Egypt

Deputy General Guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Ibrahim Mounir, denounced "the slander and lies" contained in a report shared by the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shawki Allam, to members...

The Central Bank of Egypt announced Thursday it raised its key policy rates by 200 basis points, citing high commodity prices, Anadolu News Agency reports. The bank said its...

Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, thanked Egypt on Thursday for turning away a Russian ship loaded with grain which he said had been stolen from Ukraine, Reuters reports. Egypt's...

The family of a 31-year-old prisoner, Waheed Hassan, yesterday called on the Egyptian government to "release him and save his life." Hassan's family told the media that he was...

The Egyptian government is considering raising the minimum wage for private sector employees "to mitigate national inflation implications." The Vice President of the Egyptian Labour Union, Magdy Al-Badawy, said...

In his new book Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture In Modern Egypt, Andrew Simon recounts how, on 12 June, 1974, US President Richard Nixon landed in Cairo for...

Children are being recruited to fight as part of pro-government tribal armies in Egypt's Sinai sparking criticism from human rights groups. Pictures circulating on social media show children carrying...

A spokeswoman for the British House of Commons said it has no information about Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam visiting the UK despite him saying he was invited to...

The son of Egyptian president and dictator Hosni Mubarak has declared victory after over a decade of fighting corruption charges.

An official in the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Mahmoud Al-Zahar, has said that the factions in the Gaza Strip have established a certain "deterrence" which is making the Israeli...

The Sphinx is the oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt and one of the most recognisable statues in the world

At least 1,764 Egyptian prisoners have been rotated in pretrial detention between January 2018 and December 2021, a punitive measure used by the Egyptian regime to extend the amount...

Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shawki Allam, yesterday attacked the Muslim Brotherhood and claimed their roots are linked to terrorist groups such as Daesh. In a speech, Allam claimed that the roots of...

About 300,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat booked by Egypt's state grains buyer for delivery in February and March is yet to be shipped, with one cargo stuck in port...

Egypt, on Tuesday, called for restraint in Libya amid clashes between rival armed groups in the capital, Tripoli, Anadolu News Agency reports. Clashes erupted in Tripoli between armed groups...

The Egyptian regime is thought to be taking extra precautions to prevent an uprising as the economic crisis following the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to spiral. Eighty per...

The Cairo Criminal Court has postponed a session to consider renewing the detention of human rights activists, Hoda Abdel Moneim, Aisha Khairat Al-Shater and her husband, lawyer Abu Huraira,...

Alaa Abdelfattah has been on hunger strike for 45 days as he continues to demand a visit from British embassy officials. The well-known Egyptian activist was arrested in September...

Egyptian citizens have expressed their anger on social media following the announcement of a government plan to sell seven of the country's largest ports. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly made...

Egypt's freekeh prices have risen greatly in recent weeks amid a countrywide wheat crisis. Local media reported yesterday that police arrested two freekeh farmers for "forging prices." Since the...

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in Egypt called for a "Twitter storm" calling for the boycott of an Israeli festival that is supposed to be held from...

The unemployment rate in Egypt dropped to 7.2 per cent during the first quarter of 2022, down from 7.4 per cent in the previous quarter, the Central Agency for...

Egypt appears to have postponed carrying out death sentences on political opponents as pressure builds internally and the economy continues to spiral. According to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed the consequences of the Russian...

The Egyptian economy has suffered 130 billion Egyptian pounds ($7 billion) in direct losses due to the Russian war on Ukraine

The US plans to remove a radical Jewish group and a Palestinian group which has fought against the occupation from its list of terror organisations. According to AP, US State...

Egypt is set to buy 500,000 tonnes of wheat from India, the government has told Reuters. On Saturday India announced it was banning wheat exports as a heatwave hit crops...

Any agreements by Egypt's government to purchase Indian wheat will not be affected by an export ban announced by New Delhi, Egypt's supply minister said on Sunday, Reuters reports....

The Egyptian presidency announced on Friday that Tunisian President Kais Saied confirmed during his meeting at Carthage Palace with Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly arrived in Tunisia yesterday to attend an Egyptian-Tunisian Higher Committee meeting on boosting bilateral cooperation. The Tunisian presidency said in a statement that Madbouly...

The mother of a renowned Egyptian-British activist, Laila Soueif, says she fears she may not see her son alive again as he approaches the end of the sixth week...

Al-Azhar Al-Sharif has strongly condemned the Israeli army's assassination of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh while she was covering an Israeli military raid in Jenin refugee camp early yesterday....

At least five Egyptian military personnel were killed in a militant attack on Wednesday in northern Sinai, two security sources said, the second deadly strike against security forces on the Peninsula in less...