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A Turkish diplomatic mission will visit Egypt early next month as both countries work to defuse the long standing row opposing Ankara and Cairo, Turkish presidency spokesman Ibrahim Kalın told Reuters Monday in an interview. Ties between both countries deteriorated Read more
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is keen to inject investment into Egypt’s Sovereign Wealth Fund (TSFE) as well as into other projects, reports say citing a statement from the Egyptian government. TSFE has according to the statement submitted investment Read more
Egypt has instructed its media to water down criticism of Turkey at time both are engaged in secret talks to iron out conflicting files including Libya, reports say. A source in Egyptian state TV who asked not to be named, Read more
Kuwait has handed over to Egypt three Egyptian residents allegedly members of Muslim Brotherhood, an organization designated criminal in the North African Arab country. The three men, reports say, had been detained and had been charged for “launching an intense Read more
An Egyptian police officer died Saturday in an explosion as a police defense tried to dismantle outside a Coptic Church on the outskirt of capital Cairo, report say. The blast took place in Nasr City on the edge of Cairo Read more
Egypt’s Defense Ministry has appointed Maj-Gen. Khaled Megawer to oversee the North African country’s military intelligence agency. The statement announcing the appointment made Sunday said Megawer will replace Maj-Gen Mohammed Farag el-Shahat who is promoted as assistant to the defense Read more
Interpol has dropped the arrest warrant against Egyptian scholar Yousef al-Qaradawi, a sharp critic of President AbdelFattah al-Sisi and a persona non grata in most Gulf countries. A source from the Egyptian’s office at Doha-based International Union of Muslim Scholars, Read more
A Cairo court Wednesday pressed life prison sentences against Mohamed Badie, leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and five other members of the organization, for igniting violence following the removal in 2013 of first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi. The Read more
One of the sons of former and imprisoned Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was released Wednesday on bail after security forces detained him briefly for spreading false information in an interview he gave to Associated Press (AP) last week. The 23-year-old Read more
Egyptian writer and leading feminist figure Nawal El Saadawi has accused former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of giving in 2012 bribe to young voters in Egypt to elect Muslim Brotherhood-linked candidate Mohamed Morsi who was removed from power Read more