Egyptian Violence

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  Egyptian Cop Gets Life Sentence For Killing Man Over Cup Of Tea

  An Egyptian court sentenced a policeman who killed a man over the price of a cup of tea to life in prison on Wednesday, a rare lengthy punishment for police violence in a country that rights activists say has a culture of impunity.

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  ISIS Claims Attack That Killed 8 Egypt Policemen Near Cairo

  ISIS's Egyptian branch claimed today a shooting that killed eight policemen on Cairo's southern outskirts, in a statement circulated on social media.

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  Egypt's Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Calls for NATO Help in Libya 'Vacuum'

  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for NATO powers to help rebuild Libya, beset by violence since an uprising backed by the Western military alliance toppled leader Moamer Kadhafi, in an interview on Tuesday.

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  Egypt Court Confirms Death Sentence for Brotherhood Chief and 11 Others

  An Egyptian court confirmed death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 11 other defendants today, and jailed a US-Egyptian citizen for life over Islamist protest violence

• Bomb Blast in Egypt Tourist Town Aswan Kills 2: Police

  A bomb blast killed two people Sunday in Aswan, the first such attack in the Egyptian tourist town since a wave of violence following the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, police said.

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  22 Die as Egypt Police Clash With Football Fans

  Twenty-two people were killed Sunday in clashes between Egyptian police and Zamalek football cub fans at a Cairo stadium, the state prosecutor said, in the country's deadliest sports violence since dozens died at a match in 2012.

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  516 'Brotherhood Elements' Arrested on Egypt Anniversary

  Egyptian police arrested more than 500 supporters of the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood when deadly violence erupted on the anniversary of the 2011 uprising, the interior minister said on Monday.

• Egypt Braces For New Islamist Protest

  Egyptians are bracing for potential violence ahead of a planned major protest by Islamists calling for the toppling of the government, with security forces vowing to confront any unrest with "lethal force."

• Car Bomb Kills At Least 25 Security Forces in Egypt's Sinai

  A car bomb killed at least 25 Egyptian security personnel in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday, security sources said, in some of the worst violence against the state since Islamist President Mursi was overthrown last year.

• Egyptian Court Jails 68 Muslim Brotherhood Supporters

  An Egyptian court sentenced 68 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to jail terms on Tuesday, judicial sources said, in a case related to deadly violence a year ago after the army's ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.

• Egypt Calls for Gaza Ceasefire as Fighting Rages

  Egypt called on Israel and the Palestinians on Saturday to halt fire and resume peace talks, but violence continued unabated with Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip and Hamas militants firing rockets at the Jewish state.

• Gaza Toll Hits 192 on Eighth Day of Violence

  The death toll from Israel's week-long campaign in Gaza rose on Tuesday to 192, after another six Palestinians died, four of them in strikes before Israel accepted an Egyptian ceasefire.

• Israel Accepts Egypt's Gaza Truce Plan, Hamas Says No

  Israel on Tuesday accepted an Egyptian proposal to end a week of the deadliest violence in the Gaza Strip for years, despite a Hamas decision to reject the US-backed truce.

• Egyptian Court Sentences Muslim Brotherhood Leader to Life in Prison

  An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to life in prison on Saturday, Egypt's ON TV said, for inciting the violence that erupted after the army deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi last year.

• Two Morsi supporters get death sentence

  An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced two supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi to death for committing murder during violence that broke out in Alexandria last year after the army deposed the Islamist head of state.