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Mohamed Mursi is already serving a 20-year sentence for inciting the killing of protesters, and a 25-year sentence for spying for Qatar

Ex-Egyptian leader Mursi given three-year jail sentence

A Cairo criminal court has sentenced former Egyptian president Mohammed Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison on charges of insulting the judiciary.

News • 30 Dec 17

Gunman attacks Coptic church in Egypt

A gunman fired at worshippers and Egyptian police stationed outside a Coptic Orthodox church near Cairo and killed nine people before being wounded and arrested.

World • 29 Dec 17

A victim is treated in hospital following the attack

Gunmen in Egypt mosque attack carried IS flag

Gunmen who attacked a mosque in Egypt's North Sinai on Friday brandished a so-called Islamic State flag as they opened fire through doorways and windows, killing more than 300 worshippers, including two dozen children, officials said.

News • 26 Nov 17

Crowds and ambulances outside the Al Rawdah mosque in Egypt's north Sinai

Militants kill at least 235 in Egypt mosque attack

Militants killed more than 235 people at a mosque in North Sinai today, detonating a bomb and gunning down worshippers in the deadliest such attack in Egypt's modern history, state media and witnesses said.

World • 24 Nov 17

Saad al-Hariri announced his resignation as Lebanese prime minister while in Saudi Arabia

Lebanon's former PM returns to Beirut for first time

Lebanon's former prime minister Saad al-Hariri has returned to Beirut for the first time since he resigned from the role in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia and plunged his country into political crisis.

Lebanon • 21 Nov 17

Palestinian security forces stand guard inside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip

Egypt opens Gaza border after reconciliation agreement

Egypt has opened its largely sealed border with Gaza after a reconciliation agreement with Hamas gave the Palestinian Authority control over the crossing for the first time since 2007.

News • 18 Nov 17

Amnesty says the Egyptian authorities have waged a crackdown targeting LGBTI people

Amnesty condemns draft Egyptian homosexuality bill

Amnesty International has condemned a draft bill in the Egyptian parliament that would criminalise homosexuality, in what the rights group called an "unprecedented homophobic crackdown".

News • 09 Nov 17

'Dream comes true' as Ibrahim Halawa arrives home

Ibrahim Halawa has arrived back in Dublin after being released from prison in Egypt last week. The 21-year-old from Firhouse spent four years in jail in Cairo after being arrested during protests.

News • 24 Oct 17

The Nilometer at Rawda, Cairo, used for measuring levels in the Nile

Volcanoes and climate change triggered Egyptian unrest

A study by researchers at Trinity College Dublin has concluded volcanic eruptions leading to short-term climate change may have been responsible for triggering major upheaval in ancient Egypt.

Science • 17 Oct 17

Ibrahim Halawa was acquitted of all charges by a court in Egypt last Monday

Halawa family still awaiting confirmation of release

Ibrahim Halawa's sister, Fatima, has said they do not know yet exactly when their brother is going to be freed.

Ireland • 23 Sep 17

Peter Greste was arrested and held by Egyptian authorities for more than a year

Halawa's former cellmate 'over the moon' at acquittal

Ibrahim Halawa's former cellmate has said he was "over the moon" to hear of his acquittal yesterday.

Ireland • 19 Sep 17

Ibrahim Halawa after his acquittal was announced, and Irish consul Shane Gleeson gesturing to him after the verdict (Pics: @declanwalsh)

Halawa acquitted on all charges over Cairo protests

Irishman Ibrahim Halawa - and his three sisters who were tried in absentia - have been acquitted on all charges relating to mass protests in Cairo in 2013.

Ibrahim Halawa • 19 Sep 17

Ibrahim Halawa's trial has been repeatedly adjourned

Varadkar says Halawa return a priority

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi that his priority is to secure the return of Ibrahim Halawa to Ireland as soon as possible.

Ireland • 28 Aug 17

An Egyptian man and a boy look at the wreckage in Alexandria today

Death toll from Egyptian rail crash hits 41

The death toll from Egypt's latest train disaster rose to 41 as cranes worked today to clear the stricken railway line between Cairo and the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.

World • 12 Aug 17

The accident also injured 123 people, according to the health ministry in Egypt

At least 36 people killed in Egypt train crash

The death toll from a collision between two trains in Egypt today has risen to 36, the health ministry said in a statement.

World • 11 Aug 17

Ibrahim Halawa, who is from Firhouse in Dublin, was jailed after being arrested during protests in Cairo in August 2013

Taoiseach commits to assist in Halawa case

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he met with the parents and a sister of Ibrahim Halawa earlier this week.

Ireland • 22 Jul 17

The accident occurred in the seas off Dahab (Pic: Google Maps)

Irishman dies in diving accident off Egypt

An Irishman has died in a diving accident in Egypt.

World • 22 Jul 17

The second attack happened at the Sunny Days El Palacio resort

Two German women stabbed to death on Egyptian beach

An Egyptian man has stabbed two German tourists to death and wounded four others at a popular seaside holiday resort on the Red Sea, after apparently searching out foreigners to attack, officials and witnesses said.

News • 15 Jul 17

The motive for the attack, which occurred in the town of Hurghada, is still under investigation

Two killed, four injured in attack at Egypt resort

Two German tourists have been killed and four other tourists wounded by an attacker with a knife at an Egyptian Red Sea holiday resort.

World • 14 Jul 17

Ibrahim Halawa, who is from Dublin, was jailed after being arrested during protests in Cairo in August 2013

Coveney welcomes progress in Halawa trial

The trial of Ibrahim Halawa in Egypt has been adjourned for the 26th time.

News • 09 Jul 17

The three Gulf states and Egypt cut ties with Qatar on 5 June

Arab states refrain from imposing further sanctions

Four Arab states have refrained from slapping further sanctions on Qatar but voiced disappointment at its "negative" response to their demands and said their boycott of the tiny Gulf nation would continue.

News • 05 Jul 17

A soldier stands at the entrance to the Monastery of St Samuel the Confessor near where the attack took place

Egypt bombs targets in Libya after attack on Christians

Egyptian air force planes carried out six strikes directed at camps near Derna in Libya where Cairo believes militants responsible for a deadly attack on Christians earlier in the day were trained.

World • 27 May 17

Ibrahim Halawa was arrested in Cairo in August 2013

Halawa next trial date set for July

The trial of an Irish citizen who has been detained in Egypt for almost four years has been delayed as a number of witnesses failed to turn up in court today.

Courts • 17 May 17