Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has secured a third term as leader of the Middle East’s most populous nation, officials said, after the counting of votes in the election.
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has won a new six-year term with 89.6 percent of the vote, the election authority announced Monday. Turnout reached an "unprecedented" 66.8 percent of voters, said authority head Hazem Badawy. Over 39 million had cast their ballots for Sisi, a former army chief who has ruled the most populous Arab…