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 »
Tag Archives: CAIRO
Mursi launches tirade against Sisi ‘coup’ in Egypt trial
Ousted Egyptian president Mohammad Mursi gave evidence Sunday for the first time his espionage trial, launching into a tirade against his successor whom he accused of removing him in a “coup.” Mursi, Egypt’s first freely elected president, was toppled by
Faten Hamama, Arab film icon, laid to rest
CAIRO: Egyptian actress Faten Hamama, an Arab film icon and Omar Sharif’s former wife, died Saturday at the age of 83, their son Tarek Sharif told AFP. Hundreds of mourners gathered on Sunday at a mosque outside Cairo for the
Two Egyptian policemen to stand trial for sexual assault
Egypt’s public prosecutor on Saturday ordered two policemen to stand trial for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in Cairo, in a case which stirred outrage, a judicial source said. The incident has been widely reported over past weeks in
Arab states endorse new Palestinian move at U.N. Security Council
Arab foreign ministers on Thursday endorsed a Palestinian plan to resubmit a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council calling for Israel to withdraw from occupied territories by late 2017. The United States helped defeat a similar draft resolution in
Blasphemous cartoons’ reproduction ‘racist act’
CAIRO: Egypt’s Grand Mufti warned the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo on Tuesday against publishing blasphemous material, saying it was a racist act that would incite hatred and upset Muslims around the world. Charlie Hebdo is due to publish a front
Egypt court overturns Mubarak jail sentence
Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had his three-year prison sentence on corruption charges overturned by a court on Tuesday. The court also ordered a retrial in the case, the sole case still pending against him. A lower court had handed
Libyan ISIS affiliate claims kidnap of 21 Christians
A Libyan affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed the abduction of 21 Coptic Christians and released pictures of the captives. The claim and photos were posted Monday on jihadi forums used by ISIS supporters.
Egyptian court acquits 26 men accused of ‘debauchery’
An Egyptian court on Monday acquitted 26 men accused of “debauchery” after they were arrested in a night-time raid on a Cairo bathhouse that triggered international concern. The men were arrested on December 7 in the raid on a hammam
Former aide to ousted Egyptian president Mursi released from jail-relatives
A former aide to ousted Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood Islamist movement was released on Sunday for health reasons after 18 months in detention without charge, relatives said. Khaled al-Qazzaz, Mursi’s former foreign affairs secretary, was arrested
Two headless bodies found in Egypt’s Sinai
Two headless bodies were found in a village in Egypt’s restive North Sinai region on Saturday, police said, the latest in a series of beheadings allegedly carried out by Islamist militants. The bodies of two men, believed to be civilians
Prosecutor accepts appeal in Mubarak trial
Egypt’s top prosecutor accepted on Thursday an appeal in the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak after charges against him of killing protestors were dropped in a November court ruling, Egypt’s al-Ahram Online reported. In a 135-page report, prosecutor Hisham
Egypt to hold parliamentary election starting March 22-23
Egypt’s upcoming parliamentary elections will be held in two phases starting on March 22-23, the country’s election committee announced Thursday. The step would mark the end of Egypt’s transitional roadmap announced by the army after it toppled elected Islamist President
Egypt defense lawyers challenge police in bathhouse case
Defense lawyers for 26 Egyptians accused of “debauchery” at a Cairo bathhouse challenged police procedures in the case on Sunday. The men were arrested on December 7 in a night raid on a bathhouse in the Azbakeya district of the
Egypt disputes Clooney threat claim
CAIRO: Egypt disputed Sunday a claim by British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney that she had been warned she risked arrest last year if she released a report in Cairo critical of the judiciary. Clooney, a rights lawyer who married
At least 20 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya
Islamist militants have abducted 20 Egyptian Christians in Libya in recent days, a source close to the government said Saturday. Earlier, Witness Hanna Aziz told The Associated Press that gunmen in the Libyan city of Sirte went room to room
Egyptian court orders retrial of Al Jazeera journalists
Egypt’s highest court has ordered a retrial of three jailed journalists working for Al Jazeera television, citing procedural flaws in last year’s trial, defense lawyers said on Thursday. Australian Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed were
Egypt to begin expanding Gaza buffer zone next week
Egypt said Tuesday work will begin next week to double the width of a buffer zone being built along the border with the Gaza Strip to prevent militants infiltrating from the Palestinian enclave. A 500-metre wide buffer zone is now
Egypt court cuts activists’ jail term to two years
An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday reduced the jail sentences for 23 pro-democracy activists found guilty of taking part in an unlicensed protest from three years to two, their lawyers said. The defendants were accused of holding an illegal protest
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