Egypt's NBE, EIB sign investment grant deal to support green industry drive    Sisi launches new support initiative for families of war, terrorism victims    EGX plunges on Sunday    Egypt's Al-Sisi, IFC Managing Director discuss boosting private sector investment    Scatec signs power purchase deal for 900 MW wind project in Egypt's Ras Shukeir    Egypt's President stresses need to halt military actions in call with Cypriot counterpart    Egypt's GAH, Spain's Konecta discuss digital health partnership    CBE Deputy Governor attends ceremony appointing DPI as new manager of 'Nclude'    Gold surges 3.7% amid escalating Middle East tensions: Gold Bullion    Environment Minister chairs closing session on Mediterranean Sea protection at UN Ocean Conference    Egypt deploys over 2,400 ambulances to support high school exams nationwide    Egypt nuclear authority: No radiation rise amid regional unrest    Grand Egyptian Museum opening delayed to Q4    Egypt delays Grand Museum opening to Q4 amid regional tensions    Egypt's Foreign Minister condemns Israeli strikes in calls with European, Iraqi counterparts    Trump faces MAGA backlash as Israel-Iran conflict tests non-interventionist promise    Egypt slams Israeli strike on Iran, warns of regional chaos    Egypt expands e-ticketing to 110 heritage sites, adds self-service kiosks at Saqqara    Egypt's EDA joins high-level Africa-Europe medicines regulatory talks    US Senate clears over $3b in arms sales to Qatar, UAE    Egypt discusses urgent population, development plan with WB    Egypt reaffirms commitment to ocean conservation at UN conference    Egypt's Irrigation Minister urges scientific cooperation to tackle water scarcity    Egypt, Serbia explore cultural cooperation in heritage, tourism    Egypt discovers three New Kingdom tombs in Luxor's Dra' Abu El-Naga    Egypt launches "Memory of the City" app to document urban history    Palm Hills Squash Open debuts with 48 international stars, $250,000 prize pool    Egypt's Democratic Generation Party Evaluates 84 Candidates Ahead of Parliamentary Vote    On Sport to broadcast Pan Arab Golf Championship for Juniors and Ladies in Egypt    Golf Festival in Cairo to mark Arab Golf Federation's 50th anniversary    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    Cabinet approves establishment of national medical tourism council to boost healthcare sector    Egypt's PM follows up on Julius Nyerere dam project in Tanzania    Egypt's FM inspects Julius Nyerere Dam project in Tanzania    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    A minute of silence for Egyptian sports    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    

Articles of the author Tim Nanns
Trial against Fatima Naoot continues
The prosecution at the Sayeda Zeinab Misdemeanour Court decided on Wednesday to postpone the case against Fatima Naoot, who is charged with contempt of religion. In turn, lawyer Mohammed Afifi, who filed the charges against Naoot, is now being (...)

30 - 07 - 2015
HRW slams Israeli authorities for treatment of detained minors
A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released on Monday raised allegations that Israeli security forces threatened and beat detained Palestinian children, whilst also ignoring international conventions on children's rights. The report features (...)

21 - 07 - 2015
Rafale fighter jets arrive in Egypt
The first three French-built Rafale fighter jets arrived in Egypt on Tuesday after Egyptian Ambassador to France Ehab Badawi and Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier attended the official ceremony of acceptance of the jets by Egypt in the Dassault (...)

21 - 07 - 2015
Egypt violating its own laws: HRW
In its latest report on Egypt, released Monday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) once again accuses Egyptian security forces of being involved in conducting forced disappearances, under national and international law, and state prosecutors of failing to (...)

21 - 07 - 2015
German lawyer barred from entering Egypt
Lawyer Silke Noa Kumpf was barred from entering Egypt on Sunday after arriving at Cairo airport, according to Egyptian media outlet Aswat Masriya. The report indicates that during passport control Kumpf was found to be on a list of people barred (...)

20 - 07 - 2015
‘The door remains open' for Libyan negotiations: UN envoy Leon
Participants from the Tobruk-based internationally recognised government and from municipalities in Tripoli and the main-hub of ‘Libya Dawn' fighters, Misrata, signed an initial agreement on Saturday to form a government of national accord for one (...)

12 - 07 - 2015
‘Human rights a hindrance for stability': AOHR-UK tackles Egyptian policies
A report by the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the United Kingdom (AOHR) mourns extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, unlawful arrests, deaths under dubious circumstances and a lack of investigations in all of them by the Egyptian (...)

06 - 07 - 2015
No stability without just solution for Palestine: Shoukry
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received the envoys of the Quartet on the Middle East Tuesday morning to discuss ways to resume the peace process between Israel and Palestine, according to a statement to Daily News Egypt by the Foreign (...)

