Jan 08 Pompeo starts Middle East visit to ramp up pressure on Iran By Associated Press The Trump administration is doubling down on commercial and diplomatic efforts in the coming weeks to "put real pressure on Iran," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said at the start of a Mideast tour Tuesday. Continue reading
Jan 05 CBS: El-Sissi says Egypt, Israel cooperate against militants By Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press Egypt’s president has told CBS that his country and Israel are cooperating against Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula. Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 24:59 December 29, 2018 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Dec. 29, the partial government shutdown enters its second weekend, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen continues her tour of facilities along the border after the deaths of two young children in U.S. custody, and the… Continue watching
Dec 29 Egypt says its security forces killed 40 militants By Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Dec 28 2 dead after bomb strikes tourist bus near Egypt’s Giza pyramids By Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press Egypt's Interior Ministry said the bus was traveling in the Marioutiyah area near the pyramids when the crude roadside bomb, concealed by a wall, went off. Continue reading
Nov 02 Christian pilgrims in Egypt ambushed; ISIS claims responsibility By Samy Magdy, Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press Islamic militants on Friday ambushed three buses carrying Christian pilgrims on their way to a remote desert monastery south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing seven and wounding 19, according to the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Interior Ministry. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 1:52 Migrant dedicates life to saving others crossing the seas By Ivette Feliciano On Christmas Eve in 2001, Hassan Ali, then a 13-year-old migrant from Egypt, was saved from a capsizing dinghy when he was crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe. After spending time in a refugee camp in Sicily, Italy, Ali… Continue watching
Aug 06 ‘False news’ charges put this Egyptian poet in prison By Jennifer Hijazi "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. Continue reading
Jul 28 Egypt court sentences 75 to death over 2013 sit-in By Associated Press An Egyptian court sentenced 75 people to death on Saturday, including top figures of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, for their involvement in a 2013 sit-in, state media reported. Continue reading
Jul 25 U.S. acts to release $195M in suspended military aid to Egypt By Associated Press The United States has decided to release $195 million in military aid to Egypt after withholding the assistance last year over human rights concerns, the State Department announced Wednesday. Continue reading