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In July 2013 Egypt's then-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi toppled Mohammed Mursi after protests against his rule

Mursi charged with leaking state secrets

Egypt has charged ousted president Mohammed Mursi and nine others with endangering national security.

News • 06 Sep 14

Circle Oil's H1 profits fell due to an increase in operational activity

Circle Oil's H1 revenues spurt 13% higher

Exploration company Circle Oil has reported a 13% increase in its revenues for the first half of the year.

Business • 03 Sep 14

At least 19 killed in bus crash in Egypt

At least 19 people were killed when two minibuses fell into a canal near Egypt's tourist city of Luxor, state-run newspaper Al Ahram has reported.

News • 26 Aug 14

Kenneth Roth and his colleague Sarah Leah Whitson were due to take part in a report release

Egypt refuses entry to human rights observers

Human Rights Watch accused Egypt's government of trying to silence all criticism, after two senior staff were held at Cairo airport for 12 hours and then denied entry to the country for "security reasons," the group said.

News • 11 Aug 14

Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were jailed last month on charges of aiding a terrorist organisation

Journalists jailed in Egypt say they will appeal

Three al-Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt last month for up to ten years on charges of aiding a "terrorist" organisation will appeal their convictions.

News • 25 Jul 14

There have been repeated warnings by Egyptian officials of a possible spillover of violence from Libya

21 border guards killed in Egypt

Smugglers have killed 21 Egyptian border guards near the frontier with Libya.

News • 19 Jul 14

Subsidies had allowed Egyptians buy petrol at very low prices

Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie jailed for life

An Egyptian court has sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to life in prison, Egypt's ON TV said.

News • 05 Jul 14

Peter Greste (L) and his two colleagues were each jailed for seven years

Egypt defends judicial system at UN meeting

Egypt has defended its judicial system at the United Nations amid a global outcry over the jailing of three al-Jazeera journalists.

News • 25 Jun 14

Peter Greste (L), Baher Mohamed (C) and Mohamed Fadel Fahmy (R) were jailed yesterday

Sisi will not 'interfere' over jailed journalists

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said Egypt's authorities "will not interfere in judicial matters" a day after three Al-Jazeera journalists were jailed for between seven and ten years.

News • 24 Jun 14

Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed are among 20 people being tried for aiding the

US condemns sentencing of journalists in Egypt

The White House has condemned the sentencing in Egypt of three Al Jazeera journalists to seven years in jail for aiding a "terrorist" organization.

News • 23 Jun 14

Mohamed Badie and 182 others have been sentenced to death as part of a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood

183 Egyptian Islamists sentenced to death

An Egyptian court has confirmed death sentences for 183 Islamists, including Muslim Bortherhood leader Mohamed Badie, in a mass trial of Islamists who have faced a fierce crackdown under new president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

News • 21 Jun 14

Circle Oil has operations in the Middle East and North African areas

Circle Oil's revenues spurt 27% higher in 2013

Oil and gas exploration firm Circle Oil has reported operating profits of $32.35m for 2013, up 15% on 2012's profits.

Business • 20 Jun 14

Egyptians wearing fluorescent outfits protecting women from harassment at Tahrir square last year

Egypt asks YouTube to remove sexual assault video

Egypt has asked YouTube to remove a video showing a naked woman with injuries being dragged through Cairo's Tahrir Square after being sexually assaulted during celebrations for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's inauguration.

News • 13 Jun 14

Egyptians celebrating the inauguration of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi yesterday

Egyptian govt resigns after Sisi inauguration

Egypt's interim prime minister Ibrahim Mahlab has said his cabinet has resigned.

News • 09 Jun 14

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was declared the country's president last week

Sisi sworn in as Egyptian president

Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been sworn in as president of Egypt.

News • 08 Jun 14

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had been almost certain of victory

Sisi wins Egyptian election with 96.9% of vote

Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has won 96.9% of votes in Egypt's presidential election, the electoral commission announced.

News • 03 Jun 14

Critics fear that Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will preserve the army's interests

Egypt's Sisi wins presidential election

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who toppled Egypt's first freely-elected leader, took more than 90% of the vote in a presidential election, provisional results show.

News • 29 May 14

Egypt's ex-army chief and leading presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (Centre) arrives to vote in Cairo

Egypt goes to polls to elect new president

Voting is under way in Egypt in a presidential election, which is expected to sweep former army chief Abdel Fatah al-Sisi into office.

News • 26 May 14

Hosni Mubarak was jailed over stealing public funds

Mubarak sentenced to three years in prison

An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted president Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison on charges of stealing public funds.

News • 21 May 14

Thomas Cook reported an underlying operating loss of £187m for the six months to end of March

Thomas Cook's half year loss narrows

Thomas Cook posted a smaller first-half loss after strong demand for more expensive hotels and growing online reservations helped it to weather the slump in bookings for Egypt.

Business • 15 May 14

The fatal attack happened on the main road between Cairo and the tourist resort of Sharm El-Sheik

Suicide bomber kills soldier in Egypt

A suicide bomber killed himself and a soldier at a security checkpoint in Egypt's South Sinai today, and a second bomb attack in the same area wounded at least three, official sources have said.

News • 02 May 14

Egyptians react outside the courtroom in Minya after the death sentences were announced

US 'troubled' by 683 death sentences in Egypt

The United States is "deeply troubled" by an Egypt court's death sentence for the Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 682 supporters, the White House has said.

News • 28 Apr 14

Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's brother was arrested last August

Al-Qaeda chief's brother to stand trial in Egypt

Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's brother is to stand trial with 67 others for forming a "terrorist group" and plotting attacks after Islamist president Mohammed Mursi's ouster.

News • 06 Apr 14

23 people killed in clashes in Egypt

Police have sent reinforcements to Egypt's southern province of Aswan after at least 23 people were killed in tribal clashes there.

News • 06 Apr 14

Egyptian security officers and people inspect the scene of the explosion near Cairo University (Pic: EPA)

One person killed in Cairo bomb attacks

An Egyptian police brigadier-general has been killed in bombings outside Cairo University.

World • 02 Apr 14