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Egyptian bill to strengthen sexual assault penalties, end honor killings' leniency faces backlash
Egyptian MP Fatima Adel's bill to end reduced sentences for honor killings and toughen sexual assault penalties has sparked fierce online backlash.
Egyptian parliament weighs vote on authorising troop deployment to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthis
Xi's visit to Egypt marks Chinese interest in Middle East, Egypt's push to keep growing - analysis
Egyptian President Sisi issues orders to study a possible pardon for activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah
Egyptian president orders: Use all brute force necessary to defeat ISIS
Sisi gives generals three months to cleanse the Sinai Peninsula of jihadist terrorists.
Lebanon's Hariri holds talks with Egypt President Sisi in Cairo
Hariri has said he will return to Lebanon by Wednesday for the country's Independence Day celebrations.
Egyptian lawmaker to propose anti-gay bill as part of crackdown
Gay men in Egypt are frequently arrested and typically charged with debauchery, immorality or blasphemy.
Abbas speaks with Saudi king about US peace efforts, reconciliation
Salman also affirmed Saudi Arabia’s “[commitment to] providing everything that is needed to establish an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital.”
White House: Egypt ready to help Palestinians and assist in peace talks
The official said that during the Cairo meetings Egypt expressed a strong desire to assist the United States’ peace efforts.
From applause to denial, Middle East media react to Sisi-Netanyahu meeting
Reports of the meeting were nowhere to be found on Al-Jazeera as of 10am Jerusalem time, eight hours after it happened and six hours after photos from the sit-down were released.
Sisi tells Netanyahu he wants to help broker peace
Egypt has become increasingly involved in efforts to stabilize the situation in Gaza and bring about a Fatah-Hamas reconciliation.
Netanyahu to meet Egypt's Sisi publicly for first time in New York
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Trump, like Israel but unlike Obama, sees Iran as problem in Mideast, not solution.
Washington's back-and-forth with Egypt
The former ambassador to Egypt argues that Sisi is not a dictator like Qaddafi, and he "needs American support in order to sustain the reforms that he needs to change Egypt."
Train crash in Egypt kills dozens, injures more than 100 people
A railroad switching error was the most likely cause, a security source said without giving further details.
