Egypt

Tunisia's former President Hammadi Jbali is facing a Tunisian court to explain a potential link between himself and Youssef Nada and Ghaleb Hemmet, two men who obtained Tunisian passports...

A video is circulating on social media of a nurse in Egypt inserting a needle into the heel of a new born baby whilst blindfolded.

Egypt hopes to receive the first $750 million installment of a recently approved International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan before the end of the year, the Finance Minister, Mohamed Maait,...

An air force officer has been accused of violently attacking nurses at a government hospital in the city of Quesna in Menufia Governorate, Egypt. The military officer attacked six...

The family of an American-Egyptian citizen who was detained whilst visiting family in the UAE fears he will be extradited to Egypt because he criticised human rights abuses in...

Egypt and Sudan have launched a joint military exercise dubbed Guardian of the South-2 at the border guard training fields complex in Egypt, Egyptian Armed Forces spokesperson, Colonel Gharib...

Egypt is looking to reach out to Serbia's Muslim community as part of efforts to boost its influence in the Balkans, according to a report by Al-Monitor. On 16...

Thousands of lawyers have protested at the headquarters of the Lawyers Syndicate in Cairo, and its branches in the Delta and Upper Egypt governorates, against the implementation of the...

The number of deaths among political prisoners inside the Badr Prison Complex in Cairo has risen to four, just a few months after opening the huge complex. This follows...

The Palestinian Authority (PA), Egypt and Hamas have made a breakthrough regarding the Gaza gas field, known as Gaza Marine, news reports revealed last week. The Washington Post reported...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi issued a decision dismissing Counsellor Mahmoud Mostafa Sayed Abdel Rahman, deputy head of the State Council and the second most senior judicial official, after...

Egypt’s poor human rights record has been under the spotlight especially as it hosted the COP27 conference in November 2022

Egypt plans to award deals next year to build 21 water desalination plants in the first $3 billion phase of a programme that will draw on cheap renewable energy,...

Egypt is a "strategic partner" for Israel, Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Thursday, adding that it was the "first neighbouring country to sign a peace agreement with...

A British-based Christian rights' group, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has lauded the Egyptian government's recent decision to legalise dozens of churches in the country, describing it as "encouraging". On...

Saudi Arabia has extended the term for a $5 billion deposit it made to Egypt's Central Bank, state news agency, SPA, said on Tuesday. SPA said the extension came...

"August, September, October, November." Ghafra Faraj is recalling how many times she applied to the Israeli authorities for a permit so she could leave Gaza and travel to East...

Egyptian filmmaker and artist Salma El-Tarzi has been fined 50,000 Egyptian pounds and ordered to pay 20,000 Egyptian pounds in civil compensation after she stood in solidarity with victims...

Most private flour mills in Egypt, the world's largest importer of wheat, have been forced to shut down due to a supply crisis, Africa Intelligence website revealed on Monday....

Thousands of Egyptians are demanding that the British Museum return the Rosetta Stone as the museum marks 200 years since deciphering hieroglyphics. The Rosetta Stone was a breakthrough in...

Turkiye and Egypt may restore full diplomatic ties and re-appoint ambassadors mutually "in coming months," Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said on Monday as reported by Reuters. The agency...

Israel's Kan channel reported that Israel is considering building a memorial for the Egyptian commando fighters who were burned and buried in a mass grave near the city of...

An Egyptian construction worker in Kuwait has been killed, allegedly after his colleagues dumped rubble and construction material over him by mistake, according to Gulf News. The rubble was...

A 47-year-old Egyptian man has died in Egypt's Badr 3 Prison bringing the total number of deaths in jail to five since the beginning of November. Another prisoner died...

After years of tension, a handshake between Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan, and Egypt's President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, last week opened the door to a flurry of back-door diplomacy between intelligence officials,...

Turkiye's President has acknowledged that his ongoing reconciliation with Egypt and his counterpart could also take place with the Syrian regime, seeming to confirm increasing reports. At an event...

Human Rights Watch have accused the Egyptian government of failing to protect vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers from rape and sexual assault. Between 2016 and 2022 the rights watchdog...

For the sixth year, engineer Essam Kamal has been forcibly disappeared following his arrest in 2016 from 6th October City, 20 miles outside the Egyptian capital. According to the...

The coach of Iran's national football team, Carlos Queiroz has branded BBC pundit and former German international Jurgen Klinsmann a "disgrace to football" following his comments on the Iranian...

Israeli media on Thursday reported that Egyptian authorities had asked 11 Israeli pilots to leave its territory after they landed without visas, Anadolu reports. Israeli daily Maariv said the...

One of the reasons behind Turkiye's ongoing reconciliation with Egypt and the recent handshake between their presidents was the provision of Egyptian mango juice to the Turkish presidential palace,...

The World Justice Project (WJP) has ranked Egypt 135th out of 140 countries in terms of its commitment to the rule of law and justice. The index is based...