Rights group Amnesty International is urging Egypt to hold police and military members responsible for abuses against protesters and to reform those institutions to prevent future violations. In one of two new reports Tuesday, the London-based group said its investigations showed protesters were killed, tortured and abused by Egyptian troops during demonstrations that took place […]
Amnesty International Urges Egyptian Police, Military Accountability
US Warns of Threat to Female Missionaries in Egypt
The U.S. embassy in Cairo has issued a warning to U.S. women Christian missionaries of the dangers of terror attacks they face in the mostly Muslim Egypt. In a statement on its website, the embassy says it has credible information suggesting terrorist interest in targeting U.S. female missionaries. It asks U.S. citizens to exercise vigilance […]
Clinton, Morsi Discuss US-Egypt Relations
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi have held talks that officials described as reaffirming and seeking to strengthen relations between the two countries. Clinton and Mr. Morsi met late Monday in New York, where they discussed Egypt’s economy and the threat of extremists in the Sinai Peninsula. The Associated Press […]
Israel Says No Changes to Egypt Peace Treaty
Israel’s foreign minister says his country will not accept any changes to its 1979 peace treaty with Egypt. Avigdor Lieberman told Israeli public radio Sunday that there is not “the slightest possibility” of accepting any modification to the Camp David accords. His comments come as Egypt increases its military presence in the Sinai Peninsula, which […]
One Israeli, Three Militants Killed in Border Attack
An Israeli soldier and three suspected militants have been killed in a clash near the Sinai peninsula, the latest in a series of violent attacks in the region. Israeli security forces say heavily armed gunmen wearing explosives infiltrated the border from Egypt on Friday and opened fire on soldiers who were guarding workers building a […]
One Israeli, Three Militants Killed in Border Attack
Israeli security forces say they thwarted a major terrorist attack, when three suspected militants who infiltrated the border from Egypt were killed by Israeli forces. A military spokeswoman says heavily armed attackers wearing explosives started shooting as they entered from the Sinai region on Friday in an ambush on Israeli troops who were guarding workers […]
Angry Egypt Protesters Tear Down US Embassy Flag
Demonstrators in Egypt and Libya held anti-U.S. protests Tuesday expressing anger about a U.S.-made film they say is offensive to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. Some 2,000 demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo, including Salafist Muslims and feisty soccer fans who were involved in the political protests that brought down the former government. A group […]
Angry Egypt Protesters Tear Down US Embassy Flag
Angry Egyptian demonstrators climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and tore down the American flag in protest of a film they say is offensive to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. Some 2,000 demonstrators, largely ultra conservative Islamists, gathered at the embassy Tuesday. Witnesses say the demonstrators tried to raise a black flag with the […]
US Nears Deal for $1 Billion in Egypt Debt Relief
The United States is close to a deal with Egypt’s new government for $1 billion in debt relief as part of a U.S. and international assistance package designed to prop up the country’s faltering economy and aid its transition to democracy. A team of senior U.S. diplomats has spent the last week in Cairo finalizing […]
China Offers Bank Credit, Police Cars to Egypt’s President
China has made several gestures to Egypt’s visiting president to help him boost the ailing Egyptian economy, offering credit to a major Egyptian bank and providing police cars for the country’s security forces. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi secured the Chinese pledges of support on Tuesday, after arriving in Beijing on his first visit outside the […]