Egypt

Robot artist Ai-Da. (Screenshot/YouTube)

October 21, 2021, 8:20 pm

Egypt detains artist robot over spy fears ahead of pyramids art show

Ai-Da held by authorities for 10 days on suspicion of espionage due to cameras in its eyes that enable it to paint

By TOI staff

Egypt’s most prominent activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah during a conference held at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, on September 22, 2014. (AP/ Nariman el-Mofty)

October 18, 2021, 10:40 pm

New trial begins for leading figure of 2011 Egyptian revolution

Alaa Abdel-Fattah, his lawyer and another blogger appear in court on charges of ‘broadcasting false news,’ after being arrested in wake of rare anti-Sissi protests

By AFP

Mohamed Sadat, nephew of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, speaks during an interview with AFP at his office in the capital Cairo, on September 19, 2021. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

October 17, 2021, 8:18 am

Sadat’s nephew emerges as negotiator for release of Egyptian political prisoners

Mohamed Sadat, whose uncle made peace with Israel, acts as unofficial leader for dialogue with el-Sisi administration, elder statesman in Washington amid warming ties

By Farid Farid

A Palestinian national flag is erected on the Israel-Gaza border, east of Khan Yunis town in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 8, 2021. (Said Khatib/AFP)

October 9, 2021, 5:27 pm

In ceasefire talks, Hamas said demanding free movement on Gaza border

Lebanese TV channel cites sources in the terror group claiming it also wants IDF to stop all border incursions

By TOI staff

Then-prime minister Golda Meir speaks at a press conference during the 1973 Yom Kippur War in an undated photograph. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Defense Ministry Archive)

October 8, 2021, 3:49 pm

World will ‘throw us to the dogs’: Yom Kippur War papers reveal Golda’s despair

48 years on, declassified papers show PM Meir feared abandon by int’l community: ‘They don’t like Jews, let alone weak Jews’; State Archive publishes 1,300 pages of transcripts

By Emanuel Fabian

Yahya Sinwar (right), the Hamas terror group's leader in the Gaza Strip, sits with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh (center), as they meet the Head of the Central Elections Commission, Hanna Nasser, in Gaza City, on October 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

October 5, 2021, 9:53 pm

Progress reported in Gaza ceasefire talks as senior Hamas, Egypt officials meet

Gaza leaders, including chief Ismail Haniyeh, gathered in Cairo Sunday for meetings with Egyptian intelligence

By Aaron Boxerman

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) is seated during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi at the Heliopolis Presidential Palace, on May 26, 2021, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

September 16, 2021, 10:44 pm

US okays some but not all military aid to Egypt, amid human rights concerns

Washington withholds $130 million of $300 million after rights groups, lawmaker backlash; State Dept. says money preserves security engagement critical to Mideast stability

By Matthew Lee

Inscriptions adorn the wall of the southern cemetery of King Djoser, after its restoration, near the famed Step Pyramid, in Saqqara, south of Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

September 14, 2021, 6:22 pm

Egypt opens 4,500-year-old tomb of King Djoser following 15-year restoration

Site contains a labyrinth of corridors, decorated with hieroglyphic carvings and tiles and a massive granite-clad sarcophagus from Egypt’s Third Dynasty

By MOHAMED WAGDY

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (L) and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi meet on Monday, September 13, 2021 in Sharm el-Sheikh (Credit: Egyptian Presidency)

September 14, 2021, 2:25 pm

Daily Briefing Sept. 14 – Bennett and Sissi: The messages behind the meeting

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discuss the Israel-Egypt summit and possible outcomes of ongoing budget debates

By TOI staff

September 14, 2021, 9:20 am

Biden said due to freeze some military aid to Egypt over rights concerns

Reports say US administration to withhold $130 million in assistance unless Cairo meets certain standards on human rights

By TOI staff

Illustrative: Egyptian soldiers guard the entrance to the Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport gesture to a photographer in south Sinai, Egypt, November 2015. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell, File)

September 7, 2021, 9:06 am

Human Rights Watch calls to sanction Egypt over ‘extrajudicial executions’

Group alleges that hundreds killed in ‘so-called shootouts’ posed no danger to Egyptian security forces, some fatally shot while in custody

By AFP

In this Monday, September 30, 2013 file photo, a Palestinian worker rests inside a smuggling tunnel in Rafah, on the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. (AP/Hatem Moussa)

September 3, 2021, 9:28 pm

Hamas says Egypt caused Gaza tunnel collapse, killing 3

Palestinian groups say Egyptian forces pumped gas into the tunnel; Cairo, which has sought to clamp down on border smuggling, has yet to comment on incident

By TOI staff

Members of Palestinan security forces stand guard at the closed off Rafah border crossing to Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 23, 2021 (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

August 26, 2021, 5:30 pm

Egypt reopens Gaza crossing after 4 days, as Israel eases restrictions

Closure of Rafah gateway came after violent border riots over weekend; IDF announces entry into Strip of further materials for international aid projects

By Agencies and TOI staff

August 10, 2021, 11:36 pm

US hails Egypt’s ‘constructive’ role in Gaza, elsewhere, despite rights concerns

Pentagon official says Biden administration believes military assistance to Cairo is a ‘critical tool’ in addressing its security needs

By AFP

In this August 6, 2012 file photo, Egyptian border guards patrol near the border with Israel in Rafah, Egypt. (AP/Ahmed Gomaa, File)

July 31, 2021, 8:22 pm

5 Egyptian troops killed in Islamic State attack in northern Sinai

Jihadists ambush a military checkpoint in the town of Sheikh Zuweid; sources say 3 attackers killed by security forces

By Agencies