Tag: Egypt

An Egyptian woman covers her mouth from heavy smoke after supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi blocked a road by setting waste on fire in Matariya Square, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Egyptian security forces firing tear gas quashed small, scattered demonstrations on Thursday by Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi who tried to commemorate the anniversary of the killing of hundreds of protesters. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdel Fattah, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT

Egypt Islamists mark anniversary of mass killing

Maggie Michael · August 14, 2014 2:54 pm

Displaced Palestinian family members pass their time at the U.N. school where they sought refuge during the war, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced in the Israel-Hamas war that began July 8, at least 10,000 housing units have been destroyed and many have found refuge at U.N. schools turned into shelters. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Egypt: Israel, Hamas to extend temporary truce

MOHAMMED DARAGHMEHTIA GOLDENBERG · August 13, 2014 10:37 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, April 26, 2014 file photo, ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing in his retrial over charges of failing to stop killings of protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his downfall, in the Police Academy-turned-court in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Mubarak has denied Wednesday that he ordered killing of protesters during his first lengthy speech in court as his retrial in failing to stop deaths of protesters is drawing to an end. (AP Photo/Tarek el Gabbas, File)

Egypt’s Mubarak defends his rule in courtroom cage

Maggie Michael · August 13, 2014 6:49 pm

Palestinian Ziad Rizk, 38, sits with others in a shelter made of a blanket stretched over four boles next to one of the destroyed Nada Towers, where he lost his apartment and clothes shop, in the town of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Egypt presents proposal to end war in Gaza

Mohammed Daraghmeh · August 12, 2014 10:23 pm

$FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 file photo, Egyptian security forces detain protesters as they clear a sit-in by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the eastern Nasr City district of Cairo. On Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 the New-York based Human Rights Watch called for an international commission of inquiry into mass killings by Egyptian security forces last summer, saying they likely amount to crimes against humanity. The report said that rather than investigating potential wrongdoing, the government has refused to acknowledge any possible infractions on the part of the security forces. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa, File)$ News

HRW: Likely crimes against humanity in Egypt

SARAH EL DEEB · August 12, 2014 5:02 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi shake hands during a meeting in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi arrived in Russia on Tuesday for his first official visit as president and was immediately shown a selection of Russian military hardware for sale. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Egypt’s leader in Russia for talks on arms, trade

Vladimir Isachenkov · August 12, 2014 3:22 pm

Egypt stops Human Rights Watch staffers at airport

SARAH EL DEEB · August 11, 2014 12:43 pm

Restricted from playing outside, displaced Palestinian children play indoors in a high-rise building where their families had rented flats for them to live, after leaving their homes due to the unrest, in Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Israel, Hamas accept Egyptian cease-fire proposal

Mohammed Daraghmeh · August 10, 2014 9:04 pm

A year later, protest’s bloody end divides Egypt

michaelsarah-el, hamza-hendawimaggie, deeblee-keath · August 10, 2014 1:13 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010 file photo, Senior official of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party, NDP, Ahmed Ezz talks during a press conference at the party's headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. Lawyers of the Egyptian steel tycoon who was close to Hosni Mubarak's toppled dictatorship say their client was released on bail after three years of detention. The defense lawyers of Ahmed Ezz said Friday, Aug. 8, 2014 that the steel magnate was released late Thursday after paying bail worth EGP 152 ($21.1) million.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

Mubarak-era Egypt steel tycoon released on bail

Mariam Rizk · August 8, 2014 5:22 pm

Palestinian relatives of Islamic Jihad militant Shaaban Al-Dahdouh, which was found under the rubble yesterday, during funeral in Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

National Security

Israel-Palestinian talks on Gaza underway in Cairo

MAGGIE MICHAELBRIAN ROHAN · August 6, 2014 9:18 pm

Supporters of Hamas hold a representation of a rocket as others shout slogans against the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, during a protest in the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday. (AP/Nasser Ishtayeh)

National Security

Hamas uses ceasefires to prepare more deadly attacks on innocent Israelis: Examiner Editorial

Washington Examiner · August 2, 2014 10:00 pm