Egypt

In an interview with Cyprus's Sigma television and Simerini newspaper, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras indicated that an increase in tensions in the eastern Mediterranean would be "a very negative development," referring to the continuing presence of a Turkish seismic vessel off the southern coast of Cyprus.

The Egyptian government has decided not to extend a comprehensive free trade agreement signed with Turkey during the rule of the ousted ex-President Mohamed Morsi, the MENA news agency reported on Oct. 28.

An Egyptian court ordered prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah back to jail Monday after he was previously freed on bail during a trial for taking part in an illegal protest, a relative said.
     

Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) is firmly condemning two terror attacks that occurred on October 24 in the northern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula that killed Egyptian soldiers and left many injured.

An Egyptian court postpones the verdict in the murder retrial of deposed president Hosni Mubarak, citing the reams of evidence

The Egyptian football authorities are expected to ban militant football fan groups in another move of labeling opposition forces as violent threats to their power

A bomb blast killed two Egyptian policemen near the foreign ministry in central Cairo on Sunday, a security official said.

Turkey's Interior Ministry 'would examine the issue' if there is a red notice for the arrest of Muslim Brotherhood members

An Egyptian court on Sept. 15 ordered the release on bail of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a prominent activist of the 2011 revolt against former president Hosni Mubarak, a defence lawyer told AFP.

Leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood group and allied clerics say they are departing Qatar, where they had sought refuge