Egypt

Turkey has criticized an Egyptian court verdict that sentenced ousted President Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in prison, questioning the impartiality of such court decisions against a certain segment of society - a reference to the Muslim Brotherhood.  

An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted President Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in prison over the killing of protesters in 2012.

Clashes between supporters and opponents of Morsi outside the presidential palace in December 2012 left at least 10 people dead.

Egypt's ex-President Morsi to spend 20 years in jail

CAIRO -- Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of demonstrators in 2012, news agencies are reporting.

Egypt's ex-President Morsi to spend 20 years in jail

An Egyptian criminal court on April 21 sentenced ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to 20 years in prison over the killing of protesters in 2012, the first verdict to be issued against the country's first freely elected leader.
                   

ALEXANDRIA - Former Serbian president and leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDS) Boris Tadic was appointed as member of the Board of Trustees of the Library of Alexandria, SDS said in a release on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic conferred with Egyptian Ambassador to Serbia Menha Mahrous Bakhoum on bilateral relations and Egypt's candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council on Monday.

An Egyptian court sentenced 22 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death on April 20 over an attack on a police station in a district outside Cairo in 2013, judicial sources said. 

The assault was part of a wave of violence that rocked the country after the army removed elected Islamist president Mohamed Mursi from power following mass protests against his rule in June 2013. 

Egypt's ex-president Mohamed Morsi faces being sentenced to death April 21 on charges of inciting the killing of protestors in the first verdict against him nearly two years after his fall from power.

Egypt and Saudi Arabia are considering holding joint military manoeuvres in the kingdom as the allies carry out air strikes in its neighbour Yemen, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's office said.
      
Other Gulf Arab countries would also participate, the Egyptian president's office said late Tuesday.
      

A Cairo court has confirmed death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 13 others over Islamist protest violence, while the jailing of a U.S.-Egyptian citizen for life was slammed by the White House.

Two of the 14 defendants sentenced to death have fled the country and will immediately face a retrial if apprehended.