A Cairo court has sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in prison. Morsi was charged with inciting the killing of protesters, in connection to the deaths of 10 people outside the presidential palace in December 2012. He also faces serious charges in three other cases. Morsi was deposed by[…]
Egypt’s ex-president Mohamed Morsi faces being sentenced to death Tuesday on charges of inciting the killing of protesters in the first verdict against him nearly two years after his fall from power. He also faces the death penalty in two other trials, including one in which he is accused of[…]
A new video from the Islamic State (IS) purportedly shows the group killing captured Ethiopian Christians in Libya. The 29-minute video released online on Sunday shows two groups of dark-skinned captives. It says one group is held by an IS affiliate in eastern Libya and the other by an affiliate in[…]
Three people have been killed in a blast on a bridge in the Egyptian capital, according to state media. Sunday’s explosion went off on the 15 May bridge that runs over the Zamalek district and links the governorates of Cairo and Giza. One of the dead was a policeman, state[…]
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has responded to concerns over the detention of elderly South African scholar, Sheikh Abdul Salam Jad Bassiouni, who was arrested at the Cairo International Airport upon his arrival in Egypt. Bassiouni, who holds dual Egyptian and South African citizenship, is reported to[…]
Egypt’s top prosecutor on Sunday named 18 Muslim Brotherhood members, including the group’s leader and his deputy, as terrorists in the first implementation of an anti-terror law passed earlier this year. In a statement, chief prosecutor Hisham Barakat said the decision follows a February court ruling that convicted Brotherhood leader[…]
A South African-based scholar of Egyptian descent has entered his 16th week in detention at a notorious Cairo prison, following his arrest by Egyptian national security at the Cairo International Airport. Sheikh Abdul Salam Jad Bassiouni, 65, has been held at the Torah prison without charge since December 2014, with[…]
Egyptian prosecutors said Tuesday that the banned Muslim Brotherhood was behind the deaths of 21 football fans at a Cairo stadium last month. Prosecutors sent 16 alleged members of the Brotherhood and of the Zamalek football team’s White Knights fan club to trial on charges of murder, thuggery and destroying[…]
Under its new monarch, Saudi Arabia appears to be moving to improve relations with Turkey and Qatar and soften its stance against the Muslim Brotherhood with the aim of weakening Iran. The shift could lead to pressure on its ally Egypt to reconcile with them as well. The pressure, however,[…]
The retrial of two Al-Jazeera English journalists who face terror-related charges in Egypt has been postponed to March 19. The decision Sunday comes after a brief hearing for acting bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian producer Baher Mohammed. They were freed last month awaiting trial, though they’ve had to check[…]
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