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Egypt President Sisi says in talks with Palestinians, Israel
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- Published on Friday, 18 May 2018 09:35
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday urged Israel and the Palestinians to abstain from further steps that could lead to more Palestinian deaths, following Monday's deadly violence on the Gaza-Israel border.
Israel has come under international pressure after its border forces on Monday killed some 60 Palestinians protesting against…
Egypt editor suggests more presidential terms for Sisi
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- Published on Monday, 14 May 2018 11:14
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A top newspaper editor known to be close to President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi is hinting that the Egyptian leader should be allowed to rule beyond the maximum two, four-year terms set by the constitution.
Yasser Rizq, chairperson of the state-owned al-Akhbar daily, did not explicitly call for amending the constitutional clause limiting the number of…
Egypt court asks Mufti to weigh in on death sentences for 13
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 May 2018 09:03
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An Egyptian court has referred the case of 13 defendants facing terrorism charges to the country's top religious authority, the Grand Mufi, for a non-binding opinion on whether they can be potentially executed as the prosecution seeks.
The Ismailia Criminal Court says Monday that they are members of a local affiliate of the Islamic State group in…
U.N. resumes refugee evacuations from Libya to Niger
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- Published on Thursday, 10 May 2018 09:19
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The U.N. refugee agency is resuming evacuations of migrants from Libya with a flight of 132 mostly Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers to Niger for resettlement in third countries.