News: Egypt

We have started to collect the most important news related to Egypt in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Egypt: news

French navy ship to join EgyptAir search

Friday, May 27th 2016, 14:52

As a French naval ship is heading for the EgyptAir crash site to help find the flight recorders, confusion reigns over signals detected from the emergency beacon.
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Cairo vigil for EgyptAir crash victims

Thursday, May 26th 2016, 21:46
related places: Cairo

Hundreds of people gather in Cairo for a candlelit vigil for the victims of last week's EgyptAir crash.
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Violence in Egypt after affair rumours

Thursday, May 26th 2016, 15:51

Houses are set on fire and an elderly woman is paraded naked through the streets of a village in Egypt after rumours of an inter-religious affair.
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EgyptAir explosion claims denied

Tuesday, May 24th 2016, 12:58

Egypt's forensics chief denies reports that an initial examination of the remains of victims of the EgyptAir crash points towards an explosion.
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EgyptAir flight 'did not swerve'

Tuesday, May 24th 2016, 0:38
related countries: Greece

An EgyptAir flight that crashed in the Mediterranean did not swerve and change direction, an Egyptian official says, contradicting a Greek version.
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Pope Francis meets top Sunni cleric

Monday, May 23rd 2016, 18:08
related places: Cairo

Pope Francis meets the grand imam of Cairo's al-Azhar mosque after a five-year dialogue freeze between Roman Catholicism and the centre of Sunni learning.
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Sub searches for EgyptAir 'black boxes'

Sunday, May 22nd 2016, 11:25

An Egyptian robot submarine heads to the area where the missing EgyptAir plane is reported to have crashed to search for the flight data recorders.
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First images of EgyptAir debris released

Saturday, May 21st 2016, 16:44

The Egyptian military releases images of life vests and other items found during the search for missing EgyptAir flight MS804.
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Debris found from EgyptAir plane

Friday, May 20th 2016, 21:45

Body parts, seats and luggage are found in the Mediterranean Sea by teams searching for the wreckage of an EgyptAir plane, officials say.
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EgyptAir flight mystery investigated

Thursday, May 19th 2016, 21:09
related countries: Greece
related places: Karpathos

A major inquiry is under way after an EgyptAir passenger jet suddenly vanished from radar screens over the southern Mediterranean.
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VIDEO: EgyptAir MS804 plane wreckage found

Thursday, May 19th 2016, 18:06
related countries: Greece
related places: Cairo, Karpathos

Wreckage of a plane, that disappeared en route to Cairo early this morning, has been found near Greek island of Karpathos.
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Crash jet made 'sharp turns and plunged'

Thursday, May 19th 2016, 16:10
related countries: France
related places: Cairo, Paris

An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo made two sharp turns before plunging into the Mediterranean Sea, Greece's defence minister says.
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EgyptAir flight crashed - Hollande

Thursday, May 19th 2016, 11:15
related countries: France
related places: Cairo, Paris

French President Francois Hollande confirms a Paris-Cairo EgyptAir flight that went missing over the Mediterranean, with 66 people on board, did crash.
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Egypt jails 51 over islands protests

Saturday, May 14th 2016, 16:00
related countries: Saudi Arabia

Egypt sentences 51 people to two years in prison for protesting against a decision last month to cede two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.
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Satirical group arrested in Egypt

Tuesday, May 10th 2016, 12:02

Five members of an Egyptian group whose satirical videos have mocked President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi have been arrested, their lawyer says.
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Egypt police killed in ambush near Cairo

Sunday, May 8th 2016, 11:25
related places: Cairo

Eight plainclothes policemen are shot dead on the outskirts of Egypt's capital, Cairo, in an attack Islamic State militants say they carried out.
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Leading rights lawyer arrested in Egypt

Friday, May 6th 2016, 17:31
related countries: Saudi Arabia

A leading Egyptian human rights lawyer who opposes President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi's decision to hand two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia is arrested.
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VIDEO: Concern over imprisoned teenager in Egypt

Wednesday, April 27th 2016, 18:40

Concern over imprisoned teenager in Egypt
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Egypt police disperse anti-Sisi protest

