Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met in New York on Wednesday to discuss Gaza and reviving the so-called peace talks with the Palestinians, officials said. During the meeting, which lasted nearly two hours and took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General ...
An Egyptian court on Monday upheld death sentences for 20 extremists convicted of killing 13 policemen during violent unrest after the military overthrow of president Mohammad Mursi in 2013. “The verdict is final and cannot be appealed,” a judicial official said. On August 14, 2013, a month after Mursi was ...