Tag: Egypt

Members of the Egyptian security forces hold guns during clashes with supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood outside Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 23, 2014. Two protesters were killed in clashes in Egypt between Islamist demonstrators and their opponents after midday prayers Friday, the final day of campaigning ahead of next week's presidential election, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ahmed Taranh)

Egypt sentences 20 Islamist students for rioting

Mariam Rizk · May 24, 2014 9:36 pm

Egypt’s el-Sissi seeks ties with US on his terms

Maggie Michael · May 24, 2014 5:29 pm

An Egyptian rides his motor bike past campaign banners for presidential hopeful retired Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, one of which splashed with red paint in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Arabic reads, "with work, nations live," "Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi presidential candidate." El-Sissi is running against leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, who placed third in the 2012 presidential election won by Morsi. Pew's poll found that Sabahi has a 35 percent favorable rating, down from 48 percent last year. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Clashes at Egypt rallies kill 2 ahead of election

Mariam Rizk · May 23, 2014 7:28 pm

This combo image contains photos of Egyptian presidential candidates, leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, left, and retired Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right. Voting in the presidential election is set for May 26-27, 2014. (AP Photo)

A guide to Egypt’s election: What’s at stake?

HAMZA HENDAWILEE KEATH · May 23, 2014 6:32 pm

Egypt officials: Militant leader killed in Sinai

Ashraf Sweilam · May 22, 2014 11:37 pm

Australian correspondent of Al-Jazeera Peter Greste appears in a defendant cage along with other defendants during a trial on terrorism charges in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 22, 2014. A defense lawyer for one of three Al-Jazeera journalists on trial in Egypt on terrorism charges has told the judge that the proceedings against his client "make no sense." (AP Photo/Ahmed Gamil)

Egypt: Al-Jazeera’s lawyer complains to judge

Laura Dean · May 22, 2014 8:33 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken Friday, May 16, 2014, an Egyptian supporter of presidential candidate Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the country's former military chief, holds a poster of him in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Only a slight majority of Egyptians look favorably on Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the former army chief who ousted the elected president and is now a heavy favorite to win next week's presidential elections, according to a poll released Thursday, May 22, by a U.S.-based research center. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Hope for strongman fuels Egypt’s el-Sissi campaign

SARAH EL DEEB · May 22, 2014 6:23 pm

In Egypt vote, Brotherhood’s hope is in boycott

Hamza Hendawi · May 21, 2014 7:59 pm

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, sits in the defendants cage behind protective glass, during a court hearing in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. An Egyptian court has convicted Mubarak of embezzlement and sentenced him to three years in prison. Mubarak's two sons, one-time heir apparent Gamal and wealthy businessman Alaa, were also convicted Wednesday of graft and sentenced to four years in prison each in the same case. (AP Photo/Tarek el-Gabbas)

Egypt’s Mubarak convicted of graft, gets 3 years

Hamza Hendawi · May 21, 2014 2:54 pm

In this courtroom drawing, Egyptian Islamic preacher Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, left, sits in the courtroom of Judge Katherine Forrest, upper right, as Courtroom Deputy Joseph Pecorino reads the jury verdict sheet finding Mustafa guilty in his terrorism trial in New York Monday, May 19, 2014. Referred by prosecutors and defense lawyers alike by his alias, Abu Hamza al-Masri, Mustafa sits next to his defense lawyer Joshua Dratel, center back, who sits next to defense lawyer Jeremy Schneider, far right. In front of them is the prosecution team. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

National Security

New York jurors follow facts to London imam’s conviction

Larry Neumeister · May 20, 2014 4:00 am

Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie speaks before judge after getting out of a defendant cage during his trial in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 18, 2014. The judge said he would announce a verdict on June 7 in a case involving Badie and 47 other defendants charged with cutting off a major road north of Cairo as part of a wave of post-Morsi protests last summer. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gamil)

Egypt courts convict 170 in mass trials

Hamza Hendawi · May 18, 2014 7:37 pm

Egypt Brotherhood leader clear of insulting judges

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 12:36 pm