News from Egypt- Telegraph

Egypt news

The latest and breaking news from Egypt.

Latest Egypt News

Exclusive: Inside an Egypt prison cell

 

Video The grim conditions endured by thousands of people jailed by Egypt's new military government have been revealed in footage smuggled out of one of the country's maximum security prisons

09 Mar 2014

Noah film should be banned says Egypt's top Islamic body

 

Noah – the Hollywood biblical epic starring Russell Crowe – is irreligious and should be banned says Egypt's top Islamic body

06 Mar 2014

Sisi lays ground for pesidential run

 

In ongoing crackdown on Islamists, Cairo has banned the activities of Hamas, the Palestinian Brotherhood offshoot that runs the Gaza strip

04 Mar 2014

German holiday-makers pulled out of Egypt

 

Tour operators have pulled out Germans after Berlin changed its travel advice for Egypt but Britons on their books remain pending a change in Foreign Office advice

28 Feb 2014

Egypt gunmen kill police guard of Mohammed Morsi judge

 

Seargent killed after gunmen opened fire on him while he was riding on his motorcycle

28 Feb 2014

Egypt army embarrassment after it 'cures' Aids

Army general announces discovery of a wand that can cure disease using same technology as fake bomb detector

27 Feb 2014

Egypt sentences 26 to death over Suez plot

Egypt sentences 26 people, all in absentia and all but one to death, over allegations of forming a terrorist group and targeting Suez Canal

26 Feb 2014

Egyptian cabinet quits

Surprise move could clear the way for strongman Field Marshal Abdulfattah el-Sisi to run for president

24 Feb 2014

Freedom can still be the winner in Egypt

The dramatic security crackdown is a sign that revolution remains in the air, says Richard Spencer

21 Feb 2014

| 75 Comments

Al-Jazeera appeal from dock in Egypt for help

Journalists alleged associates appear in court accused of being part of 'Marriott Terror Cell' and spreading disinformation about Egypt

20 Feb 2014

Egypt puts Al-Jazeera journalists on trial

Journalists to be tried for involvement with the banned Muslim Brotherhood in much criticised trial; defendants insist they were engaged in standard reporting

20 Feb 2014

Sharm tourists confined to resort

The Foreign Office is advising against all but essential travel to Egypt's entire Sinai peninsula, excluding the resort areas of Sharm el Sheikh

19 Feb 2014

| 16 Comments

Widow of leading British lawyer seeking compensation over limousine crash

Professor Sir Ian Brownlie and his daughter Rebecca were killed on safari whilst staying at the Four Seasons in Cairo, Egypt

19 Feb 2014

Egypt warns tourists of Islamist terror threat

Warning follows an explosion on the bus which killed three South Korean Christian pilgrims heading from South Sinai to the Israeli border

18 Feb 2014

| 5 Comments

Excursions halted after Sinai bomb

Two of Britain’s biggest tour operators has halted excursions to St Catherine’s Monastery following a fatal bomb attack on a tourist bus

17 Feb 2014

Mohammed Morsi's lawyers walk out at start of Egypt trial

Lawyers for Mohammed Morsi walk out of Cairo court at start of his trial on charges of espionage and carrying out 'terror attacks'

16 Feb 2014

Egypt bomb targets Christian pilgrims in Sinai

Bombing of bus threatens a return to campaign targeting foreign tourists at Red Sea resorts

16 Feb 2014

Mohamed Morsi in court on Egypt spying and 'terror attacks' charges

Egyptian former president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo court on charges of espionage and carrying out 'terror attacks'

16 Feb 2014

Egypt 'has detained thousands on dubious charges since Mohammed Morsi overthrown'

Egyptian children as young as 14 facing routine abuse in custody in the seven months since overthrow of Mohammed Morsi, Amnesty International report finds

15 Feb 2014

Vladimir Putin backs Egypt's Sisi's 'run' for Egyptian presidency

Russian president endorses army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's undeclared bid to head Egypt as the two leaders negotiate a massive Moscow weapons deal

13 Feb 2014

Egypt's tourism drought

Graphic: with Egypt hoping to win back holidaymakers, see how recent unrest has kept visitors away

13 Feb 2014

| 26 Comments

Putin backs Egypt army chief Sisi for president

Russian leader makes surprise declaration of support for Field Marshal Sisi's presidential bid - which has not yet been announced

13 Feb 2014

Egypt's Morsi says protests are 'useless' and warns Sisi could face a coup

In leaked tape, the former Egyptian president tells his laywer that dialogue, not protests, is the only solution to Egypt's problems and “whoever leads a coup must face a coup,” refering to Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el Sisi

12 Feb 2014

| 29 Comments

Egypt authorities accuse Muslim Brotherhood of forming military wing

Amid a rise in insurgent violence, government claims Islamist movement has created an armed branch to stage attacks in a southern province

10 Feb 2014

British journalist facing Egypt terror charges in Egypt denies allegations

Sue Turton, an Al Jazeera reporter who has previously worked for Channel 4 and Sky News, said she was shocked to see her name on a charge sheet

06 Feb 2014