Egypt’s local debts increased 11.8 per cent in 2017 to 3.414 trillion Egyptian pounds ($191.7 billion), the Central Bank announced yesterday. Local debt increased 362 billion Egyptian pounds ($20.3...

Egypt’s parliament approved on Sunday the extension of a nationwide state of emergency for three months from July 14. Egypt imposed the emergency in 2017 after two church bombings...

Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser, said Washington would likely announce its Middle East peace plan even if Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, angered by US policy so far, chose to...

The eldest son of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has asked when the violations against his father in prison are going to end, Anadolu reported on Friday. In a...

The imprisonment of Ola Al-Qaradawi, daughter of prominent Islamic scholar Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, and her husband Hosam Khalaf is “a flagrant violation of the international law”, the United Nations Working Group...

Egypt will formally protest to FIFA about the performance of Paraguay referee Enrique Caceres whose decisions they feel prejudiced the outcome of their World Cup game against hosts Russia...

Climate changes on Egypt’s northern coast could force five million people to leave the country’s Nile Delta area, Egypt’s irrigation minister said yesterday. In light of population estimates for...

Egypt has called on the international community to “share the collective responsibilities of hosting refugees,” Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Wednesday. “We renew...

Excerpts of some of Egypt’s national high school exams were leaked on social media on Tuesday, the latest in a series of attempts by students to release questions from...

Egypt’s Oil Minister Tariq Al-Molla said yesterday that his country is planning to increase fuel prices again, without specifying the date of the new increase or the expected rate....

The decision to increase license fees for Egyptian factories has forced 45 factories to close their doors in the industrial zone in New Cairo, Almesryoon reported yesterday. According to...

Egypt is set to be given the fourth $2 billion tranche of the $12 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait has announced. The money will...

Egypt’s World Cup hopes were left in tatters after a disastrous spell at the start of the second half in Tuesday’s 3-1 loss to hosts Russia but Mohamed Salah’s...

The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday accusing it of a “chronic bias against Israel,” a move that activists warned would make advancing...

A number of families of those who were killed and wounded in armed attacks in Egypt have filed a lawsuit against the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad...

The Egyptian government on Saturday announced a 10-20 per cent increase in the ticket prices for the minibus service used throughout the country. The decision came following a meeting...

The Cairo Criminal Court is to retry today the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohammed Badie along with 11 other Brotherhood leaders, Al-Mesryoon reported yesterday. Khairat Al-Shater, Saad...

According to Haaretz, one option being discussed is a solar energy project to be built in northern Sinai to supply Gaza with electricity

Russia got their World Cup campaign off to a dream start with a 5-0 thumping of Saudi Arabia but face an entirely different beast in the form of Egypt

A group of Egyptian lawmakers on Sunday criticised recent fiscal reforms enacted by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government, especially subsidy cuts to fuel and electricity. The 25-30 Alliance, a...

At least two Palestinians have been injured after Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) carried out airstrikes in blockaded Gaza Strip, health sources said on Saturday. According to a health...

The United Arab Emirates pledged a total of $3 billion in aid and investments to Ethiopia on Friday, an Ethiopian official said, a major show of support for the...

Egypt forward Mohamed Salah might have had a forgettable 26th birthday as his team lost to Uruguay in their World Cup opener on Friday, but a group of fans...

Egypt raised fuel prices by up to 50 per cent, the oil ministry said on Saturday, under an IMF reform plan that calls for the slashing of state subsidies...

Egypt on Friday announced the release of 3,747 prisoners to mark the occasion of the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, which began yesterday evening, says Anadolu Agency. According to an...

President Donald Trump’s nominee for a top State Department Middle East post said on Thursday he would dissuade countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt from weapons deals with Russia that could...

Eminent historian Professor Bernard Lewis, a British born American, passed away on 19 May. He was 12 days short of his 102nd birthday. I was kind of waiting for...

The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters said yesterday that it has no jurisdiction to close the BBC offices in Egypt and withdraw the broadcaster’s licence. A lawsuit filed by lawyer Mohammed...

Egyptian writer and journalist Gamal Sultan has called on Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to release all the political detainees following a recent pardon for Ethiopian prisoners. “Should we...

Qatar has extended a $500 mln aid package to Jordan that includes investments, project finance and job opportunities for Jordanians, an official source in Amman said on Wednesday. Two...

Morocco’s military field hospital opened in the besieged Gaza Strip yesterday. Medical teams and aid were sent from Morocco and travelled through the Rafah crossing in to the Gaza...

Shareholders in Israel’s Delek Drilling will vote next month on investing $200 million on exporting gas to Egypt via the East Mediterranean Gas (EMG) pipeline. According to Reuters, a...