• Former Egyptian president Morsi gets 20 years in jail

    Former Egyptian president Morsi gets 20 years in jail

    Apr 21, 2015 01:59 PM EST

    Egypt’s first freely elected leader Mohammed Morsi was sentenced to 20 years in jail without parole on Tuesday on charges connected to the killing of demonstrators, who were protesting against his governing Muslim Brotherhood party for abusing power. Morsi was elected president after autocrat Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in ...

  • How one Egyptian youth became an Islamic State militant

    How one Egyptian youth became an Islamic State militant

    Feb 20, 2015 11:00 PM EST

    ... on?  He said, let's pass her. Let her be behind, so that I don't have to look at her. NARRATOR: Islam watched as Egypt descended into turmoil and felt like the country drifted farther and farther from his vision for a true Islamic state. The Egyptian army forced ...

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    Islamic State releases video purporting to show beheadings of 21 Egyptians

    Feb 15, 2015 08:33 PM EST

    ... for you crusaders is something you can only wish for." A caption for the video reads: "The people of the cross, followers of the hostile Egyptian church." Since the 2011 uprising in Egypt, thousands of Egyptians have traveled to Libya in search of jobs against the advice of of their ...

  • Egyptian court grants bail to Al Jazeera journalists

    Egyptian court grants bail to Al Jazeera journalists

    Feb 12, 2015 04:44 PM EST

    ... Egyptian citizenship in order to be eligible for deportation to Canada, where he is also a citizen. He was released on bail of 250,000 Egyptian pounds, or nearly $32,800. When asked to relinquish his citizenship, Fahmy was told by an Egyptian official that "citizenship is not a piece ...

  • Egypt sentences 230 people to life in prison for violent protests

    Egypt sentences 230 people to life in prison for violent protests

    Feb 04, 2015 04:26 PM EST

    A court in Egypt on Wednesday handed down life sentences to 230 people for participating in the 2011 uprising that forced longtime leader President Hosni Mubarak to resign. All of the defendants were tried in absentia, except for activist Ahmed Douma, who is already serving a three-year sentence for ...

  • What’s next for two Al Jazeera journalists still imprisoned in Egypt?

    What’s next for two Al Jazeera journalists still imprisoned in Egypt?

    Feb 03, 2015 01:03 AM EST

    ... to know Mohamed Fadel Fahmy. And this must be such a tough decision for him, because he is truly someone who loves this country, loves Egypt, loves being an Egyptian. And this must be such a harsh thing for him to do, to have to renounce that Egyptian citizenship. As ...

  • Egypt releases jailed Al Jazeera journalist

    Egypt releases jailed Al Jazeera journalist

    Feb 01, 2015 05:01 PM EST

    Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, who had been imprisoned for 400 days on terrorism charges in Egypt, was released from a Cairo jail Sunday and deported back to his native Australia. Al Jazeera heralded the decision and called for the release of two of Greste's colleagues, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed ...

  • Archaeologists unearth new tombs in Egypt, identifying unknown queen

    Archaeologists unearth new tombs in Egypt, identifying unknown queen

    Jan 06, 2015 04:55 PM EST

    A team of Czech archaeologists announced Sunday the discovery of an ancient Egyptian tomb that they believe belongs to a previously unknown ancient Egyptian queen, according to the BBC. While excavating the funeral complex of Pharaoh Neferefre in the Abusir region southwest of Cairo, the team unearthed the tomb of ...

  • How three ‘ordinary journalists’ were caught between Egypt and Qatar

    How three ‘ordinary journalists’ were caught between Egypt and Qatar

    Jan 02, 2015 01:11 AM EST

    ... or the retrial hangs on the fate of the relationship between Egypt and Qatar, who owns Al-Jazeera. BORZOU DARAGAHI: Well, if you talk to Egyptian officials, they're very strident about the integrity of the Egyptian judicial system and the independence of that judiciary. Many people are very skeptical ...

  • Will a retrial in Egypt free three jailed journalists?

    Will a retrial in Egypt free three jailed journalists?

    Jan 02, 2015 01:10 AM EST

    ... Fadel Fahmy, a Canadian-Egyptian, Australian correspondent Peter Greste, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed were handed  seven-to-10-year sentences on charges of publishing false Egyptian news and aiding the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group. But outside Egypt, the trial was widely viewed as a sham and the verdicts sparked an ...