Protests in Egypt

Turkey will invite Egypt to the 13th Summit of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul on April 10-15, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç said Jan. 8, in spite of the poor ties between Ankara and Cairo.

At least sixteen people were killed and another three injured in a Molotov cocktail attack targeting a nightclub in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Friday.

According to Cairo Post newspaper, three masked men threw the firebomb in the nightclub located in the Agouza area in the city centre and then fled the scene.

Egyptians began voting Nov. 22 across 13 of the country's 27 provinces in the second phase of parliamentary elections after a low turnout marred the first stage in the absence of any strong opposition.

An extraordinary session of the Montenegrin parliament on Wednesday will examine opposition claims that police used excess force in the demonstrations that rocked the capital over the weekend.

Polling opened on Oct. 18 in Egypt for a much-delayed parliamentary election that will tighten President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's grip on power after he crushed all opposition since ousting his Islamist predecessor.

Egyptians begin voting on Oct. 18 for a parliament expected to step firmly in line behind President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who has crushed all opposition since ousting his Islamist predecessor in 2013.

An Egyptian court Oct. 12 ordered the release of ousted president Hosni Mubarak's two sons who were sentenced to three years in jail for corruption, a judicial official and their lawyer said.

A total of 666 civilians were tried and imprisoned by military courts in Egypt last month, a rights group has said.

The Egyptian Coordination of Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) said the defendants were handed down a combined 9,649 years in jail terms in six provinces during August.

The United States Embassy to Turkey has expressed its concerns over violent demonstrations in Turkey and condemned attacks against political parties and ethnic groups. 

?We are concerned by reports of violent demonstrations in Turkey; we condemn, particularly attacks against political parties or ethnic groups,? the embassy said through its official Twitter account on Sept. 9. 

Egypt's much delayed legislative elections, the first since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ousted his Islamist predecessor and cracked down on the opposition, will be contested between October and December.