Millions of Eastern Orthodox Christians around the world commemorates today Jesus Christ's crucifixion on the holy day known as "Good Friday" that falls just before Easter Sunday.
"Good Friday" is known in Egypt as "Sad," "Great" or "Holy Friday" in (...)
A huge blaze in Cairo's Ramsis Railway Station reportedly broke out early Monday, with number of casualties still unknown.
Security officials have partially closed the entrances of the train station.
Ambulances and firefighters are seen in the (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said that the danger of terrorism is spreading like a “cursed plague,” urging leaders attending the EU-Arab League summit to stand together against it.
“This plague, with its reasons, can never be justified. (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will inaugurate the country's largest cathedral on Sunday, which marks Coptic Christmas Eve, Coptic Orthodox Church spokesman Father Boules Halim told Ahram Online.
The Nativity of Christ Cathedral in Egypt's (...)
ON SUNDAY Pope Tawadros II led the consecration ceremonies at St Mark's Cathedral following more than three years of renovations, reports Marina Barsoum.
The overhaul of the church marks the 50th anniversary of the cathedral which officially opened (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fatah El-Sisi said that Egypt attaches special importance to biodiversity in order to achieve sustainable development.
Speaking at the opening of the 14th UN World Conference on Biodiversity (COP 14) in Sharm El-Sheikh, (...)
When a group of Coptic Christian families set out to visit the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor in Minya they could have no idea they would not all be returning home. But on their return journey the buses carrying the pilgrims were attacked, (...)
Egypt's minister of health, Hala Zayed, and social solidarity, Ghada Wali, visited the injured victims of the Minya bus terror attack at Sheikh Zayed Hospital early on Saturday.
On Friday, gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians to (...)
When a group of Coptic Christian families set out to visit the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor in Minya they could have no idea they would not all be returning home. But on their return journey the buses carrying the pilgrims were attacked, (...)
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi recieved on Saturday US First Lady Melania Trump at the Ittihadeya Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egyptian Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said.
US First Lady Melania Trump arrived earlier today in Egypt as (...)
US First Lady Melania Trump arrived on Saturday in Cairo as part of a four-state tour of Africa in her first ever visit to the continent.
The first lady arrvied from Kenya and was welcomed at Cairo iInternational Airport by Entissar Amer El-Sisi, (...)
In his first papal visit to northern US cities Coptic Pope Tawadros II is sending clear messages of trust in the Egyptian leadership, comfort and unity concerning the circumstances of Copts in Egypt and hope in the future of the country.
Tawadros II (...)
Egypt's Minister of Planning Hala El-Saeed said on Thursday that a specialised committee of legal and economic experts has been formed to create the statutes of the newly introduced EGP 200 billion sovereign wealth fund known as the ‘Egypt Fund.'
On (...)
The death toll among Egyptian pilgrims performing the hajj in Saudi Arabia this year has risen to 39, a statement by Egypt's health ministry said on Wednesday.
Health ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said that a 63-year-old man from Alexandria and (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed in a phone call with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi the latest developments concerning the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, according to a statement by the Egyptian (...)
The death toll among Egyptian pilgrims performing the hajj in Saudi Arabia has risen to 33, a statement by Egypt's health ministry said on Wednesday.
Health ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said that a 66-year-old man from Gharbiya, a 54-year-old (...)
Egypt's Minister of Planning Hala El-Saeed said on Wednesday that the end of the 2018/19 fiscal year is expected to witness an increase in job opportunities and foreign reserves as part of the 2018-2022 medium-term sustainable development plan, a (...)
At the historic monastery of the Virgin Mary in Durunka on the Mountain of Assiut in Upper Egypt, hundreds of Egyptian Copts, Orthodox Ethiopians and many others from around the world celebrated on Tuesday the end of their 15-day fast ahead of the (...)
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi performed Eid Al-Adha prayers on Tuesday at the Mohamed Korayim mosque in Alexandria, Spokesperson for the Egyptian President Bassam Rady said in a statement.
El-Sisi was accompanied during the prayers by (...)
Five members from the same family were killed on Tuesday and two others injured when a microbus carrying them collided with a private car on the Army Road in the Malawi district in the Minya governorate in Upper Egypt.
According to media reports, (...)
Egypt's foreign ministry expressed on Saturday its "deep sorrow" over the death of former United Nations secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan, describing him as "an icon and a source of pride for every African and lover of (...)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi ratified on Saturday a 45-article law combating extremist and terrorist organisations using the internet to carry out terrorist attacks.
Law 175 in the year 2018, titled "Anti-Cyber and Information Technology (...)
Egypt sent its condolences Wednesday to Italy over the deaths of 37 in the collapse of a bridge in Genoa on Tuesday, a statement by the Egyptian foreign ministry read.
"The Egyptian foreign ministry expressed its sincere condolences to the families (...)
Egypt's health ministry said on Wednesday that the number of Egyptian pilgrims who have died in Saudi Arabia ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage has risen to 15.
Ateyat Mohamed Saied, 75, from Wadi El-Gedid governorate; Fawzeya Abdel-Wanis, 74, from (...)
Egypt's minister of petroleum and mineral resources Tarek El-Molla signed three agreements on Tuesday for the exploration of oil and natural gas in the Mediterranean, Western Sahara and Nile Delta regions with investments worth $139.2 million (EGP (...)