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French President François Hollande Confirms EgyptAir Flight 804 Has Crashed
Brendan O'Connor · 05/19/16 06:38AMAn Obama Assassination Plot and the Furry Anarchist Forum That Dreamed Too Big for Wikipedia
Ashley Feinberg · 05/18/16 11:05AMWhen the faceless editors of Wikipedia decide an article is not fit for public consumption, it’s gone, only accessible to the site’s top editors—at least, it was. But now we’re keeping track of all the articles Wikipedia doesn’t see fit to print, to present you with very best of the site’s weirdest and worst.
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Deadly Shooting of 8 Cops in Egypt
Hudson Hongo · 05/09/16 12:00AMGovernment Agencies Deny Any Knowledge of Hundreds of Refugees Reported Drowned in Mediterranean
Brendan O'Connor · 04/18/16 09:05AMReports emerged Monday, citing an interview given to BBC Arabic by the Somali ambassador to Egypt, claiming that as many as 400 refugees drowned after their boats capsized between Egypt and Italy. The Greek Coast Guard and the Italian and Maltese rescue coordination centers denied any knowledge of such an incident.
Lindsey Graham Is Not Worried About Donald Trump
Jeff Ihaza · 04/03/16 06:10PMRepublican Senator Lindsey Graham met with Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi on Sunday to discuss, naturally, the looming possibility of a Donald Trump presidency. Graham was in Egypt as part of a Republican congressional delegation touring the Middle East, a region his party’s presidential frontrunner believes would be better served if Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were still around. Speaking to reporters after his meeting with el-Sissi, Graham said he reassured the Egyptian president that even if Trump won the presidency, the Egyptian people have nothing to worry about.
How Prison Robs You of Your Words
Hamilton Nolan · 01/25/16 10:10AMEgypt Says There's "No Evidence" to Indicate the Bombed Russian Plane Was Bombed
Gabrielle Bluestone · 12/14/15 09:30AMReports: Sudden Noise Heard in Cockpit Moments Before Plane Crash That Killed 224
Melissa Cronin · 11/08/15 10:37AMObama Says "It Is Certainly Possible" There Was a Bomb Aboard Russian Plane
Brendan O'Connor · 11/05/15 07:17PMReport: U.S. Satellites Detected Heat Around Russian Jet Just Before Break Up Over Sinai
Brendan O'Connor · 11/03/15 08:30PMAmerican and Russian Officials Won't Rule Out Possibility That Terror Attack Brought Down Plane Over Sinai
Brendan O'Connor · 11/02/15 07:01PMAfter Metrojet officials said Monday that the “only possible explanation” for the high-altitude break-up Saturday of a Russian jetliner over the Sinai Peninsula “could be an external impact on the airplane,” American and Russian officials attempted to dampen speculation about a possible terrorist attack, but didn’t deny the possibility, either.
Airline Says Russian Plane Crash Was Definitely Caused by "External Impact"
Gabrielle Bluestone · 11/02/15 08:45AMISIS Group Claims Responsibility for Destruction of Jetliner That Russian Official Says Broke Up at High Altitude
Brendan O'Connor · 11/01/15 07:35PMJay Z Wins Copyright Infringement Case Over "Big Pimpin'" Sample
Brendan O'Connor · 10/21/15 09:35PMWas Nefertiti Hiding in King Tut's Tomb This Whole Time? Damn.
Jay Hathaway · 10/02/15 09:38AMIt’s been close to a century since the discovery of King Tutankhamen’s tomb at Egypt’s Valley of the Kings in Luxor, and no find since has matched it in public fascination and “golden splendor.” But that may be about to change, because digital scans of Tut’s tomb have revealed secret doorways that researchers think could contain the biggest discovery in Egypt since the Tomb itself: the burial site of his maybe-mother, Queen Nefertiti.
Andy Cush · 09/23/15 11:24AM
Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were among 100 people pardoned by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi today, according to a Sisi spokesman. In 2013, the men were arrested along with a colleague on trumped-up charges of “conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood to broadcast false news.”
Egyptian Forces Mistake Tour Group for Terrorists, Kill 12
Hudson Hongo · 09/13/15 09:00PMThree Al Jazeera Journalists Sentenced to Three Years in Prison in Egypt
Brendan O'Connor · 08/29/15 09:45AMISIS Affiliate Threatens to Execute Croatian Hostage in New Video
Taylor Berman · 08/05/15 11:56AMIn a video released Wednesday, a group associated with ISIS threatened to execute a Croatian hostage on Friday unless Egypt releases a group of Muslim women from prison. The hostage identified himself in the video as Tomislav Salopek, a 30-year-old father of two, and said his captors are members of Wilayat Sinai, an ISIS-affiliated militant group based in the Sinai Peninsula.