Tag: Egypt
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Egypt church bomb kills policeman
About 10 per cent of Egypt's population is Copts and many accuse the state of discriminating against them and not offering them enough protection.
January 6, 2019 -
Pyramid terror
It was the first attack on foreign tourists in Egypt in more than a year, after security forces launched a campaign against militant groups in the Sinai peninsula, in the southern areas, and along the border with Libya.
January 1, 2019 -
India condemns terror attack in Egypt
At least four persons were killed and 10 wounded in an explosion on Friday targeting a bus carrying Vietnamese tourists on an excursion to the Giza pyramids.
December 29, 2018 -
Four killed in bombing of tourist bus near Egypt’s pyramids
The bus driver and nine other Vietnamese visitors were wounded, reports Efe.
December 29, 2018 -
Priceless discovery
A collection of no fewer than 50 handwritten short stories ~ forsaken as lost ~ by the Egyptian Nobel laureate, Naguib Mahfouz, has been discovered in a box of the writer.
November 10, 2018 -
Egypt: Cairo Criminal Court lists 164 Islamists as leading ‘terrorists’
Most Islamists and Brotherhood loyalists have either been jailed or fugitives since the popular-backed military ouster of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in early July 2013.
October 29, 2018 -
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck to make way for military heroes in Egypt’s Qalyubia province
The governor’s decree has been followed by a flurry of mixed reactions on social media.
October 3, 2018 -
Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide to life
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced the Supreme Guide of Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie to life imprisonment over storming a police station in the Upper Egypt’s province of Minya in 2013, the media reported. A total of 64 other members of the Islamic group were also handed life sentence, which is 25 years in jail …
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September 23, 2018 -
Two sons of Egypt’s Mubarak arrested for alleged stock manipulation
The two sons of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak were arrested on Saturday for alleged stock manipulation, a judicial source said.
September 16, 2018 -
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to visit Egypt soon
Egyptian Ambassador to India Hatem Tageldin says Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to visit Egypt later this year
August 28, 2018 -
Egyptian King Mohamed Salah signs contract extension with Liverpool
Salah was named PFA' player of the year for 2017/18 season.
July 2, 2018 -
Sources: Salah considering retiring from national team
Salah told Egypt team officials and teammates that he is considering retiring from international play.
June 25, 2018 -
Chechen strongman makes Egypt’s Salah honorary citizen
After his team crashed out of the World Cup, Egypt’s star player Mohamed Salah has won a consolation prize in the form of honorary citizenship of Chechnya. Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov wrote on Telegram that he had presented the Liverpool star with the honorary title while hosting a dinner for the Egypt team, whose World …
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June 23, 2018 -
2018 FIFA World Cup | Salah fails to impress as Egypt lose to Russia
Salah scored a consolation penalty in the 73rd minute to give the fans something to cheer for.
June 20, 2018 -
2018 FIFA World Cup | Will Mohamed Salah play against Russia?
Salah missed Egypt's opening match against Uruguay.
June 19, 2018 -
No problems against Egypt if we ‘play at our level’: Russia
Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Russian Football Union executive committee member Vitaly Mutko said on Sunday that the national team should not have any difficulties with Egypt in the upcoming Group A if the team plays at its level. “If we (the Russian team) play at our level, than I don’t see any problems (in …
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June 18, 2018 -
2018 FIFA World Cup | Jose Gimenez scores late to give Uruguay 1-0 win over Egypt
Uruguayan defender Jose Gimenez scored in the 90th minute to break Egyptian hearts as Uruguay defeated Egypt 1-0.
June 15, 2018