Reuters The United States is holding discussions with countries in North Africa about locating drones at a base there to heighten monitoring of Islamic State in Libya, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a senior administration official. Such … read more
Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is expected to arrive in Egypt on Monday to meet with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shukry, a Foreign Ministry statement read. Shukry and Gentiloni are scheduled to hold a press conference following their meeting, the … read more
Funeral prayers for late Egyptian actor Omar Sharif were held on Sunday, in a mosque on the outskirts of Cairo, two days after the internationally acclaimed actor passed away in hospital. Sharif died on Friday at the age of 83 … read more
Leita Boucicaut On a warm but breezy morning, seven people headed off from the Blue Hole, about 10 km north of Dahab, to clean up the 7 km beach that stretches from one of the world’s best known diving spots … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm A lawyer was seriously wounded on Saturday when a policeman shot him inside a courthouse after being suspicious of his quick footsteps. Investigators from Nasr City prosecution services said lawyer Mohamed Saleh was in an altercation with a … read more
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack at the Italian consulate in Cairo on Saturday, in an escalation of a Sinai-based insurgency that suggests militants are opening a new front against foreigners in Egypt. “Through God’s blessing, Islamic State soldiers were able … read more
The windows of the Egyptian Museum’s first and second floor were smashed as a result of a blast in the vicinity of the Italian consulate in Cairo earlier on Saturday, the ministry of antiquities said. The explosion, which killed one … read more
At least one person was killed and four others injured today in a powerful explosion outside the Italian consulate in the Egyptian capital. Health Ministry spokesperson Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar confirmed the death of one person in the blast caused by a … read more
Actor Omar Sharif, best known for his roles in classic films Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, has died aged 83. Egypt-born Sharif won two Golden Globe awards and an Oscar nomination for his role as Sherif Ali in David … read more
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has ratified amendments to an election law regulating electoral constituencies, paving the way for setting a date for the long-delayed parliamentary poll, according to state news agency MENA. The vote was set to be held … read more