• American aid worker expected to walk free after three years in Egyptian prison

    American aid worker expected to walk free after three years in Egyptian prison

    Apr 18, 2017 07:18 PM EST

    After three years in detention, an Egyptian-American aid worker named Aya Hijazi is scheduled to walk free tomorrow, along with her husband and six other co-defendants, after being cleared of child abuse and human trafficking charges, her lawyers confirmed today. The case became emblematic of Egypt’s widespread ...

  • Palm Sunday bombings, claimed by ISIS, kill dozens in Egypt

    Palm Sunday bombings, claimed by ISIS, kill dozens in Egypt

    Apr 09, 2017 06:04 PM EST

    ... accused countries, without specifying which ones, of contributing to Egypt’s instability and called for a three-month state of emergency, according to the AP. "Egyptians have foiled plots and efforts by countries and fascist, terrorist organizations that tried to control Egypt," he said. Egypt's Parliament must vote in ...

  • Rebooting U.S.-Egypt relations, human rights concerns become a private matter

    Rebooting U.S.-Egypt relations, human rights concerns become a private matter

    Apr 03, 2017 11:40 PM EST

    ... behind President El-Sisi. He's done a fantastic job in a very difficult situation. We are very much behind Egypt and the people of Egypt. MARGARET WARNER: The Egyptian leader, facing an Islamist insurgency in Sinai, welcomed the president's words. ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI, Egyptian President: Since we ...

  • Trump says U.S. will forge a 'great bond' with Egypt

    Trump says U.S. will forge a 'great bond' with Egypt

    Apr 03, 2017 04:25 PM EST

    ... Obama. "This is my first state visit to the United States since my inauguration and this is the first visit in eight years for an Egyptian president to the United States," el-Sissi said. Obama never invited the Egyptian leader to the White House and Egypt's government was repeatedly ...

  • Trump looks to reboot bilateral ties with Egypt

    Trump looks to reboot bilateral ties with Egypt

    Apr 02, 2017 07:47 PM EST

    ... the connection the two presidents established when they first met in New York last year. The visit raises questions about U.S. foreign aid to Egypt and al-Sisi's human rights record since he overthrew Egypt's first democratically-elected president in 2013. "New York Times" White House correspondent ...

  • Egypt's el-Sissi to meet Trump in Washington in early April

    Egypt's el-Sissi to meet Trump in Washington in early April

    Mar 19, 2017 02:34 PM EST

    CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet in Washington next month, Egypt's leading state-owned newspaper said on Sunday. Al-Ahram said in a front-page report the two leaders will meet during the first week of April, in what will ...

  • Louvre museum reopens; Egypt identifies machete attacker

    Louvre museum reopens; Egypt identifies machete attacker

    Feb 04, 2017 09:33 PM EST

    ... will be questioned as soon as that is possible. An Egyptian Interior Ministry official confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday that the attacker is Egyptian-born Abdullah Reda Refaie al-Hamahmy, who is 28, not 29 as widely reported. The official said an initial investigation in Egypt found no ...

  • Egypt envisions ‘strengthening’ of U.S. relationship under Trump

    Egypt envisions ‘strengthening’ of U.S. relationship under Trump

    Dec 06, 2016 12:35 AM EST

    ... turning the page on this U.S.-Egypt relationship, which has had its ups and downs over the last few years? SAMEH SHOUKRY, Foreign Minister, Egypt: We're certainly looking forward for consolidating and strengthening the U.S.-Egyptian relationship. It is always our objective to have close ties with ...

  • Column: Nobel prize-winner Ahmed Zewail’s struggle to bring Egypt out of the 'dark ages'

    Column: Nobel prize-winner Ahmed Zewail’s struggle to bring Egypt out of the 'dark ages'

    Aug 03, 2016 08:37 PM EST

    ... Nobel Prize for chemistry for using lasers to measure chemical reactions over infinitesimal time scales -- inventing so-called “femtochemistry” -- he became not only the first Egyptian but the first Arab to ever win a Nobel Prize in the sciences. But I first met Zewail in another context -- the Egyptian revolution ...

  • Egyptian dissenters forcibly disappeared and tortured, Amnesty says

    Egyptian dissenters forcibly disappeared and tortured, Amnesty says

    Jul 13, 2016 09:57 PM EST

    Hundreds of Egyptians, including students and children, have disappeared and been tortured under the guise of counterterrorism, according to an Amnesty International report released Wednesday. “An average of three to four people are abducted and arbitrarily subjected to enforced disappearance each day,” according to the report, which is based on ...