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Egypt’s security forces move to block anti-Sisi protests

Egyptian police dispersed a protest in Cairo while mounting a huge show of force in the centre and other cities after calls to demonstrate against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Egypt authorities round up hundreds after protests

Egyptian authorities rounded up about 400 people in response to an outbreak of protests against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi over to weekend

Morsi’s death: Turkey to push for trial of Egypt government

Erdogan on Wednesday vowed to try to ensure the Egyptian government is tried in international courts for the death of former president Mohamed Morsi

Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi laid to rest in Cairo

Turkey’s president, Qatar’s emir and the Palestinian group Hamas all paid tribute to him and Iran expressed regret over Morsi’s death

Trump praises Egypt’s Sisi despite concerns about human rights, Russian arms

U.S. President Donald Trump praised his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as a “great president” on Tuesday despite U.S. lawmakers’ concerns about his record on human rights, efforts to keep him in office until 2034 and planned Russian arms purchases.

Egypt targets social media with new law

CAIRO: Egypt’s parliament has passed a law giving the state powers to block social media accounts and penalize journalists held to be publishing "fake...

Sisi wins Egypt election with 97 percent of valid votes: official

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected for a second term with 97.08 percent of valid votes cast in an election last...

Egypt’s Sisi re-elected as President with 92% of vote

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been reelected for a second term with 92 percent of the vote, preliminary results showed on Thursday,...

Egypt’s Sisi warns ‘defaming’ army is treason

EL ALAMEIN: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told media on Thursday they should prevent defamation of the military, which he warned would be seen...

Egypt’s Sisi ratifies deal ceding Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday ratified an agreement that cedes sovereignty over two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, brushing...

Sisi’s Egypt cracks down on Al Jazeera, other news sites

CAIRO: Egypt's government, already accused of muzzling freedom of expression and opposition to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has blocked access to a host of...

Egypt’s Sisi, Trump agreed in call on UN Israel vote delay

WASHINGTON: Egypt agreed to postpone a UN Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements when US President-elect Donald Trump called President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the...

Sisi stirs uproar on free speech after Egypt transfers islands

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's speech on Wednesday was meant to staunch uproar over the transfer of two islands to Saudi Arabia, but his reprimand to an audience member ignited a furor over free speech.

Polling begins in Egypt to elect new pro-Sisi parliament

CAIRO: Polling opened Sunday in Egypt for a much-delayed parliamentary election that will tighten President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's grip on power after he crushed all opposition since ousting his Islamist predecessor.

Egypt's Sisi swears in new government, keeps ministers in key posts

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi kept his finance, investment and interior ministers in a new government sworn in on Saturday as he tries to rebuild an economy battered by Islamist militant violence.

No new trial for Egypt's ousted Morsi

CAIRO: An Egyptian judicial source said Tuesday that former president Mohamed Morsi will not face a new trial for incitement to murder, contradicting a claim from the prosecution.

Sisi in Saudi Arabia over King Abdullah's health

RIYADH: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made a lightning stop in Riyadh on Monday night to wish the ailing Saudi King Abdullah good health, official media reported.

Egypt court sentences Brotherhood leader Badie to life in prison

CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced Mohamed Badie, general guide of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and seven others to life in prison on Saturday for inciting violence during protests last year, judicial sources said.

Egypt burns books it says promote violence, Brotherhood ideas

CAIRO: Egypt has extended its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood to include burning books it says promote violence and ideas linked to the banned Islamist group, a local official and a security source said on Saturday.

Sisi sworn in as Egypt’s president, cool reception from West

CAIRO: Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in as president of Egypt on Sunday in a ceremony with low-key attendance by Western...
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