Apr 09, 2017, at 10:47 pm
Cairo, Apr 9 (IBNS): At least 21 people were killed as an explosion rocked close to Coptic Christian church in the Egyptian city of Tanta on Sunday, media reports said.
Egypt: Explosion in church, 13 killed
Apr 09, 2017, at 09:31 pm
Cairo, Apr 9 (IBNS): An explosion at a church in Egypt's Tanta city left 13 people killed, media reports said.
Louvre museum attacker was Egyptian national?
Feb 04, 2017, at 01:57 pm
Paris, Feb 4 (IBNS): The man, who attempted to attack the Louvre museum in Paris on Friday, was an Egyptian nation, French officials were quoted saying by the media.
Nine policemen killed in Egypt suicide bomber attack
Jan 09, 2017, at 08:58 pm
El Arish (Egypt), Jan 9 (IBNS): A suicide bomber driving a garbage truck packed with explosives rammed his vehicle into an Egyptian security checkpoint in Sinai, on Monday, killing nine people, according to media reports.
US issues travel warning for Egypt,Jordan
Dec 24, 2016, at 02:43 pm
Washington, Dec 24 (IBNS): The US on Friday issued travel warnings to its citizens for Egypt and Jordan over threats from terrorist groups.
Egypt: UN experts report worsening crackdown on protest
May 10, 2016, at 10:35 am
New York, May 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS):Three United Nations human rights experts on Monday urged the Egyptian Government to put an end to the disproportionate reactions against the exercise of the rights to assembly and expression in the country.
Ban condemns deadly terrorist attack against police officers in Egypt
May 10, 2016, at 09:58 am
New York, May 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the deadly terrorist attack in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, which reportedly killed eight police officers, his spokesperson said.
Egypt: Ban calls for fair trial standards in judicial proceedings against rights defenders
Apr 21, 2016, at 01:08 pm
New York, Apr 21 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced he is closely following the judicial proceedings in Egypt against a number of civil society organizations and human rights defenders.
UN rights chief urges Egypt to halt 'clampdown' on civil society groups
Mar 25, 2016, at 01:15 pm
New York, Mar 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The United Nations human rights chief has expressed grave concern over the closure of hundreds of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Egypt and the prosecutions of numerous rights defenders for their legitimate work since November 2014, urging the Government to end such repressive measures.
Egypt: Tourists killed by suspected ISIS militants
Jan 09, 2016, at 02:59 pm
Cairo, Jan 9 (IBNS): At least two suspected ISIS militants stormed into a hotel in Egypt's Hurghada town and killed three foreign tourists , media reports said.
Masked gunmen attack Israeli tourists in Egypt
Jan 07, 2016, at 10:50 pm
Cairo, Jan 7 (IBNS) Two masked gunmen open fired at a bus carrying Israeli tourist in Egypt on Thursday in Cairo, but no casualties were recorded, according to reports.
Egypt: Ban condemns latest terrorist attacks, calls for holistic approach to scourge
Nov 25, 2015, at 03:39 pm
New York, Nov 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Condemning Tuesday’s terrorist attack in the Egyptian city of al-Arish,Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for an overall approach to preventing and countering terrorism, with full respect for human rights and refugee law.
Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay elected to serve on Security Council
Oct 16, 2015, at 01:05 pm
New York, Oct 16 (IBNS): In one round of voting the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday elected Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January 2016.
General Assembly: Egypt calls for proactive UN strategy against extremism
Sep 29, 2015, at 02:26 pm
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS): Denouncing Islamic extremists for negating a religion that stands for tolerance, justice and mercy, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi took to the podium of the General Assembly on Monday to call on the United Nations and its Member States to join him in a proactive strategy to defeat terrorism.
Egypt: Morsi sentenced to death
May 16, 2015, at 09:29 pm
Cairo, May 16 (IBNS) Ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi has been sentenced to death by a court in the country in connection with a mass prison break in 2011 on Saturday, media reports said.
Egypt: UN chief welcomes release of detained journalist, urges Government to release others
Feb 03, 2015, at 07:08 pm
New York, Feb 3 (IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has applauded the decision by the Egyptian authorities to release the detained Al Jazeera journalist, Peter Greste, ending his 400-day imprisonment.
Ban, Security Council condemn terrorist attacks in Egypt's Sinai peninsula
Jan 31, 2015, at 08:36 pm
New York, Jan 31 (IBNS) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council on Thursdaycondemned the terrorist attacks on towns in the northern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, which killed and injured dozens of Egyptian soldiers and people.
Schoolbus tanker collision leaves 18 dead in Egypt
Nov 05, 2014, at 10:20 pm
Cairo, Nov 5 (IBNS): At least 18 people, mostly school children died when their schoolbus collided with a oil tanker in northern Egypt on Wednesday, media reported.
Sinking of Mediterranean migrant boat amounts to 'mass murder' - UN rights chief
Sep 20, 2014, at 04:26 pm
New York, Sept 20 (IBNS) The UN's top human rights official on Friday urged Egypt and other North African and European States to help bring to justice the people smugglers who allegedly deliberately sank a boat causing the deaths of hundreds of refugees and migrants in last week's "truly horrendous incident" in the Mediterranean.
UN rights chief warns as Egypt sentences journalists
Jun 24, 2014, at 05:54 pm
New York, June 24 (IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed deep concern over a string of recent court decisions in Egypt, including the verdicts and heavy jail sentences handed down Monday to three Al Jazeera journalists, as well as 11 other defendants who were tried in absentia.
Egypt: Ban voices hopes for democracy, stability after elections
Jun 04, 2014, at 05:11 pm
New York, Jun 4 (IBNS): Taking note of the official release of the results of the recent election in Egypt, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday voiced his hope that President-elect Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will support the people's aspirations for a stable and democratic country.
Egypt: UN urges reform to legal system following death sentences
May 16, 2014, at 05:34 pm
New York, May 16 (IBNS): In the wake of the second wave of mass death sentences handed down in Egypt last month, a group of African and United Nations human rights experts on Thursday called on authorities to bring the country's legal system into compliance with international and regional standards.
Egypt: Ban alarmed by recent mass death sentence
Apr 29, 2014, at 05:14 pm
New York, Apr 29 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday voiced alarmed at the news that another preliminary mass death sentence has been handed down in Egypt, where more than 680 people were reportedly on trial, a topic he will raise later this week in a meeting with the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nabil Fahmy.