Coup de Nile: Egypt unrest imperils US military aid
Following a 1979 peace treaty with Israel, subsequent US largess for Egypt has been primarily military, with $68 billion in American support having been provided in the ensuing decades, according to...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia and UAE to lend Egypt up to $8 billion
The UAE loan would be in the form of a $2 billion interest free deposit in Egypt’s central bank, state news agency WAM said on Tuesday. The UAE is also to give Egypt $1 billion. The UAE delegation to...
View ArticleMuslim Brotherhood leader’s arrest ordered for ‘inciting violence’
The arrest of other senior Brotherhood officials were also ordered, including Badie's deputy Mahmoud Ezzat, and party leaders Essam El-Erian and Mohamed El-Beltagi. Arrest warrants for seven others...
View ArticleEgypt – Media freedom still flouted a week after military takeover
A week after President Mohamed Morsi's removal by the military, respect for freedom of information continues to worsen and increasingly resembles the situation under the authoritarian Supreme Council...
View ArticleEgypt coup reinstated the old system, which will explode again before year end
RT: Now we are having two rival camps riling across Egypt today. Where is this situation heading? Is it too early to talk about the dangerous prospects of the civil standoff? Pepe Escobar: Its...
View ArticlePanama releases ex-CIA station chief in Milan wanted by Italy
Now the former Central Intelligence Agency officer that’s been ordered to spend nine years in an Italian prison for his role in the 2003 kidnapping of Muslim cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr may...
View ArticleEgypt’s army fires tear gas at pro-Morsi protesters near presidential palace
Military forces fired tear gas in Cairo Friday evening, as a group of pro-Morsi protesters aimed to break through the army line. According to state news agency MENA, the soldiers attempted to hold...
View ArticleGun shy? Britain blocks military hardware exports to Egypt
The licenses include armored vehicles, like personnel carriers and fighting infantry vehicles, machine guns, tank communication equipment as well as vehicle-mounted radio stations and accompanying...
View ArticleTesting times for Egypt’s media
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View ArticleEgypt’s rival rallies turn deadly
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View ArticleAl Jazeera talks to Morsi’s son about father’s kidnapping
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View ArticleEgypt protests defy army chief’s call
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View ArticleProsecutor orders ousted Egypt President Morsi’s arrest over Hamas links
Morsi has been detained for 15 days and will be subjected to questioning over suspicions Hamas helped orchestrate his escape from prison in 2011, reported Reuters, citing Mena state media. Morsi has...
View ArticleClashes, helicopters, tear gas as tens of thousands take to streets of Egypt
Follow RT’s live updates on post-coup violence in Egypt Over 100 people were reportedly injured across the country, as Egypt's two opposing political camps took to the streets. At least five people...
View ArticleAt least 31 killed in Cairo clashes – Muslim Brotherhood
The casualties were taking part in a pro-Morsi rally when they were attacked by members of the security forces, allege the Brotherhood. "They are not shooting to wound, they are shooting to kill,"...
View ArticleEgypt army launches counter-extremist operation in Sinai – reports
The operation dubbed ‘Desert Storm’ was launched by the Egyptian army in North Sinai Governorate on Saturday and will last for 48 hours, Al Ahram newspaper said citing security sources. The military...
View ArticleEgypt’s interim leader gives green light for civilian arrests
The death toll from Saturday clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi has risen to at least 80, unnamed officials from Egypt’s health ministry told AP. Two more...
View ArticleEgypt army launches counter-extremist operation in Sinai
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View ArticleUnited Arab Emirates – Journalist held incommunicado, netizens arrested,...
Reporters Without Borders condemns Egyptian journalist Anas Fouda's detention by the authorities in the United Arab Emirates for the past month. Based for many years in the UAE, Fouda has been held...
View ArticleEvidence suggests Pro-Morsi protesters tortured opponents – Amnesty
Testimonies from victims include accounts of how they were captured, assaulted and subjected to electric shocks by loyalists of the former President. The organization also claims that eight bodies at...
View ArticleErgenekon trial shows Turkish govt fears outside support for military,...
On Monday, a Turkish court handed down 17 life sentences in the trial of nearly 300 accused coup plotters, including for ex-army chief Ilker Basbug and several other ex-top brass, along with leftist...
View ArticleUnited Arab Emirates – Egyptian journalist released after being held for a month
Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that Egyptian journalist Anas Fouda, a senior editor with the MBC media group, was released by the authorities in the United Arab Emirates on 4 August and...
