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Egyptian police have fired tear gas at demonstrators who were protesting in Cairo against the President’s controversial deal under which two islands in the Red Sea, Tiran and sanafir, were handed over to Saudi Arabia. The Friday demonstrations were the Read more
Egyptian officials on top of whom President al-Sisi allegedly received bribes from Saudi Arabia during King Salman‘s five-day visit to endorse agreements among which handover of the two Islands to Saudi Arabia, according to Saudi official documents leaked by former Read more
King Salman of Saudi Arabia who is in Turkey for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit held talks with President Erdogan on issues of common interest. Discussions centered mostly on regional security, stability and development. “The Muslim world is witnessing Read more
Public pressure is piling up on Egyptian President after government announced Saturday the handover of Egyptian islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia, part of the billion-agreements signed during King Salman’s visit. Human rights activists, politicians and Egyptians have Read more
Visiting King Salman announced Friday, on second day of his visit, the construction of a bridge to connect Egypt and Saudi Arabia, a project deemed historic by analysts. The Saudi monarch who arrived in Cairo on Thursday made the televised Read more
Italy on Friday recalled its ambassador to Egypt for consultations to seek “the truth” about the torture and slaying of an Italian graduate student in the North African country. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni was recalling Ambassador Maurizio Massari for “an Read more
US troops stationed at the North Camp military base in el Gorah could be pulled out of the area due to security concerns, according to US officials. The growing threats posed by militants of the Islamic State in the Sinai Read more
Egypt has reportedly decided to block Facebook’s Free Basics Internet service because the company rejected its request to spy on its users. Cairo stated that Etisalat, a mobile carrier and the service provider, was offered a two month temporary permit Read more
The head of Egypt’s Central Auditing Authority (CAA) Hesham Geneina was sacked after a report by the independent body alleged mass corruption in Egyptian state institutions. His sacking was announced in a presidential decree aired on TV Monday evening, but Read more
Saudi Arabia will be providing financial assistance to Egypt part of its $8 billion investment pledge that was made by Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz at the end of last year to help save the North African country’s struggling economy. Read more