s biggest terrorist threat in a decade, after a week in which its members claimed responsibility for shooting down a military helicopter, assassinating a senior policeman, and exploding a huge bomb outside Cairo's police headquarters. Ansar Beyt al-Maqdis (ABM), or Champions of Jerusalem, first emerged in 2011, amid a security vacuum caused by the fall of Hosni Mubarak. Based in the isolated northern...
s revolution and army intervention has put it on right path Tony Blair has given staunch backing to Egypt's government following a meeting on Wednesday with its army leader, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. In a television interview on Thursday morning, Britain's former prime minister said Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood had stolen Egypt's revolution, and the army who deposed him last July had put the country...
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s campaign against foreign media Egyptian prosecutors say they will charge 20 al-Jazeera journalists, including two Britons, an Australian and a Dutch citizen, with fabricating news and tarnishing Egypt's reputation abroad. The 16 local defendants are also accused of belonging to former president Mohamed Morsi's now-banned Muslim Brotherhood. The journalists include the Australian former BBC correspondent...
s Frontline Club. Jonathan Baker, head of BBC college of journalism, said: "In spite of the competitiveness [between news organisations] the BBC is pleased to make common cause with those calling for the safety of journalists and for the ability to do their jobs properly." Daily Telegraph columnist Peter Oborne, in am impassioned plea, said he was attending in order for him and his paper to express...
Egypt's chief prosecutor has formally referred 20 journalists from the Al-Jazeera TV network ( see my earlier article ) to stand trial, according to an Associated Press report. They are to face charges of joining or assisting a terrorist group and spreading false news that endangers national security. The 20 are said to be 16 Egyptians and four foreigners - an Australian (Peter Greste, most likely),...
s reputation include ex-BBC correspondent Peter Greste and Mohamed Fahmy Egyptian prosecutors say they have charged 20 al-Jazeera journalists, including two British citizens, with belonging to Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, fabricating news reports and tarnishing Egypt's reputation abroad. The journalists include the Australian ex-BBC correspondent Peter Greste and Canadian-Egyptian bureau chief...
Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi makes a defiant outburst during his court appearance in Cairo ...
s former president reportedly postponed for a month as violence continues in Cairo The former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has been charged with breaking out of jail during the 2011 uprising and conspiring with foreign groups, including Lebanon's Hezbollah, to spread violent chaos throughout Egypt. Elsewhere in Cairo on Tuesday, turmoil continued with the murder of a police general, who was shot...
Ousted Egyptian president accused of breaking out of jail in one of several prosecutions launched under military rule Patrick Kingsley ...
General Mohamed Saeed was head of technical office for Mohamed Ibrahim, who survived assassination attempt last year Gunmen have killed a senior Egyptian interior ministry official outside his home in Cairo, security officials said. "General Mohamed Saeed, head of the technical office of the minister of interior, was targeted by gunmen inside a car who shot him and fled," said one of the officials....
s shares tumble more than 14% after unscheduled statement to the stock market BG Group shares have tumbled after the it warned that problems in Egypt would result in gas production well below expectations for this year and next. In an unscheduled statement to the stock market, BG said it expected to produce between 590,000 and 630,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boed) this year,. Analysts forecasted...
s governing council gave its blessing for army chief Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to run for the presidency. Sisi has been discussed as a potential head of state ever since he ousted Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, last July, and replaced him with the judge, Adly Mansour. The move made Sisi so popular among certain sections of the population that he is likely to win any election...
s spokesman, Adel al-Ghiryani, said that Hadiya, also known as Abu Ubeida al-Libi, had travelled to Egypt for medical reasons but was detained there. Ghiryani also denied his group was involved in the kidnapping of the Egyptians. An Egyptian security official said authorities had detained Hadiya because he was the guest of the country's Muslim Brotherhood group, which has been declared a terrorist...
s economy and US Federal Reserve bond plans European stock markets posted fresh losses on Monday, with London leading the way, as fears of an emerging markets crisis continued to alarm investors and sent shares sliding in Asia overnight. Shares were also hit by predictions that the US Federal Reserve would trim its bond-buying stimulus programme on Wednesday, despite recent market volatility, and concerns...
s Zeinhom mortuary, waiting to pick up the corpse of his friend, Amr Hussein could scarcely believe he was there. "I thought we were done with this," said Hussein, 23. "I thought the revolution would be the start of a new era." Hussein's classmate, Mohamed Yehia, was shot dead by police on Saturday, the third anniversary of the Egyptian uprising – a day that was meant to be a celebration. But for many...
s antiquities minister has said. The truck bombing on Friday was one of four attacks across the capital targeting police. The blast shattered the facade of the security headquarters and propelled steel and ceiling plaster on to artefacts in the museum across the street. Centuries-old glass and porcelain pieces were smashed, a priceless wooden prayer niche was destroyed and manuscripts were soaked by...
Jeremy Hodge, held without charges for several days by Egyptian authorities, plans to return to the US soon ...
CCTV footage captures what is said to be the massive truck bomb that targeted Cairo's police headquarters on Friday ...
s Revolutionaries, said on Friday its leader, Shaban Hadia, had been arrested in Egypt, where he had travelled with his family for medical treatment. Another of the group...