Egypt

Haitham Mohamedeen leftist lawyer was taken from his home

Talks on the issue involving Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have been deadlocked for months

Hamas movement denies it is under pressure from neighbouring Egypt to scale back the six-week-old demonstrations

Consumer price inflation fell to 13.3% year-on-year in March

There has been a social media backlash against Fathi, including gender-based insults

Saudi Arabia said last month it was open to sending troops to Syria under wider coalition

Alabaster base embellished with King Ramses II name, antiquities ministry says

Shawki Allam says the act can be deceiving if the likes or the following is not reflective of real-life circumstances

Swiss woman is pressing criminal charges against Ramadan alleging he raped her and held her against her will

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a decree to extend a curfew already in place in a new declaration

Head of the election authority Lasheen Ibrahim says at a press conference that turnout was 41.05 per cent

In 2016, erstwhile army chief general (retd) Raheel Sharif had met Sisi in Cairo.

Opposition groups had called for a boycott of this week's vote which they labelled a facade

Five other people get wounded by the bomb left under a car

The bomb also wounded four others

Former defence minister and army chief was elected a year after ousting president Mohamed Morsi

Likely to endorse fatwa declaring suicide bombing ‘un-Islamic’

State censors demand five scenes be omitted from the play

Head of Egypt's Supreme Media Council, a state media regulator, voiced concerns about media standards

Beijing investment projects are present in nearly all major regions in Cairo

Moustafa may have been wrongly mistaken as another girl

Trump looks forward to discuss ways to strengthen ties between US and Saudi Arabia

Villagers say husbands prefer wives to be cut and often ask young brides to undergo the procedure before their wedding

Since the start of the operation on February 9, military casualties at least 16, more than 100 militants dead

Ruling on the transfer of the Tiran and Sanafir islands in the Red Sea, sparks protests in Egypt

The military says it has killed scores of Islamic State group extremists in the offensive

The cause of the accident not immediately clear

The campaign ruined 1,292 terrorist dens, hideouts, huts and storehouses

The electoral commission has said that it will ensure the vote is fair and transparent

Speaking about presidential polls, Tillerson said Washington supports "a transparent credible electoral process"

Insurgency poses greatest challenge to the government in a country that is the most populous in Arab World

Video shows Andreeva perform sensual dance in Cairo club, wearing revealing lace dress

Archaeologists unveiled the tomb of an Old Kingdom priestess adorned with well-preserved and rare wall paintings

Six of the world's top 10 male players are Egyptian, while four Egyptian women are in the women's top 10

United States would support a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians if the two sides agreed to it

Ahmed Abu Baras died as a result of a sudden decrease in his blood pressure level, according to reports

The team faces a raft of challenges related to funding and space

Mursi, democratically elected after Egypt's 2011 revolution, was overthrown in mid-2013

Security tight around churches ahead of Coptic Christmas

Customs officers find almost 300 Tramadol pills in her luggage

Shafik 'fine', but prevented from saying much more

Authorities escorted Shafik from Cairo airport

Wahsh's comments during a television programme had provoked outrage and complaints to the state prosecutor

The Grand Imam of Cairo's Al-Azhar mosque urged the armed forces to fight and destroy the insurgency

US officials said in March that Russia had deployed special forces in Egypt near the border with Libya

Friday's massacre took place in a western region of the Sinai Peninsula, which borders Israel and the Gaza Strip

More than 300 people were killed in Friday's bomb and gun assault

The imam fell from the raised minbar, or pulpit, when the attack broke out and was trampled by worshippers

Attackers arrived in five all-terrain vehicles and set fire to seven cars belonging to the worshippers

Militants set off a bomb before opening fire on people attending prayers at mosque in Sinai