A bloody Friday in Egypt has claimed the lives of at least 11 protesters in Cairo and several other cities, Al Arabiya reported. Clashes broke out between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and Egyptian security forces throughout Egypt, said the report. One demonstrator was shot dead by police in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia
An Egyptian judge said on Thursday that January 28 has been set as opening day for the third trial of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, The Associated Press (AP) reported. The ousted president faces several trials, and this one is related to charges of organizing prison breaks with the help of foreign groups.
Egyptian prosecutors are probing Telecoms giant Vodafone over claims a company advertisement featuring a popular Muppet-like character contains coded messages calling for terrorist attacks, company executives said Thursday, according to AFP. Vodafone Egypt says the advert, featuring the puppet Abla (Aunt) Fahita, is merely a marketing tool and has no hidden message or meaning.
Mohamed Ibrahim, Egypt's Interior Minister, on Thursday accused Hamas of being involved in the bombing of police headquarters in Mansoura last Monday that killed 16. Ibrahim announced that seven suspects have been apprehended, including Muslim Brotherhood members. The minister further said the bombers received logistical support from Hamas, detailing Muslim Brotherhood connections with the
At least five people have been killed and 20 hurt in a car bomb which hit a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut, media and officials say. The suburb is a stronghold of the Shiite terrorist militia Hezbollah. The BBC says the bomb is not one of the biggest of the recent
Jamal al-Jamal, the Palestinian Authority ambassador to the Czech Republic, was not killed in a terror attack, but by what appeared to be a “work accident,” PA Foreign Minister Ri'ad al-Maliki said Thursday. Al-Maliki released details that are currently known about the death of al-Jamal, who died on Wednesday in an explosion that occurred when
Egyptian officials continued their crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood Wednesday, firing tear gas and water cannons at a student demonstration in Cairo. Egyptian state media reported that about 300 pro-Brotherhood students blocked a road near the Defense Ministry, chanting anti-police and anti-government slogans. When the protesters refused to move, anti-rioting tactics were used, officials
Hamas’s Gaza Prime Minister condemned on Tuesday Egypt's designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group last week. Ismail Haniyeh also said that no one could label Hamas as a terrorist organization and snubbed calls by some rival factions for Hamas to sever connections with the Brotherhood. "We reject such a classification
Terrorists in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday blew up a gas pipeline that feeds an industrial area in the region, security officials said, according to AFP. The officials said there were no injuries in blast that targeted the domestic pipeline. The gas pipeline in Egypt has been attacked more than a dozen
MK Ibrahim Sarsur (Raam-Taal) distributed an official press release this week in which he expresses his full identification with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Sarsur was the head of the southern section of the Islamic Movement in Israel in the past. "It is a great honor for me, greater than any other, to belong to
