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Death toll in Egypt mosque terror attack rises to 305
Rediff.com25 Nov 2017

Officials suspect Islamic State to be responsible for the attack.

Egyptian jets 'destroyed vehicles used in mosque attack'
Rediff.com25 Nov 2017

Army spokesperson Tamer el-Refai said in a statement that the air forces launched...

235 worshippers killed in mosque in Egypt's deadliest terror attack
Rediff.com25 Nov 2017

The gunmen in four off-road vehicles opened fire on the people who tried to exit the...

36 killed, 123 injured in train collision in Egypt
Rediff.com11 Aug 2017

The incident took place after a train coming from Cairo, the capital of Egypt, collided...

Egypt: 3-month state of emergency declared post church attacks
Rediff.com10 Apr 2017

The Egyptian government has ordered military special forces to assist the police in...

Bombings at Egyptian Coptic churches on Palm Sunday kill 45
Rediff.com9 Apr 2017

Two powerful blasts triggered by Islamic State in two churches packed with worshippers...

Former Egyptian prez Hosni Mubarak freed after 6 years
Rediff.com24 Mar 2017

Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for taking part in killing over 200...

25 killed in bomb blast at Egypt's main Coptic cathedral
Rediff.com11 Dec 2016

The explosion took place at St Mark's Cathedral, main Coptic Christian cathedral, in...

Fmr Egypt President Morsi sentenced to 40 yrs in jail
Rediff.com18 Jun 2016

Egypt's toppled Islamist President Mohamed Morsi was on Saturday sentenced to life...

Black box of crashed EgyptAir plane found
Rediff.com16 Jun 2016

The vessel 'John Lethbridge' that is affiliated to the company Deep Ocean Search found...

EgyptAir Flight 804: 'Body parts, luggage found' at wreckage site
Rediff.com20 May 2016

The navy has also found some of the passengers' belongings and was sweeping the area in...

EgyptAir plane from Paris to Cairo crashes; terror motive suspected
Rediff.com19 May 2016

The plane was last detected in the skies over Greece, about 40 minutes from Athens,...

16 people killed in bomb attack on nightclub in Egypt
Rediff.com4 Dec 2015

Three masked men on motorcycles threw the firebombs into the club in the Agouza...

Italian Consulate in Egypt bombed; 1 killed
Rediff.com11 Jul 2015

Islamic State militants detonated a powerful car bomb outside the Italian consulate in...

Hollywood icon Omar Sharif dies at 83
Rediff.com10 Jul 2015

The Egypt-born actor's agent Steve Kenis said, "He suffered a heart attack in a...

ISIS militants target Egyptian army checkpoints in Sinai, kill 70
Rediff.com1 Jul 2015

The coordinated assaults in the morning set off fierce fighting between the army and...

Suicide bomber targets ancient Egyptian temple; 2 killed
Rediff.com10 Jun 2015

The bomber was killed outside the popular Karnak temple which is the second largest...

Egypt court upholds death penalty to 11 soccer fans over riots
Rediff.com9 Jun 2015

An Egyptian court on Tuesday upheld the death sentences against 11 people for their...

Former Egypt president Morsi sentenced to death in prison breaks case
Rediff.com16 May 2015

Saturday's capital punishment ruling against Morsi makes him the first president in...

Mubarak, two sons sentenced to 3 years in jail in graft case
Rediff.com9 May 2015

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were on Saturday sentenced to...