30 - 06 - 2015
Oppositional movements to stage protests on 30 June
A broad alliance of 13 groups called on people to take to the streets on 30 June, the anniversary of a popular uprising that eventually ousted former president Mohamed Morsi, to protest "against the military coup". Among them are the Istiqlal Party, (...)

29 - 06 - 2015
Al-Sisi receives draft protocol for ‘Joint Arab Forces'
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, as the current chairman of the Arab Summit, received the draft protocol to establish the "Joint Arab Forces", according to an official statement. This came during a meeting with Arab League Secretary General Nabil (...)

28 - 06 - 2015
Egyptian officers complete British IED training
The British Embassy in Cairo announced on Sunday that 31 Egyptian army officers finished their training on protection against improvised explosive devices (IEDs) earlier this month with the goal of developing the very same capabilities in the (...)

28 - 06 - 2015
Sobhi in France for military talks
Defence Minister Sedki Sobhi left for France on Monday for his first official visit to the country, which will last for several days. He is heading a "high level military delegation", according to an official statement, and is due to hold talks with (...)

23 - 06 - 2015
The Saudi cables: A campaign of securing influence over Egyptian media
After the release of leaked cables from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, analysis of the cables by Daily News Egypt points to a strategy of securing influence over Egyptian media by using a mixture of political pressure, gifts such as (...)

22 - 06 - 2015
Al-Sisi, Shoukry tackle Palestinian issue
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Saturday to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues. During the meeting, the ministers discussed, in particular, the new (...)

21 - 06 - 2015
Egyptian-Russian naval exercise a ‘historic step'
The exercise, dubbed ‘Friendship Bridge – 2015′, lasted from 6 to 14 June and was considered a success according to a Defence Ministry statement, hailing the "great accuracy and achievement of its objectives". Rear Admiral Osama Mounir, only (...)

15 - 06 - 2015
Al-Azhar magazine editor-in-chief resigns after slamming Christianity
Mohamed Omara, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Azhar magazine, a monthly publication by the religious institution, resigned on Saturday as reported by various Egyptian media outlets. Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb replaced Omara and reshuffled the Editorial Board, (...)

15 - 06 - 2015
UN envoy Leon in Cairo for Libya consultations
Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister Osama Magdoub received UN Special Envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon on Monday at the Foreign Ministry in Cairo. This comes as part of "Egypt's efforts to discuss all possible ways to support the current political (...)

15 - 06 - 2015
Local Libyan Islamists face ‘Islamic State'
While negotiations to resolve the Libyan civil war drag on, Islamist groups, purportedly affiliated with Al-Qaeda, have scaled up their fight against "Islamic State" (IS) militants in the east Libyan city of Derna, according to a Reuters report on (...)

14 - 06 - 2015
Foreign ministry lambasts HRW over ‘non-objective' report
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Human Rights Watch (HRW) for "the promotion of lies and misinformation" in a Tuesday statement, after HRW issued a report on Monday criticising President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and his government for human (...)

09 - 06 - 2015
Tobruk government rejects UN draft proposal
In a move that is likely to crush UN Libya Envoy Bernardino Leon's hopes of producing an agreement before Ramadan, the internationally-recognised Libyan government in Tobruk rejected on Tuesday a UN draft proposal to form a unity government, Reuters (...)

09 - 06 - 2015
Al-Sisi in Germany: Divisions and accusations of bigotry
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's visit to Germany has already sparked strong reactions well ahead of his setting foot in the country. German Bundestag (parliament) President Norbert Lammert refused to meet Al-Sisi during the president's two-day (...)

02 - 06 - 2015
Saudi Arabia ramping up executions in 2015: HRW
Saudi Arabia has so far already staged more executions than in 2014, totalling 90 until the end of May, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report Monday. Of the executions, 41 of which were sentences for drug-related crimes, 49 were based on (...)

01 - 06 - 2015
"Islamic State" affiliates make gains in Libya
The ‘Islamic State' affiliate in Libya is about to take over the town of Harawa in the Sirte district, the Libya Herald reported on Sunday. Earlier that day, the radical Islamists targeted a checkpoint near Misrata with a suicide bomb, killing at (...)

31 - 05 - 2015
Security forces ‘using sexual violence to crush, torture and humiliate': FIDH
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has accused the Egyptian security apparatus, including police, intelligence services and the army, of endemic use of sexual violence against demonstrators, detainees and activists. The detailed (...)

19 - 05 - 2015
Coalition resumes Yemen airstrikes
With the ceasefire ending, the Saudi-led coalition reportedly resumed its airstrikes on Yemen, Sunday evening. According to Reuters news agency, the strikes mainly hit the area in and around the contested port city of Aden. Exiled Yemeni President (...)

18 - 05 - 2015
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