Recent News Headlines : Al Aqālitah Egypt
DELEGATION WILL ASK EGYPT'S PRESIDENT TO FREE HUNGER STRIKER IBRAHIM HALAWA
A cross-party delegation of Irish politicians is to personally ask Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to free jailed Irishman Ibrahim Halawa... READ MORE›
DEADLY TRUCK-BOMB ATTACK HITS SINAI'S EL-ARISH
The Sinai Peninsula borders Israel and Palestine's Gaza Strip... READ MORE›
EGYPT POLICE STATION SUICIDE BOMBING IN SINAI KILLS 10
A rubbish truck filled with explosives was reportedly used to carry out the strike... READ MORE›
EIGHT POLICE KILLED IN ATTACK IN NORTH SINAI
The militant group staging the insurgency in Sinai pledged allegiance to Islamic State in 2014 and adopted the name Sinai Province... READ MORE›
WITH BOMBING VICTIMS STILL DYING, IT'S A SOMBER CHRISTMAS FOR EGYPT'S CHRISTIANS
Egyptian Coptic Christian religious leader Pope Tawadros II leads Christmas celebration at the St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo on January 6, 2017... READ MORE›
POLITICIANS TO VISIT IRISHMAN IBRAHIM HALAWA ON 'HUNGER STRIKE' IN EGYPT JAIL
A cross party delegation of Irish politicians will travel to Egypt on Monday to visit jailed Irishman Ibrahim Halawa... READ MORE›
EGYPT FREES 2011 UPRISING ACTIVIST AHMED MAHER
Ahmed Maher released after three years in prison for attending protest in defiance of law banning public gatherings... READ MORE›
"THE OTHER", BY IBN TAYMIYAH
The Wahhabi revived the ideas of Ibn Taymiyah, which allowed an individual or group to ex-communicate anyone who did not follow Islamic law... READ MORE›
LSLAMIC STATE GROUP CLAIMS ISTANBUL NEW YEAR'S NIGHT CLUB ATTACK
Most of the victims were visitors from the Middle East, celebrating the New Year in the ritzy night club... READ MORE›
COURT UPHOLDS DEAL TO TRANSFER RED SEA ISLANDS
An Egyptian court has upheld an agreement to give control of two islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia, providing a boost for the government... READ MORE›
AGREEMENT TO HAND OVER RED SEA ISLANDS APPROVED
Egypt's government has approved a controversial deal to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, according to state television... READ MORE›
LIBYAN PAIR CLAIM INNOCENCE, ARE CHARGED IN MALTA WITH HIJACKING JETLINER
Two hijackers diverted the Libyan commercial plane to Malta on Friday and threatened to blow it up with hand grenades, Maltese authorities and state media said... READ MORE›
AL JAZEERA CONDEMNS ARREST OF ITS JOURNALIST IN EGYPT
Egypt's interior ministry said that Hussein was arrested on Friday at a house in Giza, on the outskirts of the capital, Cairo... READ MORE›
ALL PASSENGERS ARE SAFE AFTER LIBYAN JET IS HIJACKED
Libyan officials, though, believed the hijackers had more personal goals... READ MORE›
EGYPT ARRESTS AL JAZEERA NEWS PRODUCER DURING VACATION
Al Jazeera holds Egyptian authorities responsible for the safety of Hussein and is calling for his immediate release, the Qatar-based network said in a statement... READ MORE›
PROPOSED UN RESOLUTION DEMANDS END TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected those terms saying negotiations should take place without conditions... READ MORE›
STUNNING PHOTOS CAPTURE RARE SNOW IN THE SAHARA DESERT
Incredible photos capture freak snowfall in the Sahara Desert, believed to be first time it has fallen on the unforgiving red dunes in almost 40 years... READ MORE›
WORLD'S BIGGEST STOCK SURGE AFTER FED RATE HIKE ISN'T DONE YET
The 32 billion bourse will hand investors positive returns in dollar terms next year, Al Hajj said, as Egypt implements policies to stimulate growth... READ MORE›
OBAMA'S RUSSIAN-HACK HYPOCRISY AND OTHER NOTABLE COMMENTS
Obama claims that Russia's election hacking ended after he confronted Vladimir Putin in September... READ MORE›
KANSAS WOMAN'S TOPICAL CHRISTMAS CARD GOES VIRAL
So this year she penned a sentence, and it's gone viral: "This Christmas season we would like to remind everyone that Jesus was a Middle Eastern refugee."... READ MORE›
EGYPT TO HAND OVER EGYPTAIR CRASH VICTIMS' REMAINS
There has been no such claim linked to the EgyptAir crash... READ MORE›
'NO END IN SIGHT': DETENTION WEARS ON FOR AMERICAN WHO RAN EGYPT CHILDREN'S CLINIC
Its founders - American-Egyptian citizen Aya Hijazi, and her husband Mohammed Hassanein - were arrested along with two other employees... READ MORE›
EXPLOSIVES FOUND ON EGYPT PLANE CRASH BODIES
Investigators into the fatal EgyptAir flight which crash into the Mediterranean say they've found traces of explosives on the bodies of passengers... READ MORE›
TRACES OF EXPLOSIVES FOUND ON VICTIMS OF EGYPTAIR FLIGHT 804
The crash of Flight 804 from Paris to Cairo killed all 66 people aboard on May 19... READ MORE›
TRACES OF EXPLOSIVES FOUND ON HUMAN REMAINS FROM EGYPTAIR FLIGHT CRASH
