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2 policemen killed, 9 injured in Egypt's Sinai

AtleasttwopolicemenwerekilledandnineotherswoundedinanexplosiononSaturdayinEgypt'sNorthSinaiprovince,theEgyptianstateTVreported.Aseniorsecurityofficialsaidthatan

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26 soldiers killed, wounded in suicide bombing, shooting in Egypt

SuicidebombingandshootingonanarmycheckpointinNorthSinaikilledandwounded26soldiersonFriday,theEgyptianarmysaidinastatement.Aseniorsecurityofficialsaidthatanimpro

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Qatar gives "negative" response to demands of Egypt and Gulf countries

EgyptianForeignMinisterSamehShoukrysaidonWednesdaythatQatar'sresponsetothedemandsofEgyptandGulfcountrieswas"verynegative."Shoukry'scommentscameduringapressconfe

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Saudi denies King Salman's visit to Red Sea islands handed over by Egypt

SaudiArabiaonSundaydeniedmediareportsthatSaudikingwillvisittwoRedSeaislandsjusthandedoverbyEgypt.EarliermediareportssaidSaudiKingSalmanbinAbdulAzizAlSaudwouldpa

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Diplomatic dialogue steps forward to restrain Egypt-Sudan tension

TherecentdiplomatictalksbetweenCairoandKhartoumareastepforwardtorestrainthegrowingtensionbetweenneighboringEgyptandSudanandmaintainthestrategicandhistoricalties

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Chinese premier extends condolences over Minya terror attack

BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday extended condolences to Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail over the terror attack that occurred Friday in Minya, Egypt.

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Egypt's Sisi says Egyptian forces hit terror camps in response to Minya attack

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Friday that the Egyptian forces hit terrorist training camps after the shooting attack that killed 28 Copts in Upper Egypt's Minya governorate.

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Egypt hits jihadists after attack on Christians kills 28

Egypt launched six air strikes on jihadist camps in Libya Friday after masked gunmen attacked a bus of Coptic Christians south of the Egyptian capital, killing at least 28 people.

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25 killed in Cairo Coptic cathedral bombing

A bombing at Cairo's largest Coptic cathedral killed at least 25 people and wounded 49, many of them women and children attending Sunday Mass, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority in years.

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Egypt overwhelmed by condolences over deadly church blast

Egypt has been overwhelmed by condolences and a state of mourning over the deadly blast at a church in Cairo on Sunday that killed at least 23 Coptic worshipers and injured 49.

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Cairo Int'l film festival kicks off with China as guest of honor

The 38th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) opened on Tuesday in the Egyptian capital, with China as the guest of honor of the oldest film festival in the Middle East region.

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"Same policy, different faces": Many Egyptians don't care who next U.S. president will be

​Although Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has recently met in New York with U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, many Egyptian citizens don't seem to care as much as their leader does about who the next U.S. president will be.

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Economists pin hope on G20 summit to boost Egypt's economy

​Egyptian economists and businessmen stressed on Sunday that the G20 summit being held in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou will help Egypt attract more investments to revive its ailing economy.

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Oldest ever written Egyptian papyri adorn Cairo's Museum

The Cairo's Egyptian Museum showcased for the first time a collection of papyri that date back to King Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC) in ancient Egypt.

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Many Egyptian expats return home to enjoy end of Ramadan, Eid with families, friends

"I took my car and drove from Kuwait to Egypt to spend the last days of the holy month of Ramadan and the Fast-breaking Feast (Eid al-Fitr) with my family and friends. Ramadan and Eid are tasteless without loved ones," said Essam al-Sayyid, a 43-year-old Egyptian man who runs a small store in Kuwait, after coming back home.

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Black box of crashed EgyptAir flight confirms smoke on board

The initial data of one of the black boxes of EgyptAir flight that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month confirmed there was smoke on board.

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Black boxes from crashed EgyptAir flight will go to France for repair

Egyptian investigators said on Thursday they would take the memory chips from the black boxes of crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 to France next week for repairs.