Egypt's health ministry reported 36 new deaths from Covid-19 complications in the past 24 hours nationwide, bringing the total number of fatalities from the virus to 17,116.
This is the daily highest death toll recorded in Egypt since 24 June (...)
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has affirmed the importance of resuming dialogue on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in a spirit of reaching a compromise, a UN statement said.
Guterres made the remarks in a meeting on (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has asserted the importance of stabilizing the situation in Libya at a meeting of Libya's neighboring countries on the sidelines of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Shoukry underlined (...)
Mohamed Salah moved 10th in Liverpool's list of all-time top scorers after netting against Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday.
The red-hot Egypt forward made it 2-1 for Liverpool in the 54th minute when he broke the offside trap to run onto (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi discussed with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy via phone on Saturday establishing joint investment projects and boosting cooperation in various fields.
El-Sisi affirmed his keenness to boost bilateral (...)
Egypt's tax authorities have demanded bloggers and YouTubers in the country to register themselves and open tax files.
According to a short announcement on Saturday, the Egyptian Taxation Authority asked the content creators to open tax files at (...)
Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp has hailed his star winger Mohamed Salah, describing him as one of the best ever goal scorers in football, adding that the Egyptian international is at the same level of Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski.
Upon (...)
A 74th-minute goal from substitute Salah Mohsen lifted holders Ahly to the Egypt Cup quarter-final following a 1-0 victory over Enppi on Saturday to give under-fire coach Pitso Mosimane a reprieve.
Widespread reports suggested that the South African (...)
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reviewed with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday Egypt's efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and effectively promote human rights.
Shoukry met with Guterres in New (...)
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed on Thursday Egypt's foreign policy during a roundtable discussion organised by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in New York, the foreign ministry said in a tweet.
Shoukry presented to the US-based (...)
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi issued decrees calling on the House of Representatives and Senate to commence their second legislative sessions on 3 and 5 October, respectively, the official gazette reported on Friday.
The House concluded (...)
Libya's Minister of Foreign Affairs Najla Al-Mangoush announced on Thursday that the 5+5 Joint Military Commission will soon set forth a plan for the withdrawal of all foreign troops and mercenaries from the country.
Al-Mangoush's statement came in (...)
The Egyptian Liverpool legend Mohamed Salah came fifth in Forbes' list of the highest-paid football players in the world, while Cristiano Ronaldo — who re-joined Manchester United recently — was at the top of the list.
According to Forbes, Salah's (...)
Egypt has received 33,678 coronavirus vaccine doses since the beginning of the inoculation campaign launched earlier this year.
The doses are an amalgam of the Astrazeneca, Sinovac, Sinopharm, Sputnik, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, Minister of (...)
ON TUESDAY, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi inaugurated the Ahmed Hamdi II Tunnel, connecting Sinai to the Nile Delta.
The 11-metre diameter tunnel has two 4,250 metre-long lanes.
Ahmed Hamdi II is expected to increase investment in the peninsula and (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi called for debt relief for the developing countries, especially the African and middle-income ones, in light of the economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a recorded speech to the 76th session of (...)
A COUP attempt in Sudan failed early on Tuesday as dozens were arrested. This is the fourth attempt to overthrow the civilian-military Sovereign Council and the interim cabinet that have ruled Sudan since president Omar Al-Bashir's ouster in (...)
Egyptian Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati said on Tuesday that Addis Ababa lacked a "sincere" political will and intention to reach a deal with Egypt and Sudan in the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
In contrast to (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi led on Tuesday a military funeral procession for former defence minister Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawy who died at the age of 85 and extended condolences to his family.
The funeral was held at (...)
Egypt bid farewell on Tuesday to former defence minister Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawy, who died at the age of 85.
Below are the major facts of Tantawy's outstanding career life and posts he had assumed
Tantawy, who hailed from Nubian (...)
An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced nine defendants to prison over the collapse of a building that left 25 people dead in Cairo earlier this year.
The New Cairo misdemeanour court sentenced five of the defendants to one year in prison and fined (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stated on Tuesday that late defence minister Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawy — who passed away earlier today at the age of 85 — "led the country wisely in the most difficult circumstances and played a key (...)
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi witnessed the inauguration of a number of national projects for the development of the Sinai Peninsula in an event in Suez on Tuesday.
The event was attended by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and several (...)
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb mourned the death of former defence minister Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawy on Tuesday, saying that "he departed [from this world] after a long journey marked by generosity and patriotism in which he (...)
11:30 Ahly, whose Egyptian Premier League hegemony was disrupted last season, will be looking to send out a statement of intent when they meet Talae El-Geish in the Egyptian Super Cup on Tuesday.
Stay tuned as match is due to start at 19:00 Cairo (...)
