Palestinian political parties Hamas and Fatah signed a reconciliation deal in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Thursday, as part of an effort to end a decade-long rift. The announcement comes after representatives from Hamas and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA) convened in Cairo on Tuesday to implement a unity agreement[…]
Head of the Hamas movement’s politburo Ismail Haniyeh and other high-ranking Hamas members met with Egyptian intelligence officials in Cairo on Monday night, with talks focusing on cross border security and a readiness for Palestinian national reconciliation. The delegation told the Egyptian intelligence minister Khaled Fawzi that Hamas is ready[…]
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh left the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday morning for an official visit to Egypt, where a Hamas delegation is expected to meet with Egyptian officials, according to a statement released by Hamas. In his first visit to Cairo since being elected chief of the Hamas movement[…]
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation will arrive in Cairo on Sunday to review Egypt’s progress on economic reforms before it disburses the second installment of a $12-billion loan program, the Finance Ministry said. The IMF delegation will stay until May 11 and meet with officials from the ministry and[…]
The Media Review Network (MRN) has expressed its relief that Shaykh Abdu Salaam Bassiouni has finally been released by Egypt and has returned home to South Africa. Shaykh Bassiouni made his way back to Johannesburg on Sunday, about a year after being released from prison in Cairo. The 65year old[…]
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has said a suicide bomber carried out the attack that killed 24 Christians during Sunday Mass at a Cairo chapel adjacent to St Mark’s Cathedral, the seat of Egypt’s ancient Coptic Orthodox Church. It was among the deadliest attacks to ever target Egypt’s Coptic minority,[…]
A bombing at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral killed at least 25 people and wounded 49, many of them women and children attending Sunday mass, in the deadliest attack on Egypt’s Christian minority in years. The attack comes as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi fights battles on several fronts. His economic reforms[…]
Six police officers were killed this morning after a bomb exploded near a security services building in the Al-Haram area of Cairo, Egypt. The police station in Giza received a report that a roadside bomb planted by unknown assailants near a security base near the Al-Salam Mosque. Civil defence and[…]
At least three policemen and one civilian were killed in a blast at an apartment on Thursday in Giza, east of Cairo, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. Thirteen people were wounded, the ministry statement said, without specifying if they were civilians or policemen. According to the ministry, the[…]
Tourists were attacked by gunmen on a motorcycle as they boarded a bus outside their hotel in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. Thursday’s attack took place outside the Three Pyramids Hotel which is situated on a road leading to the pyramids, according to security sources who added that there were[…]
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