Kremlin says Egypt’s rumored sale of Mistrals for $1 is ‘utter nonsense’
Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz’s claims Egypt may agree to sell two amphibious helicopter carriers Mistral to Russia for a token sum of one dollar are “utter nonsense” as the sources cited by the Polish defense ministry are not reliable, Russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. “I don’t think these sources are reliable. I think that it can be explained by a background of...
Four suspected migrant traffickers arrested in Egypt’s Rosetta boat case
The Beheira prosecution ordered on Sunday the detention of four men pending investigation into charges of arranging the trip for migrants on the boat that sank off the Rosetta coast late last month. The sinking of the boat, which was on its way to Italy, resulted in the death of 202 migrants, while where 164 others survived. At least 110 of the victims have not been identified, according the health ministry. So far police have...
Gunmen kill five Egypt police conscripts in Sinai
Gunmen in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula killed five police conscripts on Saturday, the interior ministry said. The five conscripts were in a car in the north Sinai capital El-Arish when the gunmen sprayed them with bullets, a ministry statement said. The attack came days after assailants shot dead three policemen and their driver in the city, in an attack claimed by the ISIS’ Egypt affiliate. Extremists have killed...
Egypt: Serious Abuses in Scorpion Prison
Staff at Scorpion Prison beat inmates severely, isolate them in cramped “discipline” cells, cut off access to families and lawyers, and interfere with medical treatment, according to the 80-page report, “‘We Are in Tombs’: Abuses in Egypt’s Scorpion Prison.” The report documents cruel and inhuman treatment by officers of Egypt’s Interior Ministry that probably amounts to torture in some cases and violates basic international norms for...
Russia to lift ban on supplies of fruits, vegetables from Egypt within days
Russia will lift the ban on supplies of fruits and vegetables, expect potatoes from Egypt within 3-5 days, a source in the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) told TASS today. “Within 3-5 days,” the source said. The Russian delegation of experts will visit Egypt in October – November 2016 to evaluate efficiency of measures undertaken by Egypt to comply with Russian...
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