Sisi: laws should be amended to speed up execution of death penalty
CAIRO: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi called Tuesday for amending the Criminal Code to expedite the application of death penalties and sentences of life in prison, saying “justice is chained by the...
View ArticleEgypt forces kill 9 Muslim Brotherhood members in Cairo raid
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt forces kill 9 Muslim Brotherhood members in Cairo raid, including former lawmaker.
View ArticleFitch: Sousse Attack Hits Tunisia Growth; Transition Supportive
Fitch Ratings-Paris/London-01 July 2015: Last week’s attack in Sousse highlights Tunisia’s exposure to terrorism risk and its potential to damage the economy, Fitch Ratings says. But the country’s...
View ArticleEgypt government approves draft anti-terrorism, election laws
CAIRO: Egypt’s cabinet approved draft anti-terrorism and election laws on Wednesday, the transitional justice minister said. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had promised a tougher legal system on...
View ArticleThe Latest: Massive militant attack kills 64 Egyptian troops
CAIRO: The latest news on the coordinated militant attacks in Egypt’s restive northern Sinai Peninsula that killed 64 soldiers (all times local): 7:45 p.m. Egyptian security officials say 64 soldiers...
View ArticleIslamic State attack in Egypt’s North Sinai kills more than 100
ISMAILIA: Islamic State insurgents attacked several military checkpoints in Egypt’s North Sinai on Wednesday in a co-ordinated assault that killed more than 100 people – one of the biggest militant...
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More than 100 dead as militants, Egyptian army clash in North Sinai
ISMAILIA, Egypt: Egypt’s army said on Wednesday more than 100 militants and 17 soldiers were killed in simultaneous attacks on military checkpoints in North Sinai, in the most sustained fighting of its...
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Egypt’s North Sinai ‘100 pct under control’ after clashes -spokesman
CAIRO: Egypt’s military spokesman said on Wednesday the situation in North Sinai was “100 percent under control”, following clashes with militants that left more than 100 people dead. The spokesman,...
View ArticleVideo: IS-affiliated Egyptian militant surrenders to Kurdish troops
CAIRO: A Kurdish channel broadcast a video Wednesday showing an Egyptian national, allegedly fighting with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, surrendered to the Kurdish troops in the Syrian-Turkish...
View ArticleTunisia hunts for Libya-trained suspects after hotel attack
TUNIS: Tunisian authorities have arrested 12 people they suspect are linked to the Sousse beach hotel attack on foreign tourists, and are hunting for two men who trained in a Libyan jihadist camp with...
View Article170 arrested at Sallum border crossing for attempting to illegally enter Libya
CAIRO: A total of 170 people, including three Sudanese, have been arrested at the Egypt-Libya Sallum border crossing over illegal travel to Libya through desert routes, Youm7 reported Thursday. This...
View ArticleUpdate: 9 Brotherhood members killed in police raid: MoI
CAIRO: Nine Muslim Brotherhood members were killed Wednesday in a police raid in 6th of October City, southwest of Cairo, according to a Ministry of Interior statement. Two of nine slain “terrorists”...
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Al-Azhar University mulls installing e-fingerprint scanners at campus dorm
CAIRO: Al-Azhar University considers installing “digital fingerprint scanners” at the gates of its female campus dorm, said the university’s deputy president Ahmed Hosny. Hosny told Youm7 that the...
View ArticleSquash-David’s reign extends to 9th year but Egyptian rival closes
Malaysia’s Nicol David celebrates her ninth year as world squash number one this week but her chances of making it a decade of dominance are under severe threat from Raneem El Welily. The Egyptian won...
View ArticlePolice identifies 2 suspects killed in 6 October car bomb attack
CAIRO: Security authorities have identified two of the three assailants who were killed Tuesday after explosive devices, placed in their private car, went off in the 6 October City southwest of Cairo,...
View ArticleBank guard killed in Fayoum, police vehicle attacked in Beni Suef
CAIRO: A security guard at the Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit (PBDAC) was killed Thursday after unidentified assailants opened fire at a bank’s branch in the Fayoum governorate,...
View ArticleEgyptian air strikes kill 23 militants in North Sinai – sources
ISMAILIA: Egypt launched air strikes on Islamist militant targets in theSinai peninsula on Thursday, killing 23 fighters a day after the deadliest clashes in the region in years, security sources said....
View ArticlePhilippine ferry sinks, killing at least 36, but most passengers survive
MANILA: A ferry carrying 189 passengers and crew capsized off the central Philippines in heavy waves on Thursday, killing at least 36 people but the majority of those on board were rescued, the coast...
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