Monday, April 25th 2016, 17:26
related places: Cairo

Riot police fire tear gas and birdshot to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters in Egypt's capital, Cairo.
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Egypt president in protests warning

Monday, April 25th 2016, 9:19

President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi urges Egyptians to defend the state and its institutions from "evil" forces ahead of planned anti-government protests.
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Egypt takes harsh line towards artists and authors

Tuesday, April 19th 2016, 23:40

Egypt taking harsh line towards its artists and authors
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Egypt tea vendor 'shot by police'

Tuesday, April 19th 2016, 15:36
related places: Cairo

Hundreds of Egyptians protest in the capital, Cairo, after a policeman allegedly shoots dead a street vendor after an argument over the price of a cup of tea.
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Mass migrant drowning in Med - survivors

Monday, April 18th 2016, 21:57
related countries: Somalia

Hundreds of migrants drowned when their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, survivors tell the BBC, although there is no official confirmation.
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Tear gas and arrests at Cairo protest

Friday, April 15th 2016, 20:36
related countries: Saudi Arabia
related places: Cairo

Police fire tear gas at crowds in the Egyptian capital Cairo at a protest against a controversial deal to hand two islands to Saudi Arabia.
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Egypt's Sisi hits back at criticism

Wednesday, April 13th 2016, 14:43
related countries: Italy, Saudi Arabia

Egypt's President Sisi hits back at criticism over the decision to hand two islands to Saudi Arabia and over the investigation into an Italian student's murder.
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Egypt ex-minister jailed for corruption

Monday, April 11th 2016, 12:27

A court in Egypt sentences a former agriculture minister and his office manager to 10 years in prison after finding them guilty of corruption.
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Saudi-Egyptian island deal sparks anger

Sunday, April 10th 2016, 22:49
related countries: Saudi Arabia

Egypt's decision to cede sovereignty over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia sparks anger from some commentators online.
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Egypt denies Italian request in probe

Saturday, April 9th 2016, 21:01
related countries: Italy
related places: Cairo

Egypt rejects Italy's request for phone records relating to the death of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo earlier this year.
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Italy recalls Egypt envoy over murder

Friday, April 8th 2016, 19:23
related countries: Italy
related places: Cairo

Italy recalls its ambassador to Egypt for consultations over the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo.
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Bridge to link Saudi Arabia and Egypt

Friday, April 8th 2016, 15:34
related countries: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's king announces a bridge is to be built over the Red Sea to link the country to Egypt.
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Egypt to share student murder findings

Wednesday, April 6th 2016, 23:06
related countries: Italy
related places: Cairo, Rome

Egyptian officials are to brief Italian counterparts in Rome on progress in an investigation into the brutal Cairo murder of student Giulio Regeni.
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Cyprus 'to extradite' EgyptAir hijacker

Wednesday, April 6th 2016, 22:14
related countries: Cyprus

Cyprus has agreed to extradite to Egypt the man accused of hijacking an EgyptAir plane last week, reports say.
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Giulio Regeni murder: Family in Italy expects Egypt answers

Monday, April 4th 2016, 23:22
related countries: Italy

Murdered Italian's family seeks answers from Egypt
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Life for killer Egyptian policeman

Saturday, April 2nd 2016, 14:37

An Egyptian policeman is sentenced to life in prison for shooting dead a rickshaw driver during an argument over a fare.
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Egypt wants hijack suspect extradited

Wednesday, March 30th 2016, 13:01
related countries: Cyprus
related places: Larnaca

Egypt asks Cyprus to extradite the man accused of hijacking an airliner on Tuesday, Egyptian prosecutors say.
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Threat to show murdered Italian's body

Wednesday, March 30th 2016, 11:44
related countries: Italy

The family of murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni threatens to release a photo of his body if Egypt fails to uncover the truth behind his death.
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Fake suicide belt used in Egypt hijack

Wednesday, March 30th 2016, 7:15
related countries: Cyprus

An Egyptian hijacker who forced a domestic flight to land in Cyprus used a fake suicide belt, in an act "not terrorist-related", officials say.
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VIDEO: Hijack passengers return to Cairo

