Tag: Egypt

Salah scores again as his boots displayed at British Museum

LONDON: Mohamed Salah fever has swept Britain since his arrival with Liverpool's goal machine earning two players awards and now a pair of his boots...

Egypt’s military kills 19, arrests 20 in Sinai operation

CAIRO: Egypt's military and police forces have killed 19 militants in an exchange of gunfire and arrested 20 suspects, in a continuing crackdown in...

Egypt’s president announces ‘breakthrough’ pertaining to Nile dam project

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that a "breakthrough" had been reached in talks with Sudan and Ethiopia over a controversial dam...

Israel says Hamas curbed Gaza protests after Egyptian warning

GAZA: Palestinian protests on the Gaza-Israel border have dropped off dramatically, with Israel on Wednesday pointing to what it said were Egyptian efforts to...

Egypt arrests activist over video critical of government

CAIRO: An international rights group says Egyptian authorities have arrested an activist after she posted a video online lashing out at the state for...

New tests debunk theory of hidden Tutankhamun chambers

CAIRO: Egypt's antiquities ministry said that tests had debunked a theory that there are hidden chambers next to the tomb of Tutankhamun in the...

Egypt says sending Arab troops to Syria a possibility: state newspaper

CAIRO: Sending Arab troops to Syria is a possibility that is being discussed by officials from various countries, Egypt’s foreign minister was quoted on...

Egyptian court allows Uber and Careem to continue operations

CAIRO: An Egyptian court ruled on Saturday that a judicial decision to suspend the licenses of ride-hailing companies Uber and Careem should not be...

Egypt’s Sisi wins 97 percent in election with no real opposition

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected with 97 percent of votes, the same proportion that the former military commander secured four...

Egypt’s Sisi wins second term with 92pc of vote: state media

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been reelected for a second term with 92 percent of the vote, preliminary results showed on Thursday —...

Egypt kills six militants from group it accuses over Alexandria bombing

CAIRO: Egypt’s police killed six militants on Sunday belonging to a group the authorities accuse of a bombing in the coastal city of Alexandria...

Egyptians to vote Monday, Sisi re-election guaranteed

Egyptians will choose their next president in elections starting Monday, with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expected to easily secure a second four-year term. Some 60...

PM Abbasi urges greater engagements between Pakistan and Egypt

  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has stressed the need for greater engagements between Pakistan and Egypt at all levels, including an exchange of students and religious...

Egypt’s Grand Mufti says concerted efforts needed to eradicate terrorism

ISLAMABAD: Stressing the need for disseminating the message of Islam through character and education, Grand Mufti of Egypt Dr Shawki Ibrahim Abdel Karim Allam...

Islam is religion of peace, security: Egyptian Grand Mufti

  ISLAMABAD: Egyptian Grand Mufti Shawki Ibrahim said that Islam is a religion of peace and security that emphasises on the well-being of humanity. He said...

Egypt’s Grand Mufti says issuing decrees not a job of terrorists...

ISLAMABAD: Endorsing Pakistan’s national narrative against extremism and terrorism —  Paigham-e-Pakistan, Egypt’s Grand Mufti Dr Shawki Ibrahim Abdel Karim Allam has made it clear that...

Egyptian filmmakers break taboos of conservative society

CAIRO: Filmmakers in Egypt are defying a largely conservative society with television series and movies that deal with modern relationships between men and women...