Egypt

July 30, 2021, 12:17 pm

Egypt hands death sentences to 24 Muslim Brotherhood members

Suspects to be hanged for alleged killing of Egyptian police officers in separate incidents

By AFP

Illustrative: Egyptian riot police stand guard in Egypt's capital Cairo, on September 27, 2019. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)

July 18, 2021, 3:11 pm

Egypt releases activists, journalist after US expresses concerns over detentions

Esraa Abdel-Fattah, Gamal el-Gamal and Abdel-Nasser Ismail set free, pending investigation

By AP

The Panama-flagged MV 'Ever Given' container ship sails near a felucca along Egypt's Suez Canal near the canal's central city of Ismailia, July 7, 2021. (Mahmoud KHALED / AFP)

July 13, 2021, 1:58 pm

Ever Given finally leaves Egyptian waters, 3.5 months after jamming Suez Canal

Vessel resumes voyage after settlement reached over compensation for salvage operation, cost of stalled canal traffic and lost transit fees while ship blocked key waterway

By TOI staff and AP

Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Mohammed Badie waves from a defendants cage in a makeshift courtroom at the national police academy, in eastern Cairo, Egypt, May 16, 2015. (Ahmed Omar/AP)

July 12, 2021, 9:16 am

Egypt court upholds life sentences for 10 Muslim Brotherhood members

Group’s leader, Mohamed Badie, among those found guilty of charges related to killing policemen, organizing mass jailbreaks during Egypt’s 2011 uprising; no further appeal possible

By AP

Prime Minister Menachem Begin (L) Egyptian First Lady Jehan Sadat at a dinner in the Dan Carmel Hotel, Haifa in September 1979 (GPO Photo Archive/Yaacov Sa'ar)

July 9, 2021, 12:49 pm

Jehan Sadat, widow of Egyptian president who made peace with Israel, dies at 87

Israeli leaders pay tribute to wife of Anwar Sadat; she consistently defended husband’s historic decision to forge full ties with Israel in 1979 after decades of war

By AP and TOI staff

Rockets from Gaza, on right, are seen in the night sky fired towards Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021, while Iron Dome interceptor missiles, on left, rise to meet them. (Anas Baba/AFP)

July 8, 2021, 8:35 am

Israel, Hamas on path to more violence, warns official familiar with Cairo talks

Israel’s conditioning of Gaza rehabilitation on return of captives and Hamas’s emboldening since May war have hampered progress in indirect negotiations

By Jacob Magid

The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, is seen in Egypt's Great Bitter Lake, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Mohamed Elshahed, File),

July 7, 2021, 7:33 pm

After settlement deal, Egypt releases ship that blocked Suez Canal

Egyptian authorities to get unspecified sum from owner of Ever Given, held for over 3 months due to dispute over compensation

By Samy Magdy and MOHAMED SALAH

The Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship, is pulled by one of the Suez Canal tugboats, in the Suez Canal, Egypt, on March 29, 2021. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)

July 6, 2021, 7:56 pm

After 3-month seizure, Egypt releases ship that blocked Suez Canal

Suez Canal Authority reaches settlement in financial dispute with Japanese owner of Ever Given, allowing massive vessel to set sail this week

By Samy Magdy

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, right, meets with Palestinian Fatah official Azzam Al-Ahmad at the foreign ministry in Cairo, May 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

July 1, 2021, 10:35 am

Eyeing Bennett’s DC trip, Egypt upgrades mediator in push for Gaza breakthrough

A more senior official joins the Cairo team hosting Israel-Hamas talks, as diplomatic efforts intensify and Egypt seeks to win favor in Washington

By Tal Schneider

Palestinian workers recycle metal rods from the rubble of a building destroyed by Israeli air strikes during an 11-day conflict last month, in Gaza City on June 29, 2021. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

June 29, 2021, 7:21 pm

US opposes conditioning Gaza reconstruction on return of IDF troops’ bodies

As Israel seeks to link post-war rebuilding in the Strip with prisoner swap, Biden administration concerned demand will derail Cairo negotiations aimed at maintaining ceasefire

By Jacob Magid

From left to right, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Iraqi President Barham Salih, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, prepare to meet in the presidential palace in Baghdad, Iraq, June 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

June 28, 2021, 2:12 pm

Daily Briefing June 28 – Are Iraq, Jordan & Egypt the Mideast’s new peacemakers?

Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today

By TOI staff

Iraqi President Barhah Saleh (C) receives his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (R), and Jordan's King Abdullah II, in the capital Baghdad on June 27, 2021. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)

June 28, 2021, 8:34 am

With tripartite summit, Iraq, Egypt and Jordan pitch ‘common vision’ for Mideast

Meeting in Baghdad, leaders call for renewed efforts to reach ‘just and comprehensive peace’ between Israel and Palestinians and for creation of independent Palestinian state

By Agencies

A supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi raises his hands with a gesture of an open palm with four raised fingers that has became a symbol for the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque where hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters were killed by security forces in August, in Ramsis Square, Cairo, Egypt (photo credit: AP)

June 14, 2021, 6:19 pm

Egypt upholds death penalty for 12 Muslim Brotherhood members

Islamist movement activists convicted in trial relating to 2013 mass killing by security forces at pro-Morsi Islamist sit-in

By AFP

Members of the armed wing of Hamas parade in Gaza City on June 7, 2021. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP)

June 14, 2021, 1:18 pm

As Israel gears up for Jerusalem march, Hamas signals it may fire rockets again

Terror group threatens to respond to planned flag parade ‘the same way’ it did on May 10, when rockets it launched at capital set off 11-day military conflict

By TOI staff

Palestinian boys cycle past a convoy of bulldozers provided by Egypt arriving at the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Palestinian Gaza Strip enclave on June 4, 2021 (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

June 5, 2021, 5:02 am

Egypt sends engineering convoy into Gaza to aid reconstruction

Bulldozers, trucks and cranes enter the Strip to help rebuilding efforts following May’s devastating 11 days of fighting with Israel

By Agencies and TOI staff