Brotherhood missing from ballots as Egypt readies to vote
One party - the banned Muslim Brotherhood - will be conspicuously absent from ballot papers when Egypt's voters head to the polls for long-delayed parliamentary elections today.
Oct 17, 2015, 13:44 PM IST
Egyptian President meets PM Modi at UN
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Friday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly sessions here.
Sep 26, 2015, 00:45 AM IST
Egypt's Sisi pardons 100 prisoners, including Jazeera journalists: Sources
Egypt`s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned 100 prisoners including three Al Jazeera television journalists on Wednesday, security sources said, a day before he plans to head to the annual United Nations summit.
Sep 23, 2015, 18:28 PM IST
Egypt's Sisi swears in new government, keeps ministers in key posts
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi kept his finance, investment and interior ministers in a new government sworn in on Saturday, state news agency MENA reported, as he tries to rebuild an economy battered by Islamist militant violence.
Sep 19, 2015, 12:55 PM IST
Mexico `outraged` over Egypt tourist killings
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto expressed his nation`s "outrage" at the killing of eight tourists by Egyptian security forces as his foreign minister arrived in Cairo Wednesday demanding an urgent inquiry into the "unjustified attack".
Sep 16, 2015, 08:44 AM IST
Egypt's president asks oil minister to form new cabinet after govt resigns
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday asked Oil Minister Sherif Ismail to form a new cabinet within one week after the government submitted its resignation, a statement from the presidency said.
Sep 12, 2015, 17:56 PM IST
Egypt`s PM, government resigns: Presidency
The Egyptian government on Saturday submitted its resignation to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the presidency said, days after the agriculture minister was arrested over corruption.
Sep 12, 2015, 15:59 PM IST
Gulf Arab allies pledge $12 billion to Egypt at summit
Gulf Arab allies pledged a further USD 12 billion of investments and central bank deposits for Egypt at an international summit on Friday, a big boost to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as he tries to reform the economy after years of political upheaval.
Mar 14, 2015, 02:17 AM IST
Egypt raises fuel prices to slash subsidies
Egypt's government has drastically raised fuel prices to tackle a bloated subsidy system, in a potentially unpopular move that could present newly elected President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with his first serious challenge.
Jul 05, 2014, 08:04 AM IST