View ArticleSinai bombing is in collaboration with Egyptian military and police crackdown
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View ArticlePro-Morsi supporters brace for crackdown
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View ArticleMorsi supporters and opponents clash in Cairo
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View ArticleTrains stopped to control Cairo situation
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View ArticleListening Post – News Divide: Egypt’s media divide
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View ArticleEgypt: Arab Spring turns to winter
The events in Egypt are changing with breakneck speed dragging the Arab world's most populous nation into fratricidal conflict. The policy of national reconciliation, proclaimed by the interim...
View ArticleEgypt vows lethal response ahead of nationwide ‘March of Anger’
“The view of council members is that it is important to end violence in Egypt and that the parties exercise maximum restraint,” Argentine UN Ambassador Maria Cristina Perceval told reporters after an...
View ArticleEyewitness describes Cairo street scenes
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View ArticleEgypt defends crackdown on protests
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View ArticleBrotherhood supporters hit the streets as army vows to confront violence
Hundreds of Brotherhood supporters could be seen marching in Giza, located some 20 kilometers from Cairo. According to reports, the demonstrators are headed to the capital to join others who are...
View ArticleWashington divided: Obama under pressure to cut Egyptian military aid
Cutting the $1.3 billion US aid package that supports the Egyptian military could have repercussions in the region. For one, US allies Israel and Saudi Arabia have already moved to step up their...
View ArticleObama’s hands tied over Egypt military aid cuts
Congress will not allow President Barack Obama to cancel US aid to Egypt, while there is also no way to exert their influence in the Middle East as Obama’s hypocrisy has cost him influence in the...
View ArticleRevolution Reversed: Egypt winds back clock as Mubarak released from prison
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View ArticleThousands take to streets in Bahrain to protest for democracy (PHOTOS)
The protesters marched west of the capital on Friday, protesting against the stringent new laws that prohibit public dissent. This, however, was a sanctioned march and no trouble or scuffles with...
View ArticleBritain suspends 49 military export licenses to Egypt
One of Britain’s biggest military export destinations is now limited to electronics, helicopters and spares. “This suspension will apply to licenses for the Egyptian army, air force and internal...
View ArticleEgypt jamming Al Jazeera signals
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View ArticleEgypt court bans all Brotherhood activities
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View Article21st century ghetto: Israel plays with human rights, using gaps in...
Reports about illegal immigrants from Eritrea, Sudan and other African countries who have entered Israel in recent years, seeking asylum and refugee status, being sent to a “de facto jail” raise...
View ArticleEgypt’s post-Morsi constitution gets almost total voters’ approval
Nabil Salib, head of the Supreme Election Committee, said the vote was an “unrivalled success” while no major political faction was pushing for a “no” vote, as many Egyptians saw approving the...
View ArticleThree years after revolution there is little to celebrate in Egypt
RT: Three years after the revolution, what is there to celebrate? Mohammad Sabry: Well I said my opinion a couple of days ago in one of my articles, and I said Egypt has very little to celebrate on...
View ArticleEgypt – Egyptian authorities to put 20 Al-Jazeera journalists on trial
Reporters Without Borders is stunned and appalled by today's announcement by the Egyptian prosecutor's office that 20 Al-Jazeera journalists are to be prosecuted on charges of “undermining national...
View ArticleOlder than oldest of 7 Wonders: 4,600 yo step pyramid uncovered in Egypt
Although scientists were aware of the pyramid’s existence, it remained buried under a thick layer of sand until a group of archaeologists started excavation works in 2010, according to a report by...
View ArticleStudents join fight to free Al Jazeera staff
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’Egyptian authorities are afraid even of Morsi’s silence in the courtroom’
After the coup over 50 journalists were arrested and 11 were killed in Egypt. Salah Abdel-Maksoud, Morsi’s former Information Minister who is currently in exile, told RT about the consequences of...
View ArticleHead to Head – Do Arab men hate women?
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Libya is now officially a failed state
And of course it is failed due to the complete absence of the rule of law, and failed most of all by the West whose decision to embark on a disastrous military intervention in 2011, which led directly...
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3-day ceasefire between Israel and Palestinians takes effect
Follow RT’s LIVE UPDATES on Israeli offensive in Gaza The ceasefire, that is supposed to see hostilities halted for 72 hours to allow for peace talks in Cairo, started at 05:00 GMT. Just minutes...
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Egypt to splash out $4 billion on new Suez project
The new canal will be part of a bigger project to expand Suez port and shipping facilities into a major global trade hub. “This giant project will be the creation of a new Suez Canal parallel to the...
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