Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Thursday hailed the Egyptian army's "brilliance" during its war with Israel in 1973. The Egyptian president was commemorating the Egyptian army's victory over...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi discussed the Middle East Peace Process and relations with the US in a meeting with the head of the World Jewish Congress in Cairo...
Egyptian pharmaceutical firm Minapharm has agreed to produce more than 40 million doses a year of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Reuters reported the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which markets...
There has been an outcry online after an episode of Egypt's Ramadan drama, The Choice 2, re-enacted the Rabaa massacre, but from the perspective of the security forces. The series,...
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News Reporters Without Borders has said that the MENA region is the "toughest and most dangerous for journalists" following the publication of its yearly report which ranks 180 countries and...
A member of Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council ruled out on Wednesday the possibility of resorting to the military option to resolve border and water issues. The latter includes the...
Fifty Egyptian doctors have died of coronavirus in the past two weeks alone, bringing the number of those who have succumbed to the virus to 466, the Egyptian Medical Association...
Ethiopia on Wednesday proposed holding a meeting of the African Union to end the stalemate in the Renaissance Dam negotiations between Addis Ababa, Cairo and Khartoum. The Ethiopian Foreign...
Turkey remains opposed to the Muslim Brotherhood being designated a "terrorist" group by Egypt despite a recent push to repair strained ties between the two countries, Reuters reported Foreign Minister Mevlut...
Civilian flights between Tripoli and Cairo will re-start today after a suspension of more than six years and the Egyptian embassy will re-open soon, Reuters reported Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh...
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News Egypt's transport minister has sacked the head of the Railways Authority Ashraf Raslan following a train crash on Sunday which killed 23. The train was heading from the capital...
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News There has been a 300 per cent rise in executions in Egypt, which has become the third most frequent executioner in the world, according to a new report on...
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Saudi Arabia Egyptian authorities on Monday rerouted trains travelling in the north of the country after a passenger train derailed, causing fatalities and injuries among civilians. State-owned newspaper Al-Ahram quoted an unnamed...
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News Sudan's foreign minister on Tuesday said she briefed the UN Security Council on the failure of the Kinshasa talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project, Anadolu Agency reported. In...
Egypt has agreed to purchase 20 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinopharm and expects to receive a batch of 500,000 shots this month, Reuters reported its Ministry...
For 35-year-old Nour Al-Sabah Mohammed and her crew of bakers, business is brisk during the holy month of Ramadan. The women travel by train to Cairo to sell their...
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News Prominent Egyptian businessman Nassef Sawiris' fortune has hit $8.3 billion, Forbes reported yesterday."It appears that Sawiris' fortune in 2020 amounted to $5 billion," Forbes said in its annual 'The World's Billionaires' report. The...
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News Egypt's Minister of Education, Tarek Shawki, yesterday praised his country's education system saying that it has reached the same level as the education standards in the US and United...
Ethiopia is threatening Sudan's national security with its intention to begin filling the Renaissance Dam's reservoir in July, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, said in a statement...
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Osama Gaweesh I would like to make two suggestions to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, regarding possible TV programmes for Ramadan 2022 and 2023. The first would be a third season...
Medical professionals in Sohag Governorate are calling for urgent measures to combat a sharp rise in coronavirus cases as hospitals turn patients away. Head of the doctor's union in...
Several Egyptian MPs are demanding that the minister of transport be held accountable for the death of 11 people in yet another train crash, this time in Qalyubia Governorate....
Egyptian journalist Hassan Al-Banna was forcibly disappeared upon his arrival at Cairo International Airport, his brother said on Sunday, only to arrive home 24 hours later. Abdelrahman Fares, Al-Banna's...
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Mamdouh Al-Wali Data released by Egyptian officials, foremost among them those at the Central Bank, have shown a noticeable decline in all foreign currency earnings, including income from tourism, direct and...
A group affiliated with Daesh has claimed responsibility for the execution of an elderly Coptic Christian in Egypt, according to a video posted on its Telegram channel. Two members...
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Turan Kislakci Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh visited Ankara last week with a large delegation including five deputy prime ministers, 14 ministers, and the chief of staff to participate in...
At least 11 confirmed deaths and 98 casualties as 4 carriages came off the rails in Qalyubia
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Sunday that the 2nd filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) would be conducted in July and August, Anadolu Agency reported. Ethiopia broke...
Ethiopia today has reiterated its position that trilateral dialogue on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam should focus on the filling and operation, Anadolu Agency reports. Ethiopia already announced nearly...
Egypt announced on Thursday that it has taken delivery of a second Bergamini class FREMM frigate from Italy, Anadolu has reported. The vessel has joined the Egyptian navy in...
Tunisian President Kais Saied said Tunisians are "Muslims, not Islamists" after his visit to Egypt, sparking widespread controversy. Saied added: "There is a major manoeuvre taking place in our...
The Libyan army has accused Egypt of arming renegade Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. The army announced yesterday that, "Two Egyptian planes landed at Sabha Airport carrying a shipment of...
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