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Egypt sentences six to death over policemen's killing
The court also handed down sentences of up to 10 years in jail to seven others in the case, in which two policemen were killed in the northern province of...
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Egypt's Hasm militants claim attack targeting Myanmar embassy
Egypt’s interior ministry has not commented on Saturday’s blast, which residents and media initially reported as probably the result of a faulty gas pipeline.
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13 killed, 42 injured in explosion inside church in Egypt's Nile delta
There was no immediate claim of responsibility and the cause of the blast was not yet known.
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EgyptAir jet sent smoke-alarm warnings before crash
The jet reportedly sent a series of warnings indicating that smoke had been detected on board.
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Egyptian court jails 152 people over islands protest
More than 200 people are being tried in connection with the protests, judicial sources have said.
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Gunmen kill 8 policemen outside Cairo, Islamic State claims attack
The four attackers pulled up in a pick-up truck and sprayed a police vehicle using automatic weapons.
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Egypt puts on trial 237 activists for protests against Sisi
Security forces had arrested at least 382 people, Human Rights Watch said in a report this week.
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UN experts decry Egypt's crackdown on NGOs & human rights
UN experts have accused the govt of clamping down on NGOs as a cover-up for human rights violations.
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Sinai attack kills 13 Egyptian policemen
Islamic State claimed responsibility on several websites, and Egyptian state media later confirmed it.
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Hundreds protest in Cairo over police shooting
A statement from the Cairo security said the policeman had shot dead a driver after an argument.
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Gunmen kill 4 Egypt security personnel south of Cairo
Security source said the two attackers were riding a motor bike when they opened fire using machine guns.
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Twin bombs explode outside Egyptian hotel
The blasts in the city of al-Arish came a day after the second round of parliamentary elections closed.
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Bomb blast injure 4 in Egypt
The security guards found the bomb in front of the Meridien Hotel during their morning routine checks.
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Isis claims responsibility for bombing Cairo courthouse
Shopkeeper Mohamed Ali said he saw a man park a vehicle that exploded after he stepped away from it.
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One killed in Cairo blast near Italian consulate
Concern grows around the possibility that Islamist militants could open a new front against foreigners.
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Imprisoned Muslim Brotherhood leader dies in detention
Supporters claim Farid Ismail died as a result of authorities’ failure to provide proper medical attention.
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Egypt lists top Brotherhood leader, 17 others as terrorists
Egypt has already listed the Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation and jailed thousands of its supporters
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1 dead, 11 wounded in series of attacks in Egypt
Most militant attacks took place in the remote but strategic Sinai Peninsula.
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Egyptian court orders retrial of Al Jazeera journalists
Speculation has been growing that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi could pardon or deport the men.
