Egypt
Update: Egyptian military kills 47 militants in the Sinai
February 6, 2015
Update: Egyptian military kills 47 militants in the Sinai
Egyptian security forces killed 47 Islamic militants in the country's Northern Sinai on Friday in one of the biggest operations…
Government seeks max 25 years in prison for Egyptian lawyer
February 6, 2015
Government seeks max 25 years in prison for Egyptian lawyer
An Egyptian lawyer who admits spreading terrorist threats after the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies should be sentenced to…
Egypt, Norway urge donors to pay $5.4 billion aid pledged for Gaza
February 6, 2015
Egypt, Norway urge donors to pay $5.4 billion aid pledged for Gaza
Egypt and Norway urged donors on Thursday, including Gulf states squeezed by low oil prices, to keep promises of providing…
Newspaper: France and Egypt negotiating Rafale fighter jet deal
February 6, 2015
Newspaper: France and Egypt negotiating Rafale fighter jet deal
France is in advanced talks to sell Dassault Aviation-built Rafale fighter jets to Egypt for around 6 billion euros ($6.88…
Egypt working on oil and gas exploration deals worth $9.2 bn
February 5, 2015
Egypt working on oil and gas exploration deals worth $9.2 bn
Egypt has three major oil and gas deals worth a total of $9.2 billion underway, after attracting investment of about…
Filmmaker animates Prophet Mohamed in response to Charlie Hebdo
February 5, 2015
Filmmaker animates Prophet Mohamed in response to Charlie Hebdo
The making of the first Egyptian animation film about the life of the Prophet Mohamed is under way in response…
Gaza militants condemn Egypt’s branding of Hamas as terror group
February 5, 2015
Gaza militants condemn Egypt’s branding of Hamas as terror group
In a statement read by a masked gunman, 10 armed Palestinian factions jointly condemned on Thursday an Egyptian decision to…
Tunisia approves new secular-Islamist coalition government
February 5, 2015
Tunisia approves new secular-Islamist coalition government
Tunisia’s parliament approved a coalition cabinet on Thursday including secularists, Islamists and smaller parties, in the latest step in the…
Syrian poet: We can change religious interpretation, must fight extremism
February 5, 2015
Syrian poet: We can change religious interpretation, must fight extremism
Religions are not changeable matters but human interpretations of them are, said a prominent Arab poet in a seminar at the…
Minister: Govt mulls best means for land allocations to Nubians
February 5, 2015
Minister: Govt mulls best means for land allocations to Nubians
The government has said it was reviewing the best means for the development of Nubian lands once its residents are…