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13 prisoners handed death sentences in major jail break case

Six of the defendants were tried in absentia

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Police announce killing of 11 alleged militants in Arish

Sinai operation represents commitment to human rights, opposing critical reports about conditions…

Adham Youssef

Egypt calls for solutions where burden of refugee crisis is equally shared

Shoukry in Brussels to participate in mini-meeting on Syria as NATO summit…

Fatma Lotfi

96.3 million is total of Egypt’s population at beginning of 2018: CAPMAS

The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed on Wednesday…

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Health minister defends playing national anthem in hospitals

Decree is part of country’s surge in state-sponsored nationalism since early 1950s

Adham Youssef

Press Syndicate demands meeting Abdel Aal to discuss new laws

Syndicate holds urgent meeting to discuss remarks over press, media law 

Sarah El-Sheikh

Shoukry meets China’s president who pledges $20bn in loans to Middle East nations

Egypt’s foreign minister asserts that China is example to follow at Arab-Chinese…

Fatma Lotfi

Lawsuit accuses feminist Nawal El-Saadawi of ‘contempt of religion’

Writer to change religious texts to stay in line with society’s needs

Adham Youssef

New strategies for expropriation of public benefits committees

Sherif Ismail attended on Monday his first meeting with committee after taking…

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Two officers stand trial over charges of detainee murder

Defence pushes for presence of flaws in forensic report, trial postponed to…

Adham Youssef