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Egypt’s president renews state of emergency for 3 months
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a decree for renewing the state of emergency nationwide for three months starting Monday, state-run Ahram...
Calls for boycott of French products grow after Macron’s remarks
Calls to boycott French goods have gained momentum in Muslim countries in response to French President Emmanuel Macron's support for cartoons depicting Islam's...
Voter apathy to triumph in Egypt’s parliamentary elections
Egypt is set to hold its parliamentary polls later this month to elect 568 lawmakers for a five-year term, more than two months after...
Arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leader may lead to group collapse – experts
The outlawed Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood group is heading towards full disintegration after the recent arrest of its Acting Supreme Guide Mahmoud Ezzat and the...
Egyptian army says 77 terrorists killed in North Sinai
The Egyptian army announced on Sunday that its forces have recently killed 77 terrorists in the country's restive North Sinai Province.
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Egypt confirms 103 new COVID-19 cases, 97,340 in total
Egypt confirmed on Sunday 103 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total cases registered in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic to 97,340,...
Egypt and France FMs discuss regional crises
Egyptian and French foreign ministers discussed on Sunday regional crises including the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as well as the latest developments in war-torn Libya and...
Egypt reports 111 new COVID-19 cases, lowest since April 10
Egypt reported on Thursday 111 new COVID-19 infections, the lowest daily cases since April 10, raising the total number registered in the country since...
Iraq’s COVID-19 cases cross 190,000 mark; Morocco re-tightens preventive measures amid surge of infections
Iraq's total COVID-19 cases surpassed 190,000 on Thursday as the pandemic continued to rage. Meanwhile, Morocco reimposed strict preventive measures in major cities to...
Egyptian medical team arrives in Beirut to help injured victims
A team of 21 Egyptian surgeons and doctors arrived in Beirut airport on Saturday to help with the treatment of those injured in the...
9 killed as truck collides with minibus in Egypt
At least nine people were killed and seven others wounded as a truck collided with a passenger minibus Sunday on a highway in...
8 people killed in building collapse in Egypt’s Delta city
At least eight persons were killed after a five-storey building collapsed in the Egyptian Delta city of Mahala, state-run Ahram newspaper reported on Friday.
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Egypt registers 511 new COVID-19 infections cases amid decline of new infections, deaths
Egypt recorded on Saturday 511 new COVID-19 infections, taking the total cases registered in the country since mid-February to 91,583, said the Egyptian Health...
Egypt and France conduct joint naval drills in Mediterranean Sea
Egyptian and French naval forces carried out on Saturday maritime drills in the Mediterranean Sea, the Egyptian Armed Forces said in a statement.
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Egypt says foiling terrorist plans for rioting ahead of senate elections
Egypt's police has frustrated terrorist plans for carrying out riots and sabotage operations ahead of the Senate elections that will be held in August,...
Egypt sees drop in daily COVID-19 deaths as total infections nudge 90,000
Egypt reported on Wednesday 41 deaths from COVID-19, the lowest in nearly six weeks, bringing the death toll to 4,440, said the Health Ministry.
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Egypt agrees with Ethiopia, Sudan to prioritize reaching binding deal on filling, operating GERD
Egypt has agreed with Ethiopia and Sudan to prioritize reaching a binding deal on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam...
Egypt, France, Germany FMs discuss Libyan crisis
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed on Wednesday with his French and German counterparts the recent developments in war-torn Libya.
Shoukry stressed...
Egypt’s president says keen to reach full agreement on Nile dam
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday that his country is keen to achieve progress in controversial issues that are essential to reach a...
18 terrorists killed as Egyptian army thwarts terror attack in North Sinai
Egypt's army announced on Tuesday that it killed 18 terrorists as its forces thwarted a major terror attack on a military outpost in North...
Egypt reports 47 deaths from COVID-19, lowest daily record in 5 weeks
Egypt on Tuesday reported 47 new deaths from COVID-19, the lowest daily record since June 13, as the death toll from the coronavirus in...
Egypt and Russia FMs discuss developments in Libya
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday, and discussed bilateral ties as well as...
Egypt records 627 new COVID-19 cases, total infections near 90,000
Egypt reported on Monday 627 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total infections in the country since mid-February to 88,402, said the Egyptian Health Ministry.
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UAE 1st Mars orbiter “ambitious and pioneering” in Arab world
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday celebrated the launch of its Hope probe, Arab world's first Mars orbiter, deemed as an ambitious and...
Egyptian Parliament mandates army to fight abroad to “protect national security”
The Egyptian Parliament issued on Monday a mandate allowing the Egyptian president to send troops abroad to "protect national security."
The parliament's...
Egyptian, U.S. presidents discuss latest developments in war-torn Libya
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump discussed during a phone conversation on Monday the recent developments in the war-torn Libya.
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Egypt extends state of emergency for 3 months
Egypt's parliament, or the House of Representatives, approved on Monday a presidential decree extending the state of emergency in the country for three more...
Egypt registers 603 new COVID-19 cases, lowest in 2 months
Egypt confirmed on Sunday 603 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total cases registered in the country since mid-February to 87,775, said the Egyptian Health...
Egypt’s top defense council discuss Libyan crisis, Ethiopia’s Nile dam
Egypt's National Defense Council (NDC), headed by President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, discussed on Sunday the latest developments of the Libyan crisis and the Ethiopian grand...
Egypt voices rejection of foreign, non-Arab intervention in Yemen
Egypt supports Yemen's security and stability and rejects any foreign, non-Arab intervention in the country, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly told reporters on Sunday.
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