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Egyptians shout slogans against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during a protest against the decision to hand over control of two strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in front of the Press Syndicate, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 15, 2016. The signs in Arabic read, 'Awad sold his land' and 'Egypt is not for sale.' (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
May 7, 2016, 6:04 am
Egypt arrests lawyer opposed to giving two islands to Saudis
Malek Adly is part of group that filed a lawsuit against Cairo for handing over territories in Red Sea
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
A 3-D cutaway shows the interior of the Bent Pyramid. (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, HIP Institute and the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University)
May 6, 2016, 10:23 pm
Scientists use ‘cosmic rays’ to peek inside Egypt’s pyramids
Researchers hope to create definitive maps of structures' inner chambers, perhaps even find Nefertiti's hidden tomb
By TOI staff
Journalists chant slogans during a protest in front of the Journalists' Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Brian Rohan)
May 2, 2016, 10:01 pm
Egypt journalists stage protest over police raid at union
In sit-in following detention of two of their colleagues, reporters call for dismissal of interior minister
By Brian Rohan
Egyptian protesters demonstrate in Cairo on April 25, 2016, against the handing over of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. (AFP/Mohamed el-Shahed)
May 2, 2016, 1:07 am
Egypt arrests two journalists for ‘inciting protests’
Head of anti-Sissi website and employee held after police storm journalists association for first time
By AFP
Illustrative photo of Cairo. (Shutterstock)
April 26, 2016, 10:23 am
Egypt jails 11 men accused of homosexuality
Court convicts defendants of 'debauchery and incitement to debauchery,' hands down jail terms sentences ranging from 3 to 12 years
By AFP
Egyptian protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against a controversial deal to hand two islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia, April 15, 2016. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)
April 23, 2016, 10:01 am
Egypt arrests dozens ahead of protests against president
Cairo seeks to quell demonstrations after thousands rallied to call on Sissi to resign
By AP
Hamas security forces patrol along the Gaza-Egypt border, April 14, 2016 in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Said Khatib/AFP)
April 23, 2016, 6:54 am
With new outposts and quadrupled forces, Hamas patrols its border with Egypt
Gaza's terror rulers bid to improve ties with Cairo, strained since Morsi was ousted; Israel 'closely watching developments'
By AFP
Egyptians shout slogans against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during a protest against the decision to hand over control of two strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in front of the Press Syndicate, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 15, 2016. Arabic reads, "Awad sold his land" and "Red Sea islands Sanafir and Tiran are Egyptian." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
April 16, 2016, 12:38 am
Thousands in Egypt protest transfer of islands, dozens held
'Anti-regime' demonstrators take to the streets of Cairo against deal with Saudi Arabia in first significant protest against government since Sissi's takeover
By MAGGIE MICHAEL and Hamza Hendawi
Rebecca Abrahamson (left), Dr. Omer Salem (left-center), Rabbi Yakov Nagen (center-right) and Dr. Joseph Ringel in Cairo, Egypt in March 2016. (Courtesy: Facebook/Yaakov Nagen)
April 15, 2016, 12:56 am
For West Bank rabbi, a rare and risky trip to Cairo’s ivory tower of Islam
With Islamic skullcap and large beard helping to obscure his Jewish identity, though twice confronted by Egyptian police, US-born Israeli visits Al-Azhar University to meet world's top Sunni scholars
By Dov Lieber
The Red Sea islands of Tiran, in the foreground, and Sanafir, in the background, sit at the the Strait of Tiran between Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images, via JTA)
April 13, 2016, 6:16 pm
Egypt’s president defends giving Red Sea islands to Saudis
Move to cede Tiran and Sanafir to Riyadh, captured by Israel in 1967 but returned after 1979 treaty, was panned by many Egyptians
By Hamza Hendawi
Senator Lindsey Graham gestures during a press conference with members of his Congressional delegation in Cairo, Egypt, on April 3, 2016. (AFP/Mohamed el-Shahed)
April 3, 2016, 9:03 pm
US Republicans back Egypt’s el-Sissi despite rights concerns
Sen. Lindsey Graham calls president 'the right man at the right time,' cites battle against Islamic State in Sinai
By AFP
Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz attends a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset on July 27, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 31, 2016, 11:42 pm
Israel, Egypt ministers hold rare meet on nuke summit sidelines
Highest level talks in years held in Washington to discuss gas development, combating terror
By Adiv Sterman
Image posted online after the disappearance of Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni in Cairo, Egypt. Reggeni was found with signs of torture by the side of a highway on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital on Feb. 4, 2016. (screen capture: Twitter)
March 26, 2016, 1:40 pm
Italy unhappy with Egyptian explanation of student’s death
Western diplomats suspect Giulio Regeni was kidnapped and tortured by security services
By AFP
File: Egyptian policemen stand guard at the site of a June 29, 2015 bombing in Cairo that killed Egypt’s top prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, who oversaw cases against thousands of Islamists. (AP/Eman Helal, File)
March 10, 2016, 6:55 am
Explosion in Egyptian capital Cairo injures 3
Bomb apparently targeted police convoy, damaging two vehicles; authorities say one suspect under arrest
By AP
Palestinian terror suspect Najib Mustafa Nazal, arrested by Israel in January 2016. (Shin Bet)
March 6, 2016, 10:11 pm
Shin Bet nabs Palestinian suspected of recruiting terrorists in Cairo
Najib Mustafa Nazal, 33, accused of drafting students to jihadist group, sending them to Gaza for training
By TOI staff
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