PM says peace with Arab states based on strength and deterrence; reveals how in 2012 he got Egypt's Morsi to withdraw tanks he had sent into Sinai in breach of peace deal

Cairo prefers to underscore the newly expanded waterway's present-day contributions to the country - $5.9 billion in annual revenue - rather than its history of colonialism and war

In latest sign of leaders' closeness, Sissi calls US president 'a man with unique power to confront crises'

Esraa Abdel-Fattah detained amid a wave of arrests following small but rare anti-government protests last month

Ali Abdel Aal later states he was only hailing Germany's infrastructure development, not the Nazi dictator who 'committed a lot of crimes'

Thousands of police deployed on Cairo's streets and up to 2,000 arrested after last week's demonstrations, largely stifle further action against the president

Security forces arrest thousands in effort to put down demonstrations sparked by construction magnate's viral videos accusing president and military of corruption

Rights chief Michelle Bachelet expresses deep concern over reports of thousands of arrests including lawyers, rights defenders, political activists and journalists

Closures come amid harsh security clampdown following rare demonstrations in several cities last weekend, all of which were broken up by authorities who arrested more than 2,000

Rights groups say nearly 2,000 arrested in week-long crackdown on demonstrators, activists and academics decrying economic hardship and government corruption