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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi holds a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, Sudan
Free speech
New restrictive regulations in Egypt will shut down access to independent information, legal director says
An array of bitcoins
Top of The World
El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to make bitcoin legal tender
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi at a podium with an Egyptian flag behind him
Global Politics
Activists look to Congress after Biden requests military aid for Egypt without human rights conditions
Smoke plumes from airstrikes in Gaza.
Conflict & Justice
Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt on January 20, 2018.
Justice
In President Sisi’s Egypt, human rights are under threat
Protesters gather to rally against U.S. President Donald Trump's firing of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. May 10, 2017.
Global Politics
Trump firing Comey: ‘It helps every authoritarian in the world’
A view of the High Court of Justice in Cairo, Egypt.
Justice
The Egyptian ruler Trump calls ‘fantastic’ is now strengthening his power over the courts
Aya Hijazi, founder of a nonprofit charity that looks after Egyptian street children, sat reading a book inside a holding cell as she faced trial in a courthouse in Cairo, Egypt on March 23.
Justice
American charity worker in Egypt is acquitted after three years in jail
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi in Khartoum, Sudan, on Oct. 10, 2016.
Global Politics
Trump praises ‘fantastic job’ of Egyptian leader widely accused of human rights violations
An anti-government protester participates in demonstrations against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarakin in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Feb. 11, 2011.
Justice
These young Egyptians led a revolution. Now their frustrations are mounting under Sisi.
A protester uses his sandal to beat a picture of Egypt's then-President Mohammed Morsi in Tahrir square in Cairo on June 28, 2013.
Global Politics
Some Egyptians are comparing Trump to an unlikely, Islamist figure
Arjen Robben of the Netherlands falls on the pitch during the 2014 World Cup round of 16 game between Mexico and the Netherlands at the Castelao arena in Fortaleza June 29, 2014. No foul was called.
Global Scan
Brazil wins the title for most faked injuries in the World Cup
Members of the Tunisian parliament wave flags after approving the country's new constitution.. Tunisia's national assembly approved the country's new constitution on Sunday in one of the final steps to full democracy three years after protests erupted int
Conflict & Justice
Tunisia is succeeding where Egypt failed
Military Coup Staged in Egypt, Morsi Ousted as President