Egyptian Court Rules Against Handing Islands to Saudi Arabia

An Egyptian court ruled on Monday against the government's decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia - a landmark verdict likely to deepen tensions with the kingdom.   The ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court rejected an appeal by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's government against a lower court's decision to annul the islands handover agreement, signed in April during a visit by the Saudi monarch, King Salman. During his visit, Salman pledged...

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