The anticipated visit of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to Beijing to attend a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of World War II reflects strong and close ties between Egypt and China, an Egyptian political expert told Xinhua.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi officially opened on Thursday afternoon the "New Suez Canal," the nation's flagship project to boost its economic recovery, Xinhua correspondent reported from Ismailia, about 120 km northeast of capital Cairo.
A video circulated on social media website on Wednesday, purportedly released by Sinai State militant group in Egypt, threatened that the group will kill the kidnapped Croatian citizen if the Egyptian government does not release jailed Muslim women within 48 hours.
Egypt's Islamic affiliate said it fired out on Thursday a rocket at the Egyptian naval vessel in the North Sinai's Mediterranean coast.
Norway on Tuesday denounced as "unacceptable" the death sentence handed down by an Egyptian court against former President Mohammed Morsi and his 106 supporters.
Fighting terrorism is not restricted to security confrontation but it is a comprehensive plan including eliminating poverty and ignorance and promoting enlightening and renewed religious speech to deal with misconceptions and extremist thoughts, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday during his monthly televised speech.
Hamas militants will retaliate if the Egyptian army wages attacks against the Islamic movement in the Gaza Strip, a senior Hamas official warned on Sunday.
The Egypt's State Lawsuits Authority appealed Wednesday against a recent court order listing the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas as a terrorist organization.
Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah al- Sisi urged on Sunday the Arab countries to form a unified military force to fight the growing threat of terrorism in the region.
The tense relations between Egypt and Qatar have been escalating regardless of reconciliatory efforts led by late Saudi King Abdullah and amid uncertain position of his successor King Salman.
A lot of Egyptians believe that there should be an Arab alliance to combat terrorist groups in the Arab world, particularly the IS and its affiliates that have been growing fast in the region.
The Islamic State (IS) group in Libya released a video on Sunday purportedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians, which enraged President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who warned of response to the deaths when appropriate.
The lingering problems in relations between Turkey and Egypt added yet another trouble in ties, this time over TV networks broadcasting online to Arab nation via Turkey.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his visiting Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to build a nuclear power station in Dabaa city in Egypt' s coastal Matrouh province.
An Egyptian court sentenced on Wednesday 230, including prominent liberal activist Ahmed Douma, for life sentence over voilence charges, official news MENA reported.
Thirteen Egyptian Copts reportedly abducted on Saturday in the Libyan city of Sirte were released on Monday, according to a tribal source of the city.
An Egyptian court on Thursday accepted an appeal against the sentence handed to three jailed Al- Jazeera journalists and a retrial will be scheduled, Ahram Online reported.
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