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Egypt court overturns block on islands transfer to Saudi Arabia

An Egyptian court ruled on Sunday that a judicial decision to block the transfer of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia is void, judicial sources said, potentially reviving a deal that triggered protests in Egypt.

Saudi King Salman invites Egypt’s Sisi to visit

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has invited Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to visit his country and Sisi has welcomed the invitation, the Egyptian presidency...

56 jailed by Egyptian court over migrant boat shipwreck

An Egyptian court sentenced 56 people to prison terms of up to 14 years on Sunday over the capsizing of a boat that killed over 200 people, one of the deadliest disasters in the dangerous Mediterranean crossings of migrants to Europe.

Egyptian court suspends jail sentence against journalists

An Egyptian appeals court suspended a jail sentence on Saturday against the former head of the journalists' union for harboring colleagues wanted by authorities and for spreading false news, judicial sources and a lawyer said.

Blast in Cairo kills one, injures three

One man was killed and three others injured in an explosion in the Cairo suburb of Maadi, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Friday.

Egypt’s Mubarak walks free for first time in six years

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president overthrown in 2011 and the first leader to face trial after the Arab Spring uprisings that swept the region, walked free on Friday for the first time in six years, his lawyer said.

Ten Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai fighting

Ten members of Egypt's security forces were killed when their vehicles were hit by two improvised bombs during a military operation against suspected militants in the Sinai peninsula, the army said on Thursday.

World bank disburses another $1 billion loan to Egypt

The World Bank has disbursed another $1 billion in financial assistance to Egypt out of its $3 billion loan programme with the country, the bank said in a statement on Monday.

US to ban laptops and tablets on flights, North Africa affected

The US is banning electronic devices from cabin baggage on flights from eight mainly Middle Eastern and North African countries.

Egypt Pharaoh statue ‘not Ramses II but different ruler’

An ancient statue which was pulled from the mud in Cairo is not the Pharaoh Ramses II, but could be another king, Egypt's antiquities minister has said.

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