Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Category Archives: Egypt
Egypt orders closure of prominent human rights organization
Egypt has issued an order to close a prominent human rights organization that documents complaints of torture in custody, the group said on Wednesday. The Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, whose headquarters are in central Cairo,
Gunmen kill Egyptian policeman in checkpoint attack
Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a checkpoint in Egypt late Tuesday, killing a policeman and seriously wounding two others, security officials said. The attack took place in an area called El-Badrasheen in southern Cairo where policemen have previously
Egypt court clears policeman over 2011 torture, killing case
An Egyptian court on Tuesday cleared a former security officer charged with torturing to death an Islamist detainee suspected of bombing a church in Alexandria shortly before the 2011 uprising. The verdict is the latest in a series of cases
Boutros-Ghali, first UN chief from Africa, dies
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a veteran Egyptian diplomat who helped negotiate his country’s landmark peace deal with Israel but then clashed with the United States when he served a single term as U.N. secretary-general, has died. He was 93. Boutros-Ghali, the scion
Egyptian investigator in Italian’s death ‘has prior torture-linked conviction’
A senior Egyptian police officer investigating the death of Italian student Giulio Regeni has a prior conviction in connection with the torture and killing of a detainee, according to judicial and security sources and a court document shared by rights
Egypt says Italian student was not arrested before his death
Egypt on Monday denied reports that an Italian doctoral student doing research in Cairo was arrested shortly before his death and said an investigation into Giulio Regeni’s killing is continuing with full Italian collaboration. The outcome of the ongoing investigation
Sisi pledges ‘new Egypt’ in first parliament speech
Egypt’s president says his country has established a democratic system and rebuilt constitutional institutions after years of turmoil following the 2011 uprising. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi declared the transition complete in a 32-minute address to parliament on Saturday, while noting that
Gaza’s Hamas rulers says Egypt briefly opens border crossing
The Islamist group Hamas that rules Gaza says Egypt has opened its border with the territory for the first time this year. Hamas said Saturday that the Rafah crossing is open for two days. A few hundred people are expected
Bomb kills two Egyptian soldiers in Sinai: Army
Two Egyptian soldiers, one an officer, were killed by an explosion as they tried to defuse a roadside bomb in the Sinai Peninsula Saturday, a military statement said. It said another officer was wounded in the blast. ISIS’ Egyptian branch
Egypt doctors revolt against police abuses
When a doctor at a Cairo hospital told a police officer that his cut didn’t require stitches, the response was startling and brutal. Police beat up the doctor and a colleague and dragged them off into custody. The incident spiraled
70 injured as Egypt train derails
At least 70 people were injured in Egypt on Thursday when a passenger train derailed and two of its cars overturned, the health ministry said. The accident occurred in Bani Sueif province south of Cairo as the train was headed
Italy urged Egypt for help hours after student disappeared
Italian officials contacted Egyptian authorities hours after a student later found tortured to death disappeared in central Cairo last month, according to an official summary of Italian efforts to locate him. The summary, obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday,
Egypt tells Libya to lead anti-ISIS effort
Libya needs to form a unified government before the United States and European allies opt for any military intervention against thousands of ISIS fighters in the chaotic North African country, Egypt’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. “This has to be
Egypt rejects charge against police in Italian’s death
Egypt’s interior minister Monday rejected charges of security forces involvement in the case of Italian Giulio Regeni, who was found dead bearing signs of torture after disappearing in Cairo last month. “This did not happen,” Magdy Abdel Ghaffar said at
Egyptian police kill four suspected militants south of Cairo
Egypt’s Interior Ministry says it has killed four “terrorist elements” in a gunfight after security forces raided a house south of Cairo where they were making explosives. The ministry said Sunday the four were members of the Ajnad Misr, or
Body of Italian student found in Cairo repatriated to Rome
The body of a 28-year-old Italian student who had disappeared in Cairo last week and was found dead was repatriated on Saturday to Italy which has launched an investigation into his death. Giulio Regeni, a Cambridge University PhD student, had
Italian student killed in Egypt criticized Cairo govt in articles
An Italian student found dead by a roadside in Cairo with cigarette burns and other signs of torture on his body had written articles critical of the Egyptian government, according to the Italian newspaper that published them. Il Manifesto, a
Egyptian forces kill 2 militants in clashes in upscale Cairo area
Egyptian security forces killed two suspected Islamist militants during clashes in the upscale Cairo district of Maadi on Wednesday, security sources said. Egypt is trying to clamp down on Islamist militants who stepped up attacks after the army toppled president
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