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An Egyptian petrol station worker fills up a pickup truck's tank in the capital Cairo on June 29, 2017. Egypt announced a new sharp increase in fuel prices on June 29, 2017 as it slashed government subsidies in a tough IMF-backed reform program. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)

July 2nd, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Egyptians Struggle to Feed Children as Prices Soar

On Thursday, Egypt's government hiked the prices of various types of fuel - the second such increase in less than a year - as part of tough economic reforms.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (AFP)

June 9th, 2017 - 10:00 GMT

Qatari Terror? List Issued by Four Arab States

The site of a previous bombing at a church in Egypt. (AFP/File)

April 9th, 2017 - 10:07 GMT

UPDATE: Death toll raises to 25 following church bombing in Egypt

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AFP/File)

March 2nd, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Merkel heads to Egypt to hash out immigration and Libyan unrest

Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi faces charges of helping up to 20,000 people escape prison in 2011, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and Hezbollah. (AFP/File)

February 27th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

Egypt court adjourns retrial against Morsi over 2011 prison break

An Egyptian Coptic Christian raises a cross while others shout slogans in a demonstration last year. (AFP/File)

January 30th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Fears arise in Egypt that Christians will face backlash from Trump’s anti-Muslim policies

Hundreds of disappeared civilians face ongoing torture at military prison. (AFP/File)

July 13th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Amnesty International reports torture and disappearance of hundreds of Egyptians

Thousands of activists, as well as several journalists, have been detained since former army chief and now President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi overthrew his Islamist predecessor Mohamed Morsi in 2013. (AFP/Mohamed El-Shahed)

May 3rd, 2016 - 05:29 GMT

Egypt: Prosecutors order 15 day detention of journalists

Two-day talks are set to begin in Rome between Italy and Egypt over the murder case of Italian student Giulio Regeni. (File photo)

April 7th, 2016 - 10:30 GMT

Italy, Egypt to begin talks in Rome on Regeni murder case

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December 1st, 2014 - 04:00 GMT

Amnesty: Egypt forcibly evicted 1,165 families from Rafah by the Gaza border