crackdown since taking power

By Jay Deshmukh

July 3, 2015
4:54 am

Egypt warplanes strike back at extremists in troubled Sinai

Tensions soar after unprecedented terror attack devastates country as it marks second year since ouster of Islamist president

By Brian Rohan

July 1, 2015
9:46 pm

An Egyptian military officer keeps watch at a post in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula, as seen from the Israel-Egypt border, in the village of Kerem Shalom in southern Israel, July 1, 2015. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

At least 70 killed in Islamic State offensive in Egypt’s Sinai

Gunmen withdraw from Sheikh Zuweid after 8 hours of fighting with police, soldiers; senior Muslim Brotherhood member killed in Cairo

By Samer al-Atrush and Haitham el-Tabei

Topic: Cairo

Egypt’s jailing of Al-Jazeera journalists riles international community

Court finds Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed, Peter Greste guilty of broadcasting ‘false news’ after 2013 military takeover

Egypt’s Sissi to visit Moscow seeking closer ties

Leaders set to discuss Middle East issues as well as ways to boost economic cooperation

Car bomb wounds six Egyptian policemen in Cairo

Explosion partially destroys state security building

Large bomb explodes in Cairo neighborhood, officials say

Explosive goes off near national security building; no immediate reports of casualties

Scorching Egypt heatwave kills at least 42

As temperatures top 104 degrees Farenheit, casualties include German resident, psychiatric patients and prisoners

Egypt sports $8b Suez Canal expansion that world may not need

From the web Bloomberg: Economic benefits of project unclear as sluggish global trade growth means return on investment may be slow

18 dead as cargo ship hits party boat north of Cairo

Rescue teams search for missing revelers after deadly boat collision on Egypt’s Nile; at least two kids drown

Six dead as Egypt police clash with protesters

Officials say pro-Islamist demonstrators attacked security forces in Cairo

IS claims bombing at Italian consulate in Cairo

One Egyptian civilian killed, 9 others wounded; terror group warns Muslims to stay away from ‘legitimate targets’

Italy ‘won’t be intimidated’ by Cairo consulate bombing

Rome’s FM says no Italians hurt in early morning attack in Egyptian capital that killed civilian, wounded 9 others

At least one killed by blast at Italian Consulate in Cairo

Rome officials say staff unhurt as offices were closed at the time; several others wounded, with heavy building damage

Egypt marks 2nd anniversary of Morsi ouster

Ex-leader’s supporters call for ‘revolt’ as country mourns death of dozens of soldiers in Sinai attack earlier this week

Two years after Morsi, Egypt stuck in turmoil

Slew of deadly attacks highlight lack of security despite Sissi’s military crackdown since taking power

Egypt warplanes strike back at extremists in troubled Sinai

Tensions soar after unprecedented terror attack devastates country as it marks second year since ouster of Islamist president

At least 70 killed in Islamic State offensive in Egypt’s Sinai

Gunmen withdraw from Sheikh Zuweid after 8 hours of fighting with police, soldiers; senior Muslim Brotherhood member killed in Cairo

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