Tunisia has expressed astonishment at Ethiopia's reaction to the statement issued by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) regarding the long-standing GERD dispute, saying it questioned "Tunisia's sincere and lasting commitment to defending (...)
Egypt detected its first case of the new Delta Plus COVID-19 variant in a 35-year-old Egyptian woman in July, but she had shown "very" mild symptoms and therefore did not require hospitalisation, stated the country's Health Minister Hala Zayed on (...)
Egypt's Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati arrived on Thursday in Kinshasa to take part in the inauguration of a weather warning centre and to hold talks with Congolese officials on means of developing cooperation between both African countries (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Sudanese counterpart Mariam Al-Sadiq met in New York on Monday evening to coordinate their efforts before the upcoming UN Security Council (UNSC) session scheduled for Thursday over the dispute caused (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi arrived in Baghdad on Sunday on a historic visit, the first by an Egyptian leader to Iraq in nearly three decades, ahead of a tripartite summit between his country, Iraq and Jordan.
The leaders of Egypt, Jordan (...)
Egypt has updated the anti-coronavirus safety measures for all arrivals from abroad, including those coming from countries struggling with new COVID-19 variants, according to a statement released by EgyptAir, the national flagship carrier, on (...)
Egypt's Ministry of Health said on Thursday that the country will locally produce coronavirus vaccines to be exported to other African countries, with the assistance of the Egyptian Unified Procurement Authority (UPA), a government body tasked with (...)
Egypt has completed pre-clinical trials for efficacy and safety of three locally-made COVID-19 vaccines and is waiting for medical authorities' approval to start clinical trials on human volunteers, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific (...)
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has approved the signing of a partnership deal between the higher education and scientific research ministry, the agriculture ministry, and Eva Pharma, Egypt's second oldest pharmaceutical company, to (...)
Egyptian Muslims performed the Eid Al-Fitr's mass prayers on Thursday at 5:28am Cairo time (GMT+2) into several mosques nationwide amid fresh-introduced gatherings-limiting curbs meant to subdue the pandemic's third wave.
Only large-sized mosques (...)
Egypt and Russia called on Israel to stop attacking the Gaza Strip and put an end to the bloodshed on Thursday amid fears of further escalation, after the Israeli government announced its rejection to all de-escalation proposals.
Foreign Minister (...)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that his country strives to restore historical unity with the Egyptian people, reported Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu.
"The Egyptian people and the Turkish nation have a unity based on (...)
Egyptian and Turkish diplomatic officials are holding the first day of political consultations in Cairo on Wednesday on normalising relations, the first such talks in recent years as Ankara seeks to repair its strained ties with Cairo.
The meeting (...)
Ethiopia has described Sudan's latest statements, in which Khartoum said that Addis Ababa's denial of Nile water shares agreements would compromise its sovereignty over the Benishangul region, as "utterly ridiculous," renewing a tug-of-war between (...)
Head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II led the Easter Monday (Sham El-Nassim) mass at the Monastery of Saint Bishoy in Wadi El-Natrun, northwest of Egypt earlier today.
The Church allowed a limited attendance of three archbishops (...)
Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Mabouly has expressed his country's support for national reconciliation efforts in Libya to achieve development and prosperity for the Libyan people.
Madbouly arrived in Libya's capital Tripoli earlier on Tuesday to (...)
Palestinian factions' delegates, gathering for the Cairo-based Palestinian National Dialogue, signed on Tuesday what they termed as an honour code in which they vowed to conduct the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in a "fair and (...)
Egyptian Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati stressed on Sunday that reaching a legally-binding agreement over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) would pave the way for investments and development in the Nile Basin (...)
Egypt was re-elected as the rapporteur of the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations during the opening meeting of its 2021 session on Monday, said Mohamed Edrees, Egypt's permanent representative to the UN.
The step “reflects (...)
Egypt and China have signed an attachment agreement on completing works at the central business district project in the New Administrative Capital (NAC), a mega 700-square-kilometre project expected to be a new home to various public agencies..
Via (...)
EgyptAir announced on Tuesday evening plans to operate a daily flight to the Qatari capital Doha, a day after Egypt lifted a three-and-half-year airspace ban on the Gulf country.
The national flagship carrier may operate a second flight to Doha if (...)
Egypt's foreign minister Sameh Shoukry told a conference in Athens on Wednesday that “absolute” adherence to international law is an essential prerequisite for regional relations, calling for pursuing political solutions in the Eastern (...)
Egypt will once again export alcohol, surgical masks, and COVID-19-related preventative supplies after having suspended the export of such supplies in order to deal with the epidemic at home.
Trade and Industry Minister Nevine Gamea said on (...)
A mini-African summit will be held on Thursday to continue discussing the disputes around the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Sudanese Irrigation Minister Yasser Abbas stated on Friday.
The summit is part of the recent African Union-brokered (...)
Egyptian mosques and churches are gearing up to open their doors to worshippers for the first time since March after the government said houses of worship would be allowed to reopen from Saturday under certain conditions.
Mosques will be allowed to (...)
