Leading the conversation in the foreign press this morning: The Cairo Criminal Court confirmed terrorist and former military officer Hisham El Ashmawy’s death sentence for carrying out 54 assassinations of security personnel and citizens. Another 36 defendants were also sentenced to death. This is the second death sentence for Ashmawy, after a similar verdict in November last year. The special forces officer-turned-terrorist was captured in Derna in 2018 by troops commanded by Libyan National Army chief Gen. Khalifa Haftar, and was brought back to Egypt in May. Amnesty International is calling on the courts to reverse its decision to execute the defendants (AP | The National | Times of Israel | Asharq Alawsat).

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