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FIRST EGYPTIAN SMARTPHONE UNVEILED AT CAIRO TECHNOLOGY FAIR
Mobile phones subscription in Egypt recorded 110 percent by January 2017, with 98.2 million users, according to the Ministry of Communication... READ MORE›
ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES KILL 2 HAMAS MEMBERS AFTER ROCKET ATTACK
Israeli airstrikes killed two Palestinians Saturday as violence continued over President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Jewish state's capital... READ MORE›
COPTIC POPE CANCELS PENCE MEETING OVER JERUSALEM
Egypt Coptic pope cancels Pence meeting over Jerusalem... READ MORE›
'EXCEPTIONAL DAY': 2 ANCIENT TOMBS DISCOVERED IN EGYPTS LUXOR
ET Dec. 9, 2017 CLOSE Archaeologists in Luxor, Egypt have discovered two small ancient tombs dating back about 3,500 years... READ MORE›
TRUMP RECOGNITION OF JERUSALEM HIGHLIGHTS FRACTIOUS ARAB WORLD, PROMPTS PALESTINIANS TO CALL PEACE PROCESS 'FINISHED'
Muslims across the Middle East warned Wednesday of disastrous consequences as a result of President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's cap... READ MORE›
SAAD HARIRI WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION AFTER CABINET MEETING
Prime Minister Saad Hariri has revoked his resignation after Lebanon's cabinet voted to affirm its disengagement from conflicts in the Arab world... READ MORE›
SYRIAN ESCAPES LIBYA IN TINY INFLATABLE RAFT, SAVED BY CHANCE FROM RESCUERS' LAST MINUTE CHECK
Chance last look saves a syrian refugee who set out solo from libya to flee slave-like conditions... READ MORE›
UAE 'DEPORTS' EGYPT PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL SHAFIQ TO CAIRO
UAE 'deports' Egypt presidential hopeful Shafiq to Cairo aides... READ MORE›
HOW CAN THE ARAB WORLD SIDESTEP THE PULL OF THE ABYSS?
The Middle East owes many of its problems to a long history of foreign invasions... READ MORE›
MATTIS ARRIVES IN CAIRO FOR MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT
That assistance is linked to Egypt's 1979 peace treaty with Israel, and underpins a U.S.-Egyptian security relationship that is now mostly aimed at fighting terrorism... READ MORE›
SISI CRITICISED OVER 'BRUTE FORCE' STRATEGY IN SINAI
In July 2015, ISIL affiliates simultaneously attacked multiple security and military targets, killing at least 35 people in various parts of Sinai, including El Arish and Sheikh Zuweid... READ MORE›
'NO LEGAL REASON' RESTRICTING AHMED SHAFIQ
There is no legal reason restricting Ahmed Shafiq, the former Egyptian prime minister, from contesting the 2018 presidential elections, according to the country's foreign minister... READ MORE›
CONFUSION SURROUNDS AHMED SHAFIQ'S FATE IN THE UAE
Former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq and the UAE's foreign minister have issued contradictory statements over the former's fate in the country... READ MORE›
EX-EGYPT PM AHMED SHAFIQ 'BLOCKED FROM LEAVING UAE'
The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are among the staunchest supporters of the current Egyptian president, so they have an interest in Sisi continuing... READ MORE›
EGYPT PRESIDENT GIVES FORCES 3 MONTHS TO CALM RESTIVE SINAI
305 people were killed in an attack on a mosque in the deadliest terrorist attack in Egypts modern history... READ MORE›
EGYPT SAYS TROOPS KILLED 14 MILITANTS AFTER SINAI MASSACRE
Friday's attack on a mosque in northern Sinai was the deadliest assault by Islamic extremists in Egypt's modern history... READ MORE›
AYMAN NOUR: SISI HAS MADE EGYPT 'A SWAMP OF TYRANNY'
Opposition leader and ex-presidential candidate says Sisi is presiding over a failing government that harms Egyptians... READ MORE›
CAIRO VIGIL FOR VICTIMS OF MOSQUE ATTACK
Carrying candles and flags, dozens of journalists came to remember the victims of Egypt's recent terrorist attack. The assault on the al-Rawda mosque in Northern... READ MORE›
HOW AN EGYPTIAN VILLAGE BECAME A TARGET OF THE ISLAMIC STATE
Read more Christians flee Sinai Peninsula in fear of Egypt's Islamic State affiliate Today's coverage from Post correspondents around the world... READ MORE›
EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK SURVIVOR: I HID UNDER DEAD BODIES
02 41 The al Rawdah Sufi mosque is known as the birthplace of an important Sufi cleric... READ MORE›
EGYPT COURT DROPS CITIZENSHIP CASE AGAINST AYMAN NOUR
An Egyptian court has dropped a case against prominent opposition leader Ayman Nour that sought to strip him of his citizenship... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | WHAT TRUMP OUGHT TO LEARN FROM A TERROR ATTACK IN EGYPT
Nearly 1,000 Egyptian security personnel have died there since 2013... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE RAISES STAKES WITH EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK
Egypt's prosecutor's office, citing its investigation and interviews with wounded survivors, says gunmen carried an Islamic State flag as they stormed the Al Rawdah mosque... READ MORE›
EGYPT RECOVERING FROM MOSQUE ATTACK, VOWS TO RESPOND
Egypt tries to recover from mosque attack, but vows to respond... READ MORE›
THE WORLD IN PHOTOS: NOV 20-26
A picture taken on Nov 25, 2017, shows the Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometers west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bomb attack... READ MORE›
HULKENBERG STEERS RENAULT TO CASH BOOST CONTROVERSY
The two drivers were team-mates at Force India last year... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE RAISES STAKES WITH EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK
Egypt's prosecutor's office, citing its investigation and interviews with wounded survivors, says gunmen carried an Islamic State flag as they stormed the Al Rawdah mosque... READ MORE›
GRIEF AND ANGER IN EGYPT AFTER MOSQUE MASSACRE
Funerals for the 305 victims of Egypt's mosque massacre have been held, as nationwide mourning continues. Gunmen who killed worshippers at Friday Prayers in North Sinai... READ MORE›
EGYPTS OPTIONS DWINDLING IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST MILITANTS
It's unclear whether Egypt has any options left in the fight against Islamic militants... READ MORE›
EGYPT MOURNS MOSQUE MASSACRE AS THE MILITARY STRIKES BACK
Militants stormed a Sufi mosque near El-Arish town in northern Sinai Province and sprayed gunfire at worshippers during Friday prayers... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Arabian Desert
ATTACK AT SUFI MOSQUE KILLS 305
Islamist militants who had found a safe haven in Sinai for attacks on Israel then turned their guns on the Egyptian armed forces... READ MORE›
EGYPTIAN WARPLANES STRIKE 'TERRORIST' TARGETS AFTER MOSQUE ATTACK KILLS 305
Scores more wounded when al-Rawdah mosque in north Sinai bombed and fleeing worshippers gunned down... READ MORE›
GUNMEN IN EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK CARRIED ISLAMIC STATE FLAG, PROSECUTOR SAYS
Damaged vehicles are seen after a bomb exploded at Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt November 25, 2017... READ MORE›
GUNMEN IN EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK CARRIED ISLAMIC STATE FLAG, PROSECUTOR SAYS
Damaged vehicles are seen after a bomb exploded at Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt November 25, 2017... READ MORE›
MILITANTS KILL MORE THAN 230 AT SINAI MOSQUE IN EGYPT'S DEADLIEST ATTACK
Hours after the attack, Egypt's military launched air strikes on targets in mountainous areas around Bir al-Abed, security sources and witnesses said... READ MORE›
EGYPT ANNOUNCES DISCOVERY OF 3,500-YEAR-OLD LUXOR TOMB
He said a shaft in the tomb contained mummies belonging to ancient Egyptian people who lived during the 21st and 22nd dynasties... READ MORE›
EGYPT SINAI ATTACKERS 'CARRIED IS FLAGS'
Egyptian officials investigating the massacre of worshippers at a mosque in Sinai say the attackers were carrying the flag of the Islamic State group... READ MORE›
EGYPT COURT UPHOLDS EX-PRESIDENT MORSI'S LIFE SENTENCE
In 2014, Egypt charged Morsi and nine others with endangering national security by leaking state secrets and sensitive documents to Qatar... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 60 ARRESTED AS EGYPT CRACKS DOWN ON GAY COMMUNITY