Flight 804 from Paris plunged into the Mediterranean in May, killing all 66 people aboard... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR EGYPT CHURCH BOMBING
The Egyptian government had earlier released footage showing images said to be that of the alleged suicide attacker... READ MORE›
IRISHMAN JAILED IN EGYPT CRAFTS PAPER BOUQUET IN FLAG COLOURS AHEAD OF BIRTHDAY
Ibrahim Halawa On my birthday, I want to gift everyone who has always been there for me... READ MORE›
SISI NAMES BOMBER OF CAIRO COPTIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH
READ MORE Anger in Egypt after deadly Cairo church blast It is the destiny of our church to offer martyrs... READ MORE›
11 ARRESTED IN FRANCE OVER NICE ATTACK
A 22-year-old suicide bomber was behind Sunday's massacre at Cairo's Coptic Christian Cathedral complex, Egypt's President said on Monday... READ MORE›
IRISHMAN JAILED IN EGYPT CRAFTS PAPER BOUQUET IN FLAG COLOURS AHEAD OF BIRTHDAY
A hand-made flower bouquet with the colours of the Irish flag... READ MORE›
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BOMB ATTACK NEAR CAIRO COPTIC CATHEDRAL KILLS AT LEAST 25
The Coptic Orthodox Church is the main Christian Church in Egypt... READ MORE›
25 KILLED BY BOMB BLAST AT COPTIC CATHEDRAL
A blast at Cairo's main Coptic Christian cathedral has killed at least 25 people, according to Egyptian state TV ... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 22 KILLED BY BLASTS NEAR CAIRO CATHEDRAL
Local time someone threw a bomb into a small chapel attached to the St. Mark's Cathedral in the Abbassia district, Egypt's main Coptic church... READ MORE›
EGYPT'S OIL MINISTER MAKES RARE TRIP TO IRAN FOR OIL TALKS AFTER SAUDI SUSPENSION
Molla said last month it was unclear when the Saudi oil deliveries would resume and Saudi Arabia has provided no reason for their suspension... READ MORE›
EGYPT TAKES AIM AT FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
Mona Mohamed was 10 years old when she underwent what's also known as a female circumcision on a hot summer day in her village in Upper Egypt... READ MORE›
EGYPT'S 'GIFT TO THE WORLD' COST $8 BILLION AND PROBABLY WASN'T NECESSARY
Egypt's expansion of the Suez Canal will likely only skim a few hours off the time that vessels wait to traverse it... READ MORE›
ANGER IN EGYPT AFTER DEADLY CAIRO CHURCH BLAST
Mohamad Elmasry, of the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, said the attack against Coptic Christians is not an aberration ... READ MORE›
RUSSIA AIRLINER CRASHES IN CENTRAL SINAI EGYPT SAYS
CAIRO -- A Russian passenger airplane carrying 224 people crashed early Saturday in the central Sinai Peninsula, according to officials in Cairo and Moscow... READ MORE›
KAMEL DAOUD THE SEXUAL MISERY OF THE ARAB WORLD
Women are a recurrent theme in daily discourse, because the stakes they personify -- for manliness, honor, family values -- are great... READ MORE›
WHERE ISIS HAS DIRECTED AND INSPIRED ATTACKS AROUND THE WORLD
April 12 Egypt Egypt ISIS militants killed at least 12 people in three separate attacks on Egyptian security forces... READ MORE›
EXPLOSION AT CAIRO CHURCH KILLS AT LEAST 20 INJURES 35 OFFICIALS SAY
CAIRO-- An explosion ripped through Cairo's Coptic Christian cathedral complex on Sunday, killing at least 20 people and injuring 35, Egypt's health ministry said... READ MORE›
EGYPT COURT OVERTURNS MOHAMED MORSI'S LIFE SENTENCE
PROFILE Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi He was also accused of sharing state secrets with foreign powers, including Qatar... READ MORE›
PARIS ATTACKS WHAT DOES DAESH MEAN AND WHY DOES ISIS HATE IT
It is a term that most Arab states and many European governments use to refer to the Islamic State or ISIS... READ MORE›
FRIEDMAN SYRIA OBAMA AND PUTIN
Putin stupidly went into Syria looking for a cheap sugar high to show his people that Russia is still a world power... READ MORE›
CABLES RELEASED BY WIKILEAKS REVEAL SAUDIS CHECKBOOK DIPLOMACY
BEIRUT Lebanon It seems that everyone wants something from Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL IN MIGRANT SHIPWRECK OFF EGYPT RISES TO 300
The flow of migrants from the three main departure points - Libya, Turkey and Egypt - stands at roughly the same level as 2014... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH MYSTERY DEEPENS AS OFFICIALS DIFFER
Metrojet officials also dismissed claims by the Islamic State that its operatives felled the plane... READ MORE›
GERMAN VICE-CHANCELLOR ACCUSES SAUDI ARABIA OF FUNDING ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN THE WEST
The allegation that Saudi Arabia has funded mosques with links to Islamist terrorism in the West is not new... READ MORE›
EGYPT COURT DROPS MUBARAK MURDER CASE
