• Trump welcomes Egypt's president to the White House

    Trump welcomes Egypt's president to the White House

    Apr 09, 2019 07:46 PM EST

    ... to reporters at the top of the meeting, did not mention human rights as a topic for discussion despite concerns from some advocacy groups that Egypt is stifling dissent before a planned constitutional referendum that would potentially allow el-Sissi to remain in power until 2034. Trump instead praised Egypt ...

  • CBS: El-Sissi says Egypt, Israel cooperate against militants

    CBS: El-Sissi says Egypt, Israel cooperate against militants

    Jan 05, 2019 07:51 PM EST

    ... months ago, when the Egyptian leader was there attending the U.N. General Assembly, but CBS did not say why it was not aired earlier. Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman could not be reached for comment. https://youtu.be/W__5jSokjoI Egypt’s military last year denied press reports that ...

  • Egypt says its security forces killed 40 militants

    Egypt says its security forces killed 40 militants

    Dec 29, 2018 06:04 PM EST

    CAIRO — Egypt said Saturday its security forces have killed 40 militants in raids on their hideouts in the Sinai Peninsula and the Greater Cairo area, just hours after a roadside bomb targeted a tourist bus in the capital, killing three Vietnamese tourists and their Egyptian guide. In a Saturday statement ...

  • 2 dead after bomb strikes tourist bus near Egypt's Giza pyramids

    2 dead after bomb strikes tourist bus near Egypt's Giza pyramids

    Dec 28, 2018 08:52 PM EST

    ... Egyptian bus driver and the guide. The bus was carrying a total of 14 Vietnamese tourists, it added, saying only two of them escaped unharmed. Egypt has battled Islamic militants for years in the Sinai Peninsula in an insurgency that has occasionally spilled over to the mainland, hitting minority Christians ...

  • Christian pilgrims in Egypt ambushed; ISIS claims responsibility

    Christian pilgrims in Egypt ambushed; ISIS claims responsibility

    Nov 02, 2018 05:46 PM EST

    ... the ancient community a measure of protection but failed to end frequent acts of discrimination that boil over into violence against Christians, especially in rural Egypt. In Minya, the scene of Friday's attack, Christians constitute the highest percentage of the population — about 35 percent — of any Egyptian province. It ...

  • What happened to Egypt’s hope since the Arab Spring?

    What happened to Egypt’s hope since the Arab Spring?

    Aug 14, 2018 10:25 PM EST

    Five years ago, Egyptian security forces opened fire on a protest tent city in Cairo, killing at least 800. What led to that day was an extraordinarily tumultuous few years in Egypt: the Arab Spring, the coming to power of a Muslim Brotherhood president, a coup, and the emergence of ...

  • ‘False news’ charges put this Egyptian poet in prison

    ‘False news’ charges put this Egyptian poet in prison

    Aug 06, 2018 09:17 PM EST

    "The light doesn’t care how tall the fence is; it’s not hemmed in by steel bars or officers’ uniforms. It cannot be forgotten," Galal El-Behairy writes in a poem from Cairo's Tora Prison.

  • Egypt court sentences 75 to death over 2013 sit-in

    Egypt court sentences 75 to death over 2013 sit-in

    Jul 28, 2018 03:13 PM EST

    ... The sit-in was violently dispersed on Aug. 14, 2013. More than 600 people were killed. Months later, Egypt designated the Brotherhood a terrorist organization. Egyptian authorities have since launched a severe crackdown on Brotherhood members and supporters, arresting many and trying them on terror-related charges.Egyptian courts have ...

  • U.S. acts to release $195M in suspended military aid to Egypt

    U.S. acts to release $195M in suspended military aid to Egypt

    Jul 25, 2018 09:02 PM EST

    ... aid to Egypt after withholding the assistance last year over human rights concerns, the State Department announced Wednesday. The department said the decision follows steps Egypt has taken in response to specific U.S. concerns, and it cited stronger U.S.-Egypt ties in security and counterterrorism while also acknowledging ...

  • Egypt's president wins re-election with 97 percent of vote

    Egypt's president wins re-election with 97 percent of vote

    Apr 02, 2018 03:52 PM EST

    ... effort to challenge him. He won less than 3 percent of the vote. The vote harkened back to the yes-or-no referendums held by Egypt's autocratic leaders in the decades before the 2011 uprising raised hopes of democratic change. El-Sissi led the 2013 military overthrow of Egypt ...