Egypt on Sunday announced early presidential elections likely to anoint the general who overthrew Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. AFP reported that the country’s interim president Adly Mansour announced the elections in a televised address, a day after 49 people died in clashes between Islamist protesters and police and thousands rallied in support of military
Hamas is involved in attempts to destabilize Egypt along with its parent, Muslim Brotherhood Many Egyptian newspapers have reported the activities of Hamas cells leading to the Cairo January 24 and Dakaleah December 23, 2013 bombings of police headquarters just one day before the three-year anniversary celebration of Egypt’s uprising against Hosni Mubarak in
Former Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi appeared in court on Tuesday on charges of breaking out of prison during the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak. {youtube}J8xcDYvsWrI{/youtube} Mursi wore the white prison uniform, unlike his first court appearance in November, in which he wore a suit. The Islamist leader was the country’s first elected civilian
An Egyptian interior ministry official was shot dead by gunmen on a motorbike, security officials and medics said. General Mohammad Saeed died in hospital after he was shot in his head and chest, officials said, adding that the assailants fled after the attack. “General Mohammad Saeed, head of the technical office of the
An attack on the offices of Turkey’s far-right movement’s campaign killed the spokesman for the country’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), and wounded seven others in Istanbul, according to media reports on Monday. Police arrested six suspects in connection with the attack which took place after the office's inauguration ahead of local polls due in
An al-Qaeda inspired group has claimed it shot down an Egyptian military helicopter in the Sinai peninsula, in what the army said was an accident that killed five soldiers. {youtube}yEuzRm1Ho9g{/youtube} The Ansar Beit al-Madqis group, which has taken responsibility for a series of deadly attacks across the country, said its fighters brought down the helicopter
As expected, the Palestinian Authority (PA) reacted with outrage on Sunday to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s idea that if a Palestinian state is established in Judea and Samaria, Jews who wish to remain in that state should be allowed to do so. While Netanyahu did not publicly make this statement, a source in the
Just one week after he was released from an Israeli prison, Hamas leader Hassan Yousef said on Sunday that a third Arab armed uprising - or intifada - is just a matter of time. Speaking to Channel 2 News, Yousef said that Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas does not represent anyone other than
Four Egyptian soldiers were killed and nine wounded in attacks on the army in the restive Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, security officials said. They said the assailants fired on a bus transporting soldiers as it drove near a military post in North Sinai that at the same time came under rocket attack. Militant
Israel, the tiny nation that defied history in coming back to life after 2,000 years of exile, is among the top 10 most powerful nations in the world according to a recent research study. Market Business News recently reported on the 2012 National Power Index (NPI), released by the Foundation for National Security Research
