search
Muslim Brotherhood
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
Hamas security forces patrol along the Gaza-Egypt border, April 14, 2016 in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Said Khatib/AFP)
April 21, 2016, 5:45 pm
Hamas bolsters security along Gaza border with Egypt
Terror group says move is at request of Cairo; sides seeking to mend ties strained since ouster of Islamist Egyptian president Morsi
By TOI staff
A Jordanian protester carries the national flag during a rally by the Muslim Brotherhood, in Amman, Jordan, July 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
April 13, 2016, 2:17 pm
Jordan security services ‘shut Muslim Brotherhood HQ’
Islamist organization cries foul, alleging government is attempting to influence upcoming regional elections
By AFP
File: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in a media interview in New York, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. (AP/Julie Jacobson)
March 28, 2016, 1:48 am
Eager Hamas seeks return to Egyptian favor at Cairo talks
Egypt has list of demands for terror group, including cutting ties to Muslim Brotherhood and stricter control on Gaza-Sinai border
By TOI staff
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, shaking hands with Ahmed al-Zind during his swearing-in ceremony as justice minister in Cairo, May 20, 2015. (AFP/Egyptian Presidency/HO)
March 13, 2016, 9:01 pm
Egypt justice minister sacked after saying he would arrest Mohammad
Ahmed al-Zind says comment a 'slip of the tongue,' but outraged protesters call for his ouster
By AFP
Egyptian Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar speaks during a press conference in Cairo on March 6, 2016. (AFP)
March 12, 2016, 3:38 pm
Hamas leaders head to hostile Cairo for high-level talks
Group says delegation will meet with intelligence officials, discuss accusations it played role in 2015 murder of top Egyptian prosecutor
By TOI staff
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 6, 2016, 6:46 pm
Egypt says Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood behind top prosecutor’s death
Hisham Barakat, killed in June 2015 car bombing, is most senior official slain since start of jihadist insurgency
By AFP
In this Feb. 16, 2016 photo, Qenawi Hamdan, holds a photo of his slain son, Mohammed Hamdan, at the family house in Beni Suleiman village, south of Cairo, Egypt. The 32-year-old Egyptian government engineer disappeared in mid-January when, according to witnesses, masked police burst into his office in the southern city of Beni Suef and dragged him off in handcuffs in front of his co-workers. (AP Photo/Maggie Michael)
March 5, 2016, 11:20 am
Secret detentions, deaths raise alarm over Egyptian police
Allegations of abuses by cops are raising fears that Egypt's security agencies are growing out of control
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
Egyptian police stand guard a day ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 25, 2011 uprising in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt on Jan. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Roger Anis)
January 24, 2016, 10:25 pm
Egypt’s president praises 2011 uprising, urges patience
Sissi says uprising that toppled Mubarak revived 'noble principles,' and that 2013 protest ahead of coup 'corrected' hijacked protest movement
By AP
Illustrative: Egyptian police in Cairo, May 2, 2014. (AP/Ahmed Gomaa)
January 21, 2016, 11:48 pm
Bomb kills six during police raid on Cairo apartment
Explosion occurs in Muslim Brotherhood stronghold of Al-Haram one week before anniversary of Mubarak's fall
By AFP
This file photo taken on November 17, 2015 shows Czech President Milos Zeman delivering a speech on the 26th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution on November 17, 2015 in Prague. (Michal Cizek/AFP)
January 18, 2016, 2:56 am
Czech leader: Muslim integration ‘practically impossible’ in Europe
'Let them have their culture in their countries and not take it to Europe, otherwise it will end up like Cologne,' warns President Milos Zeman
By AFP
The broken window of a bus used by Arab Israeli tourists following an attack in Cairo on January 7, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 2)
January 11, 2016, 12:48 pm
Senior Muslim Brotherhood figure arrested over Giza shooting
Ten people arrested in connection with attack on Israeli Arabs outside Egyptian hotel near pyramids
By TOI staff
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, speaks at the funeral of the top public prosecutor Hisham Barakat, killed in a terrorist attack, June 30, 2015. (Egyptian Presidency via AP, File)
From the WebJanuary 10, 2016, 3:28 am
Egypt’s president turns to religion to bolster his authority
As Sissi wrestles with terrorism and a weak economy, it is in Islam that he finds justification for a crackdown on his rivals, The New York Times reports
Egyptian forensic experts inspect a bullet-riddled window at the entrance of the Three Pyramids hotel in Cairo where Israeli tourists were shot at, January 7, 2016. (AFP Photo/ Khaled Desouki)
January 8, 2016, 10:11 pm
Police kill attacker as 3 tourists stabbed at Egyptian resort
Second assailant injured in second attack on foreigners in as many hours after IS affiliate claims shooting on Cairo hotel
By AP and TOI staff
Egyptian forensic experts inspect a bullet-riddled window at the entrance of the Three Pyramids hotel in Cairo where Israeli tourists were shot at, January 7, 2016. (AFP Photo/ Khaled Desouki)
January 8, 2016, 1:59 pm
IS-linked group claims Cairo attack that targeted Israelis
Israeli Arab tourists reported heavy gunfire, but no injuries Thursday when their bus, hotel entrance came under fire near Giza pyramids
By Agencies and TOI staff
Load More