Egypt has declared Thursday 7 May an official paid public holiday in observance of Labor Day, according to a statement issued by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Wednesday, 22 April. The holiday will replace Friday 1 May, the official date of Labor...

  Long before there was any idea of a fashion brand, an Egyptian grandmother had an entire brand of her own, hidden in a place that only she and the other women in her family knew, and that place was her closet. Her closet, in and of itself, was...

Egypt’s attorney general has issued a travel ban on parents who defy court-ordered alimony. Defaulters are to be added to no-fly lists and placed under arrival surveillance to protect women and children of divorce. The directive, issued Monday,...

Egypt has launched an upgraded online ticket booking platform for the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), aimed at improving the visitor experience and enhancing digital security, according to a statement by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Monday...

Egypt’s Rania Al-Mashat has been appointed as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), according to a statement by United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday, 20 April...

  Egypt’s Member of Parliament Nisreen Omar has called for new regulations governing women’s entry into hospitals, while also proposing the use of DNA testing to help verify children’s identities. In a statement made during a phone intervi...

Egypt has declared Saturday 25 April an official paid public holiday to mark Sinai Liberation Day, according to a statement issued by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Sunday 20 April. The decision applies to employees across ministries, government ...

The Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) said it received on Sunday 19 April  the 36th group of wounded and ill Palestinians via the Rafah border crossing, providing services to facilitate the movement of patients and their companions. ERC support included h...

Iran has once again closed the Strait of Hormuz on 18 April, reversing a brief reopening of the critical maritime corridor after the United States refused to lift its blockade on Iranian ports. Iranian military authorities confirmed on Saturday that ...