Egypt

Ismail, who has reportedly been ill, will likely be replaced by a caretaker prime minister during his absence.

Shyma faces charges of inciting debauchery and corrupting public morals

Egypt faces an Islamist insurgency led by the Islamic State group in the Sinai Peninsula

Russian team makes discovery near a monastery in the village of Qalamshah

Wahsh added that girls who show parts of their body by wearing such clothes are inviting men to harass them

Egyptian forces have been fighting several armed militant groups

The operation took place a week after a desert ambush that killed 16 police personnel

Air strikes on the western border part of operations to track down terrorists

Egypt’s hero would be looking to play similar role for Reds in Champions League

The court also handed life sentences to 50 other defendants

Hosts defeat Congo Brazzaville 2-1 on Sunday

Three-time African Junior Champion wants to enter top 100 players in the world

Israel and Egypt signed a 1979 treaty that began with overtures toward peace in 1977

They are set to discuss the Middle East peace process in their first public talks

Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack

Journalists see the campaign against them as a step toward banning all but the most state-aligned media

The country is already the most populous in the Arab world with 93 million citizens

US president's arrival has seen an improvement between the two countries, in contrast to his predecessor Barack Obama

US authorities to deny Egypt $95.7 million in aid and delay a further $195 million over its failure to make progress

The second decision also illustrated the administration's ambivalence toward Egypt

The deadly accident was blamed on a train signal operator who fell asleep on the job

ScanPyramids is among the most ambitious of the projects to demystify the Khufu Pyramid near Cairo

The Gulf crisis is the worst to hit the region since the establishment of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Kuwait has been leading mediation efforts between Qatar and the four Arab states boycotting it

Closure of Al-Jazeera is one of 13 wide-ranging demands Saudi-led alliance placed on Doha

Only Saudi's two main international airports are stil under the restrictions put in place in March

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Bahrain announced the severing of all diplomatic ties with Qatar last month

A number of top-ranking international squash players will arrive next week for two squash series

Demands by Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt "were made to be rejected", said the foreign minister

The government first increased fuel prices in 2014

This was done in response to a deadly attack on Coptic Christians last month that left at least 29 killed

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt are among several countries that suspended ties with Qatar last week

UAE said it drew a distinction between Qatar's government and its people

Trump expressed readiness to find a solution to the diplomatic crisis in the Gulf

On top of a possible jail term, offenders would also be hit with a fine of at least 500,000 dirhams

Qatar calls Arab moves to cut ties unjustified, baseless

'This new law represents a huge step backward for freedom of association in Egypt'

Masked gunmen in three pick-up trucks had attacked the bus as it was heading for a monastery

Footage on state television showed the bus riddled with bullet holes.

Two security sources said sites were blocked for being affiliated with outlawed Muslim Brotherhood

IS threatens to carry out more attacks on Egypt's Christian community

Attack comes a week after militants opened fire on members of a tribe guarded by the army, killing 12

The discovery was "important, unprecedented, because it's the first human necropolis", said the Antiquities Minister

Egypt's security forces also kill eight militants who being trained to attack government and Christian targets

The ministry said the groups were Hasm and Lewaa al-Thawra

Reopening the border crossing will allow Palestinians stranded in Egypt to return to Gaza

Suggested that the militant group will keep up attacks on 'legitimate targets'

Pope Francis visits Coptic Church bombed by IS

'By coming to Egypt, the pope is showing us that nothing can prevent us from praying, including terrorism'

Pope Francis who has made interfaith dialogue and reconciliation a leading theme of his pontificate