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President Mohamed Morsi speaks during a press conference in Cairo (File photo) AFP PHOTO
advisor

Morsy appoints Islamist-dominated presidential team

Morsy's presidential team consists of four assistants and seventeen advisers, predominantly Islamists

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
Egyptian Sabri Helmi, also known as Nakhnukh, is seen during a press conference following his arrest in the coastal city of Alexandria on 24 August AFP PHOTO / Stringer
Al-Beltagy

Nakhnoukh “Prince of Thugs” feud with Al-Beltagy

Nakhnoukh claimes his arrest was influenced by the FJP, says his firearms…

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
A man rides his motorbike in Joura in Lebanon's Bekaa valley in the area where the Kuwaiti engineer was allegedly kidnapped AFP PHOTO
abduct

Reports denied of Kuwaiti citizen kidnapped in Lebanon

Despite statements by his wife, Lebanese media denies Al-Hooty's abduction

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
Stranded on the border with Turkey, a Syrian mother takes care of her children after they were displaced from their houses due to fighting between rebel fighters and Syrian government forces on 25 August AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS
Borders

Refugees stranded as Turkey closes border

With 80,000 refugees have already crossed its borders, Turkey declares it’s a…

Fady Salah
Fady Salah
An Afghan militia man stands on the roof of a security post in Kajaki in Helmand province where Taliban militants killed ten national army soldiers (File photo) AFP PHOTO / BRONWEN ROBERTS
Afghanistan

Taliban attack suspected of having insider help

Ten Afghani soldiers killed by Taliban driving suspicion

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
A video released by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa on 26 August reportedly shows an Algerian man taken hostage by the MUJAO in April asking Algerian authorities to "save his life" AFP PHOTO / MUJAO
Al-Qaeda

Algerian hostage in Mali pleads for his life

Movement for Oneness and Jihad kidnaps an Algerian consulate employee

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Under the proposed emergency laws President Morsy would assume a wide range of extraordinary powers Mohamed Omar
democracy

Dictatorship through democracy

New emergency law threatens to severely curb freedom

Ahmed Aboulenein
Ahmed Aboulenein
Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan Archive photo
Daily News Egypt

Ghozlan decries prospects of restoring Egyptian-Iranian relations

“Syrian blood is not cheap,” says the Muslim Brotherhood spokesman

Fady Salah
Fady Salah
Egyptian Army soldiers secure the Israeli Embassy in Giza after it was stored by protesters in September 2011 Hassan Ibrahim
adjournment

Busy day for courts in Egypt

The verdict on the trial of Israeli Embassy protesters was read, the…

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Alawite

Daraya massacre aftermath highlights war-crimes

Finding 200 dead bodies, activists accuse the Syrian army of war crimes

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez