Egypt has issued arrest warrants for two Egyptian lawyers, who are suspected to have been disappeared by government authorities since mid-September, for failing to adhere to the terms of...

A Cairo criminal court has adjourned until 16 December the trial of defendants in a human trafficking case. Public prosecutors investigated the case after they received information from the...

A senior Egyptian security delegation yesterday met top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinian group said in a statement. The Egyptian delegation, which entered the Gaza Strip through the...

During the negotiations to unify the military, held in Cairo, Fayez Al-Sarraj, head of the Libyan Presidential Council (PC), demanded a clarification of the status of the civilian authority...

An Egyptian MP has called for the country to follow the example of Algeria and ban women from wearing the full face veil in government buildings, the Egypt Independent...

Egypt State Information Service yesterday denied “organ theft” of a British tourist who had recently died in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada. Officials were responding to reports published...

Hamas said that Egypt is seeking an internal reconciliation between Palestinian factions before reaching a truce with Israel. Senior Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouq told Ma’an that the Egyptian...

Egypt has detained economic expert Abdel-Khaliq Farouq after he published a book analysing the economic and social situation in the country, Arabi21 reported yesterday. Last week, Egyptian security collected...

Egypt’s parliament voted on Sunday to extend a state of emergency in the country for three months, prolonging the authorities’ ability to use special powers into 2019. Egypt first...

The family of former Egyptian MP Mustafa Al-Najjar has accused Egyptian authorities of forcibly disappearing him, Al-Khaleej Online reported on Friday. His family believes he was disappeared after publishing...

The deputy chief of the Egyptian General Intelligence Services met with the Israeli national security adviser and senior officials of the Shin Bet security service yesterday. Ayman Badia and Meir Ben-Shabbat discussed reaching a truce in...

A number of traders in Egypt’s Sayeda Zeinab neighbourhood have confessed that they had sold skulls and human body parts to medical schools, local sources reported yesterday. The police...

The UK’s SDX Energy yesterday announced that its recent attempts to buy some of British Petroleum (BP)’s Egyptian assets have failed. “Discussions regarding our proposed acquisition of a...

Egypt and the European Union have signed two agreements worth almost $155 million in a bid to create jobs and tackle illegal migrations, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported yesterday. The signing...

The Palestinian resistance groups launched two rockets against Israel on Tuesday night to let the occupation authorities know that their firepower is more accurate and effective. The intention was...

Libyan tribesmen staged a demonstration at the eastern oil port of Hariga on Thursday in protest against the appointment of a government minister, a leading member of the tribe...

Egypt has unveiled video footage of its new unmanned aerial aircraft system which it recently added to its Air Force fleet

Israeli Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot has met with his counterparts from several Arab countries during the Counter–Violent Extremist Organisations conference held in Washington, Quds Press reported yesterday. According to...

Russia is due to offer a range of weapons and military equipment to the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi during his current visit to the country’s coastal city of...

France is flouting international law by continuing to sell arms to Egypt, despite evidence that they have been used in brutal crackdowns on civilians, Amnesty International has revealed in...

The UK has agreed to issue £12 million ($15.8 million) to support educational reforms in Egypt, British Ambassador to Cairo, Sir Geoffrey Adams, said yesterday “An investment in Egyptian...

Saudi Prince Khalid bin Farhan Al-Saud has accused his country of trying to kidnap him. These accusations coincided with the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has gone...

Egypt’s security forces yesterday arrested six individuals while they were selling Red Mercury worth $1.4 million, state-owned Akhbar El-Yom has reported. The police accused the defendants of “attempting to...

The 193-member United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday allowed the Palestinians to act more like a full UN member state during meetings in 2019 when they will chair the...

Egypt has reached an agreement on a new $3 billion financing deal with the World Bank, the country’s investment and international cooperation announced yesterday. Sahar Nasr said that she...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree to sign “a comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation agreement at the highest level” with Egypt, Russia’s Sputnik reported yesterday. Putin’s announcement coincided with...

Every year when October comes around, the knives come out in every direction to stab the 6 October 1973 War and turn Egypt’s victory into a defeat. Sometimes, the...

Egyptian authorities yesterday denied a Human Rights Watch report claiming it disappeared, tortured and raped an American-Egyptian citizen. The State Information Service (SIS), affiliated to the Egyptian presidency, said...

An Egyptian MP has proposed the country export dog meat to East Asian nations in an attempt to reduce the number of street dogs, the Egypt Independent has reported....

The pace of regional and international measures aimed at reaching a consensus regarding the path to achieving a truce that reduces the chances of a new confrontation between Israel...

An Egyptian court on Sunday upheld death sentences for three people for establishing and running a militant group known as Ansar al-Sharia, two judicial sources and state news agency MENA...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that his country was eager to work with Egypt to boost airline security, three years after a bomb attack downed a Russian plane,...