A man opened fire on relatives of his ex-wife during a reconciliation meeting outside Cairo on Thursday, 13 August, killing four people and wounding two others in an attack that has renewed alarm in Egypt over a string of extreme family and social vi...

Three people were killed and 17 others injured after an explosion and fire at Arabella Plaza Mall in New Cairo on Thursday, 13 August, prompting an ongoing investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident. According to the Public Prosecu...

  A social media post claiming that the suspect accused of killing members of a family in Cairo’s Fifth Settlement was a police officer has been denied by an Egyptian security source, who said the claim was based on a manipulated photograph. A...

  Egypt is planning a new interactive platform aimed at giving young people a more direct way to share their ideas, launch initiatives, and get involved in their communities. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has directed the National Training Acad...

Egypt’s National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has decided on Tuesday, 11 August, to tighten the procedures used to verify the identity of mobile phone line holders by accelerating the rollout of biometric verification mechanisms t...

  Egypt ranks second by nationality on Forbes Middle East’s 2026 list, with 15 Egyptian chief operating executives (CEOs) represented across banking, real estate, finance, energy, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and other major sec...

Skywatchers around the world are set to witness a rare combination of four astronomical events on Wednesday, 12 August, including a new moon, a six-planet alignment, a total solar eclipse and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. While the solar ecl...

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi ordered the immediate formation of a committee to inspect Egypt’s beaches and ensure public access, while prohibiting construction within 200 metres of the shoreline without prior approval, according to a presidential...

Egyptian security forces rescued a man who livestreamed on Facebook while allegedly being held inside the back of a refrigerated truck after being kidnapped by two brothers over a financial dispute, the Ministry of Interior said on Monday, August 10....