Wednesday, March 30th 2016, 1:27
related places: Cairo

Crew and passengers who were on board a plane when it was hijacked have returned to Cairo.
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Messi's boots make Egyptians cry foul

Tuesday, March 29th 2016, 23:28

Lionel Messi donation to charity causes outrage in Egypt
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VIDEO: Israel on alert for IS Sinai attacks

Tuesday, March 29th 2016, 5:32
related countries: Israel

With so-called Islamic State militants active in Egypt's Sinai, Israeli troops are on alert for attacks just across the border.
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Egypt arrests in Italian student case

Saturday, March 26th 2016, 17:01
related countries: Italy

Egyptian prosecutors have ordered the detention of four people in relation to the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni, officials say.
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'IS attack' kills 13 in Egypt's Sinai

Saturday, March 19th 2016, 21:45

The Islamic State (IS) group has said it carried out an attack that killed at least 13 policemen in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula.
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Egyptian pilgrims killed in bus crash

Saturday, March 19th 2016, 12:40
related countries: Saudi Arabia

Nineteen people have been killed after a bus carrying Egyptian pilgrims crashed in Saudi Arabia, Egypt's Mena news agency says.
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Nefertiti hunt 'finds organic material'

Thursday, March 17th 2016, 11:14

A search for pharaonic Queen Nefertiti's resting place finds possible "organic material" inside spaces behind walls in Tutankhamun's tomb, Egypt says.
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Egypt minister sacked for Prophet remark

Sunday, March 13th 2016, 21:56

Egypt's Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zind is sacked after boasting that he would jail Islam's Prophet Mohammad himself if the prophet broke the law.
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Student to leave US after Trump jibe

Tuesday, March 8th 2016, 0:06
related countries: United States
related places: Trump

A student pilot from Egypt agrees to leave the US after posting on Facebook that the world would thank him if he killed Donald Trump.
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Egypt extradites 'Air Cocaine' suspect

Friday, March 4th 2016, 5:23
related countries: Dominica, Dominican Republic

Egypt extradites a Frenchman to the Dominican Republic for allegedly aiding the escape of two pilots sentenced in a drug case.
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Trump-jibe student faces US deportation

Thursday, March 3rd 2016, 16:19
related countries: United States

A student pilot from Egypt is facing deportation from the US after posting on Facebook that the world would thank him if he killed Donald Trump.
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Assault row presenter jailed in Egypt

Monday, February 29th 2016, 22:03

A TV presenter in Egypt is jailed for 'violating the privacy' of an assault victim interviewed on her show about sexual harassment.
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VIDEO: No arrests in Cairo over academic's death

Monday, February 29th 2016, 15:18
related countries: Italy
related places: Cairo

One month after the brutal killing of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni in Cairo, the authorities in Egypt say they have no made arrests.
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Frenchman 'faces drug case extradition'

Saturday, February 27th 2016, 22:07
related countries: Dominica, Dominican Republic

Egypt will extradite a Frenchman to the Dominican Republic for allegedly aiding the escape of two pilots sentenced in a drug case, his wife says.
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Egypt FGM doctor finally loses licence

Thursday, February 25th 2016, 22:30

A court in Egypt revokes the licence of a doctor convicted last year of the manslaughter of a girl who died after an illegal female genital mutilation procedure.
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Egyptians jailed for insulting Islam

Thursday, February 25th 2016, 14:54

A court in Egypt jails three Coptic Christian teenagers for five years for insulting Islam after they appear in a video apparently mocking Muslim prayers.
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Egypt says Sinai jet crash 'terrorism'

Wednesday, February 24th 2016, 16:45
related countries: Russia

Egypt's president acknowledges for the first time that "terrorism" brought down a Russian airliner in the Sinai peninsula last October.
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Italy punished for CIA 'abduction'

Tuesday, February 23rd 2016, 13:26
related countries: Italy
related places: Milan

The European Court of Human Rights condemns Italy over what it says was the "abduction" of an Egyptian imam by the CIA in Milan in 2003.
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