President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with Sudan’s Minister of Defence Awad Bin Owf on Tuesday, to discuss bilateral relations, according to a statement from the presidency spokesperson, Bassam Rady.

An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and his deputy to life in prison, judicial sources said, in a retrial over violence during the overthrow of Brotherhood-backed president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.

Over the last several days, Mada Masr journalist Rana Mamdouh was subjected to a series of arbitrary security measures by Egyptian authorities, which Mada Masr’s lawyers and members of the Journalists Syndicate board have characterized as “illegal” and “unconstitutional.”

President Al-Sisi must have known of fate of tortured Italian student, says lawyer.

Plans to amend Egypt’s Constitution — including those that would extend President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s term in office — are underway, with changes to be introduced in the first half of 2019, according to three different sources in the president’s office, the General Intelligence Service (GIS) and Parliament who have …

Rome prosecutors have placed five Egyptian security officials under investigation in relation to the death of Italian PhD researcher Giulio Regeni in 2016, the Italian state news agency ANSA reported on Tuesday.

Maj. Gen. Ahmed Abdel Khalek, the Egyptian intelligence officer in charge of his government’s Palestinian portfolio, made his first visit to Gaza, arriving Nov. 15, and while there he attended a Nov. 16 funeral procession organized by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, to mourn recently slain fighters. Seven Hamas members, including Nour Baraka, a brigade leader, …

The Italian Foreign Ministry has warned Egypt that Italy will “consider escalation” unless judicial proceedings against a list of Egyptian security officials suspected of involvement in the 2016 torture and murder of Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni take place before the end of this year, an Egyptian official tells Mada …

Seven people arrested in a crackdown by security forces earlier this month have been added to a case that includes the daughter of a prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader and at least two human rights lawyers.

Egypt’s defense minister concluded a meeting on security cooperation with his Sudanese counterpart in Khartoum on Sunday, with sources close to the talks saying that Libya was slated to be the primary focus of the meeting.