Egyptian cenbank pays back $1 billion debt owed to Qatar
Egypt has returned to Qatar $1 billion deposited by the Gulf state to help prop up the Egyptian central bank’s hard currency reserves after the…
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Egypt’s Fattah el-Sisi celebrates toppling of Morsi
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has celebrated the 2013 overthrow of the country’s first democratically-elected president by ordering a lavish military display in the capital…
EgyptAir crash: Flight MS804 black box ‘confirms smoke’
Data from one of the black boxes recovered from EgyptAir plane showed smoke alarms sounded on board, investigators say. Data recovered from one of the…
Here’s why Saudi Arabia is loosening its restrictions on women
Why is Saudi Arabia — a highly conservative state where very little changes — suddenly embracing various kinds of reform, including loosening its repressive gender…
In Egypt, a Rare Problem for a World Leader
Summary Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court faces an important decision. In April, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi signed a deal to transfer control of the Red…
Egypt: Free Satirical YouTube Group
Egyptian authorities should drop their investigation into six young men who posted satirical videos commenting on Egypt’s politics on YouTube and release four of them,…
Egyptian court refused to give Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia
An Egyptian court has reversed a decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. Tuesday’s verdict by the highest administrative court in…
Israel returns stolen sarcophagi to Egypt
Two ancient Egyptian sarcophagus covers were delivered to Cairo’s Egyptian Museum Tuesday after Israel confiscated them from smugglers and returned them to Egypt. Antiquities Minister…
Egypt Red Sea islands’ transfer to Saudi Arabia quashed
An Egyptian court declared void on Tuesday a maritime border accord with Saudi Arabia that would have seen Egypt lose control of two Red Sea…
EgyptAir flight MS804: Investigators begin analysing damaged black boxes
Memory units inside the flight recorders are undergoing testing in the civil aviation ministry’s labs in Cairo Investigators have begun examining the black box flight…