Cash-strapped Egypt sells state assets to Gulf nations
Cairo – Egypt, sapped dry of dollars despite a $3 billion International Monetary Fund bailout loan, is seeking to... Read more
16 Feb, 2023
Egypt ex-graft chief freed from prison, charged again, says activist
Cairo – Former Egyptian anti-corruption chief Hisham Geneina was released after completing a five-year prison sentence and charged under... Read more
15 Feb, 2023
Egypt hosts Arab meeting as Abbas urges support for Palestinians
Cairo – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Sunday accused Israel of having “crossed all red lines” in the occupied... Read more
13 Feb, 2023
Rival Libya administrations agree to remove foreign fighters, says UN
Cairo – Senior Libyan officials from both rival administrations on Wednesday endorsed a coordination mechanism to clear the war-torn... Read more
9 Feb, 2023
Egypt sentences one to death, jails 11 for life on ‘terror’ charges
Cairo – An Egyptian court sentenced one man to death and 11 to life imprisonment after convicting them of... Read more
9 Feb, 2023
In a first, Egypt’s Sisi calls Syria’s Assad after quake
Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called Syria’s Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday to offer support after a devastating... Read more
8 Feb, 2023
Egypt extends detention of TikTok comedy trio, says lawyer
Cairo – Egypt has extended the pre-trial detention of three TikTok comedians after their online sketch about a prison... Read more
7 Feb, 2023
Egypt’s former prime minister dies at 67: president
Cairo – Former Egyptian prime minister Sherif Ismail, who served during President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s first term in office,... Read more
5 Feb, 2023
Cairo hospital fire kills three
Cairo – A fire that broke out on Wednesday in a hospital in north Cairo killed three people and... Read more
2 Feb, 2023
Canal sources say ship stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal, traffic unaffected
Ismailia – A ship on Wednesday became stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal but traffic through the vital waterway was... Read more
2 Feb, 2023
