At least eight policemen were killed and three wounded in an attack by extremist militants on a security checkpoint in Egypt’s New Valley province in the Western Desert, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. State television said the attack took place at around 8.15 p.m. in the Naqb checkpoint more ...
A top Egyptian court has upheld a ruling halting a plan to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. The High Administrative Court rejected an appeal by the government against a lower court’s decision to stop it handing over Tiran and Sanafir. Cheers erupted as the judge delivered the ...
