After Doha said their demands were impossible to meet, Arab states that have cut ties with Qatar began talks in Egypt on Wednesday to discuss their next move in the Persian Gulf diplomatic crisis. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry welcomed his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, ...
Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries that have cut ties to Qatar issued a steep list of demands Thursday to end the crisis, insisting that their Persian Gulf neighbor shutter Al-Jazeera, cut back diplomatic ties to Iran and close down a Turkish military base ...
Egypt's Interior Ministry says its forces have killed eight members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group "before carrying out terrorist acts." Is says in a Monday statement that the Brotherhood members fired on security forces when they were approached at an undisclosed date or location ...
Egypt's first legislature in more than three years, a 596-seat chamber packed with supporters of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, held its inaugural session Sunday, signaling the completion of a political road map first announced in 2013. The assembly, elected in November and December, is the first ...
Jordan on Monday released a top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood opposition group after he served over two-thirds of his 18-month prison term for criticizing the United Arab Emirates, an ally of the kingdom. Zaki Bani Ersheid's release comes at a time of growing divisions ...
The Egyptian government should be very careful about attempting to associate Islamic State terror with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Egypt's state-run news agency says Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 16 others have been sentenced to life in prison on charges related to the killing of five people in an attack on a police station in 2013. The news agency's report Saturday says Badie ...
Egyptian warplanes launched new airstrikes and troops went house-to-house Thursday in the troubled Sinai Peninsula, a day after Islamic State-linked militants set off the area's bloodiest fighting in decades in an unprecedented, coordinated attack. The combat, described as "war" by the media and officials, heightened ...
After becoming Egypt's first freely elected president in 2012, Mohammed Morsi hoped his Islamist Muslim Brotherhood movement could emerge from decades of battle with the state and transform the country. Barely a year into his presidency, Morsi was toppled by the army following mass protests ...
An Egyptian court sentenced deposed President Mohamed Morsi to death on Tuesday over a mass jail break during the country's 2011 uprising and issued sweeping punishments against the leadership of Egypt's oldest Islamic group. The general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, and four ...
Egypt announced Thursday that the nation's long-delayed parliament elections will start in March and that the voting will be staggered over seven weeks — the final step in a political roadmap put in place by the military after its ouster of the country's first ...
An Egyptian appeals court on Thursday ordered the retrial of three Al-Jazeera English journalists held for over a year on terror-related charges, a ruling that their lawyers hoped was a step toward resolving a case that brought a storm of international criticism on Egypt's ...
