Egypt
Egyptian ministers among 2016 most powerful women globally: Forbes
January 1, 2017
Egyptian ministers among 2016 most powerful women globally: Forbes
Forbes published on Saturday two lists with the most powerful Arab women in governments and in the world for 2016.Egyptian…
Egypt bans daughter of former presidential candidate from travel
January 1, 2017
Egypt bans daughter of former presidential candidate from travel
Egyptian authorities at Cairo International Airport banned the daughter of former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi from travel on Friday after…
Egypt hands over remains of air crash victims
January 1, 2017
Egypt hands over remains of air crash victims
Egypt began on Saturday handing over to their families the bodies of those who died when EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed…
Roadside bomb kills police officer, soldier in northern Sinai
December 31, 2016
Roadside bomb kills police officer, soldier in northern Sinai
A police officer and a soldier were killed by a roadside bomb in Egypt's northern Sinai peninsula on Saturday, security…
Egyptian lawyers challenge referral of Red Sea islands deal to parliament
December 31, 2016
Egyptian lawyers challenge referral of Red Sea islands deal to parliament
Egyptian lawyers, Khaled Ali and Ali Ayoub, filed a lawsuit on Saturday in the administrative court challenging the referral of…
Egypt signs three oil and gas exploration deals with European companies
December 30, 2016
Egypt signs three oil and gas exploration deals with European companies
Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Tarek al-Molla signed three agreements with European companies on Wednesday for oil and gas exploration in the…
Egypt’s government approves deal to hand two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia
December 30, 2016
Egypt’s government approves deal to hand two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia
Egypt's government has approved a deal to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia and sent it to…
Extremely cold weather continues through Friday
December 29, 2016
Extremely cold weather continues through Friday
Extremely cold weather is predicted to prevail on northwestern coasts on Friday, to be cold on the northeastern coast, Delta…
Court remands State Council senior official 15 days over bribery
December 29, 2016
Court remands State Council senior official 15 days over bribery
The State Council's purchasing manager, Gamal al-Labban, and two other suspects were detained on Thursday for 15 days pending investigation…
Egypt rejects US act on restoring churches
December 29, 2016
Egypt rejects US act on restoring churches
Cairo denounced on Wednesday a proposal by a US congressman of a bill to restore churches in Egypt.