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Essam el-Erian (R), one of the highest-ranking leaders of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood, is seen alongside other members of the group inside a glass dock during their trial in the capital Cairo on July 28, 2018. (AFP Photo)

July 29th, 2018 - 07:12 GMT

Cairo Criminal Court Sentences 75 MB Members to Death, Says Grand Mufti has Final Say

The Cairo Criminal Court referred on Saturday death sentences against 75 top figures of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to the Grand Mufti, the country’s top theological authority, for his non-binding opinion on the sentences.

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood pray on posters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi (AFP/FAYEZ NURELDINE)

July 27th, 2013 - 01:26 GMT

Mursi supporters to be cleared

Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said Tuesday that security forces saved 46 Egyptian Shia from imminent death on Sunday in Giza's Zawyet Abu Musallam village, where sectarian violence took the lives of four Shia. (File photo / Al Bawaba)

June 26th, 2013 - 06:03 GMT

Egypt's minister defends police role in Giza sectarian killings

Shia leaders in Egypt have said they will give authorities the chance to apprehend the killers of 4 Shia Muslims in a Giza village on Sunday, before they "internationalize" the case and file a lawsuit with an international legal body against leading government figures. (File photo / Al Bawaba)

June 25th, 2013 - 02:56 GMT

Case of murdered Shia Muslims in Giza escalated

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (file AFP)

June 23rd, 2013 - 07:20 GMT

Morsi gov't prepares for June 30 protests

According to the United Nations, most cases of female genital mutilation take place in Africa and the Middle East. (Getty image for illustrative purposes only).

June 10th, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

Egyptian 13-year-old dies after genital mutilation

A copy of the rebellion campaign, which has been growing in popularity. Image courtesy of aswatmasriya.com

June 7th, 2013 - 06:00 GMT

Egypt's 'Rebellion' organisers reject gov't meeting

A view of the Cairo skyline. On Saturday, a major Al Qaeda linked bomb plot against a Western embassy was foiled. Getty images.

May 13th, 2013 - 04:00 GMT

Three Al Qaeda linked militants arrested over attempted Cairo blast at Western embassy

Mubarak was airlifted to the court from his hospital bed.

April 13th, 2013 - 08:55 GMT

Mubarak trial: judge withdraws and clashes erupt

March 29th, 2013 - 03:10 GMT

Police and protestors clash in Cairo, dozens injured

An Egyptian protestor flashes the sign for victory as he puts a flag with writing on it reading in Arabic: "state of Port Said" on the gate of the security headquarters, following the withdrawal of police forces from the main office. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)

March 9th, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

Egyptian police strike over government treatment

The statue was carved in 1875 by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi and is located in the main courtyard of the Collège de France. (Photo courtesy of Al Ahram Online)

February 27th, 2013 - 08:38 GMT

An ancient grievance rears its ugly head: Egypt no longer wants to be underfoot

‘Green Eagles’ fans of Al-Masry club and families of those killed in last month's clashes with the police have called for protests pushing for seven demands, including the dismissal of the Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim and the termination of the night-time curfew imposed on the three canal cities last month.

February 19th, 2013 - 05:30 GMT

Port Said protestors shut down factories in second day of unrest