Topic: Mohamed Morsi

Satellite imagery and video footage have emerged suggesting Egypt is building a large, concrete-walled enclosure, which observers believe will be used to manage a major influx of Palestinian refugees from Gaza.

Egypt's election drew to a close on Tuesday night, with incumbent President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi widely expected to cruise to a third term in office against the backdrop of an economic crisis and the war in Gaza.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Monday his country would be interested in resuming diplomatic relations with Egypt, which has long-standing ties with the country's regional rival Israel.

On July 1, 1997, Hong Kong was returned to China after 156 years as a British territory.

An American citizen imprisoned in Egypt for more than six years under a controversial anti-protest law died Monday following a hunger strike protesting his conviction, the State Department said.

Hundreds of people were arrested in Egypt Friday as part of a wide-ranging sweep aimed at anti-government demonstrations that first began a week ago.

Demonstrators gathered in cities across Egypt on Friday night and early Saturday to call for the resignation of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, leading to the arrest of dozens of protesters.

A car crash in Cairo late Sunday killed at least 19 people and injured dozens, Egypt's health ministry said.

The United Nations human rights office called for an independent investigation Tuesday into the death of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, a day after he died inside a Cairo courtroom.

Mohamed Morsi, who became Egypt's first democratically elected president shortly after the Arab Spring -- only to be deposed a year later, died Monday during his trial on espionage charges.