Profile of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for almost 30 years... READ MORE›
RUSSIA MOURNS AS OFFICIALS SEEK CAUSE OF JET CRASH IN EGYPT
In Egypt, search crews had transferred 163 bodies from the site to Cairo hospitals and morgues by Sunday... READ MORE›
IRAN 'WANTED EGYPT AT SYRIA TALKS' AS MIDDLE EASTERN ALLIANCES SHIFT
Since then, Saudi Arabia has sent billions of dollars to Egypt, which have helped keep its faltering economy afloat... READ MORE›
25 DEAD AFTER BOMB EXPLODES AT COPTIC CHRISTIAN CATHEDRAL IN CAIRO
Many of Morsi's supporters blamed Christians for supporting the overthrow, and scores of churches and other Christian-owned properties in southern Egypt were ransacked that year... READ MORE›
EGYPT: SENIOR MILITARY OFFICIAL SHOT DEAD IN CAIRO
Fighters in Egypt have killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers, mostly in the Sinai Peninsula, but such attacks on senior officers are rare... READ MORE›
FOR EGYPT TV SHOWS SHOCKING TWIST IS ITS SYMPATHETIC JEWS
You gave birth to him as an Egyptian Jew not an Israeli Jew which he never will be!... READ MORE›
EGYPTIAN LAWMAKER SAYS WOMEN SHOULD PROVE THEY ARE VIRGINS TO GO TO COLLEGE
It was the latest controversial statement by Egyptian lawmaker Elhamy Agina, and sparked furor on social media... READ MORE›
IN POST-ARAB SPRING EGYPT, MUSLIM ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS ARE RISING
In Libya last year, Islamic State militants beheaded 21 Egyptian Christians and an additional 31 Ethiopian and Eritrean Christians in two separate attacks... READ MORE›
SAUDI OIL SHIPMENTS TO EGYPT HALTED INDEFINITELY, EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS SAY
An Egyptian official visiting Iran would cement a break in its alliance with Saudi Arabia and mark a seismic shift in the regional political order... READ MORE›
KING TUTANKHAMUN'S TOMB: EVIDENCE GROWS FOR HIDDEN CHAMBER
Egyptian officials now say they are 90 percent sure that there is a hidden chamber in King Tutankhamun's tomb... READ MORE›
'NO SOS CALL' FROM RUSSIAN AIRBUS, SAY EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES
Rescuers claim they have heard voices in the wreckage of the Russian plane that has crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, according to Sky News... READ MORE›
JAILED BY EGYPT HONORED FOR HIS PHOTOJOURNALISM
Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as Shawkan, has been in Tora Prison in Cairo for more than 1,100 days... READ MORE›
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ISRAEL STANDS DEFIANT ON SETTLEMENTS, WILL MOVE AHEAD WITH NEW HOMES IN DISPUTED AREAS
For the fourth day, Israeli officials accused Obama's team of ambushing them at the United Nations... READ MORE›
DEFYING U.N., ISRAEL PREPARES TO BUILD MORE SETTLEMENTS
For the fourth day, Israeli officials accused Mr. Obama's team of ambushing them at the United Nations... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT CALLS UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF AN IDIOT
You there in the United Nations, you do not know diplomacy, Mr. Duterte said... READ MORE›
TRUMP PICKS A SUPPORTER OF WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS FOR AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL
In an interview last summer with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, he said Trump would support Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank... READ MORE›
LIFE-JACKET GRAVEYARD CREATES STARTLING VISUAL IMPACT OF REFUGEE CRISIS
World leaders are set to adopt a declaration that human rights groups have already dismissed as falling short of the needed international response... READ MORE›
OBAMA KEEN TO REVIVE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN TALKS WILL MEET WITH NETANYAHU
Left unclear was whether Mr. Obama would go beyond simply urging Mr. Netanyahu... READ MORE›
TAKING THE FIGHT AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM TO THE UNITED NATIONS
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WHY RODRIGO DUTERTE THREATENS TO WITHDRAW PHILIPPINES FROM UN
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SIMULATOR OWNED BY MISSING MALAYSIAN PLANE'S CAPTAIN HAD INDIAN OCEAN ROUTE
Someone on the captain's home flight simulator had a course plotted to the southern Indian Ocean, where the missing Flight 370 is believed to have crashed... READ MORE›
ISRAEL APPROVES CONTENTIOUS NGO FOREIGN FUNDING LAW
The Israeli parliament finalized a controversial law compelling nongovernmental organizations that receive most of their funding from foreign state entitie... READ MORE›
FACEBOOK SUED FOR 'FACILITATING' PALESTINIAN ATTACKS
Jerusalem A group of Israelis and Americans have filed a lawsuit seeking US1 billion 1.32 billion in damages from Facebook Inc... READ MORE›