Hussein Malla AP The sweeps have unfolded as international human rights activists have denounced the Egyptian government and urged an end to the arrests... READ MORE›
LEBANESE PM SAAD HARIRI RESIGNS CITING IRANIAN MEDDLING
Saad Hariri has announced his resignation as Lebanon's prime minister and implicitly blamed Iran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, for his decision... READ MORE›
EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK: HUNDREDS KILLED, STATE MEDIA REPORT
Hundreds killed in Egypt mosque attack, state media reports... READ MORE›
EX-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER MAHDI AKEF DIES AT 89
The former leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Mahdi Akef, has died in a Cairo hospital aged 89... READ MORE›
IN EGYPT FURIOUS RETALIATION BUT FAILING STRATEGY IN SINAI
Foreign reporters and most Egyptian ones are not allowed into Sinai... READ MORE›
EGYPT RAISES DEATH TOLL IN SINAI MOSQUE ATTACK TO 305
Islamic militants, including the local affiliate of the Islamic State group, consider Sufis heretics because of their less literal interpretations of the faith... READ MORE›
ARAB NATIONS BLOCKADING QATAR EXPAND BLACKLIST
Saudi Arabia and its allies, which have imposed a land, sea, and air blockade on Qatar since June, accuse Doha of supporting terrorism... READ MORE›
BAHRAIN FM CALLS ON ARAB NATIONS TO CONFRONT IRAN
'Blunt interference' In his opening remarks in Cairo, Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi foreign minister, condemned Iranian activity in the region... READ MORE›
'IF YOU RAISED YOUR HEAD YOU GOT SHOT'
Egypt mosque death toll rises to 305, military carries out air strikes... READ MORE›
'VOLCANO OF HOMOSEXUALITY': EGYPT'S COPTIC CHRISTIANS ORGANISE CONFERENCE TO 'TREAT' GAY PEOPLE
The Coptic Church in Egypt has reportedly organized a conference entitled The Volcano of Homosexuality which will offer a variety of ways to treat homosexuality... READ MORE›
EGYPTIAN AIR STRIKE KILLS 'TERRORIST' MOSQUE ATTACKERS
However, mosques in North Sinai's Sheikh Zuweid town have also been hit... READ MORE›
18 SOLDIERS KILLED IN ISIL AMBUSH IN EGYPT'S SINAI
El-Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, has been a site of regular conflict between government forces and ISIL fighters in recent months... READ MORE›
EGYPT SUFFERS WORST ATTACK AS 235 KILLED IN ASSAULT ON MOSQUE
Foreign media access to northern Sinai is restricted, but state television showed orange ambulances lined up and rescue workers tending to casualties on stretchers... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA ALLOWS WOMEN INTO STADIUM AS IT STEPS UP REFORMS
The government agency organising the national day festivities, expects some 1.5 million Saudis to attend events in 17 cities over four days... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP USES EGYPT MOSQUE ATTACK THAT KILLED 235 TO PROMOTE BORDER WALL AND TRAVEL BAN
To protest President Donald Trump's Executive Order banning immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Yemen... READ MORE›
EGYPT BLOCKS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH WEBSITE
Human Rights Watch report claims Egyptian authorities used arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances and torture... READ MORE›
EGYPT'S LATEST CRACKDOWN ON GAYS CREATES FEAR IN LGBT COMMUNITY
Egypt's latest crackdown on gays creates fear in LGBT community... READ MORE›
'BODIES PILED UP ON TOP OF ME'
Islamic militants stepped up their campaign of violence in northern Sinai after the military ousted the elected but divisive Morsi... READ MORE›
MILITANTS KILL HUNDREDS AT SINAI MOSQUE IN EGYPT'S DEADLIEST ATTACK
Bloodshed in the Sinai worsened after 2013 when Sisi led the overthrow of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood... READ MORE›
EGYPTIANS AFRAID TO EXPRESS VIEWS ONLINE, STUDY FINDS
More than 1,000 people were surveyed in each of Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in face-to-face interviews and by phone... READ MORE›
US POLICIES BEHIND PARTITION OF SUDAN & CURRENT MIDDLE EAST PROBLEMS - PRESIDENT
The Sudanese leader also touched on the Syrian issue, saying that crisis is also the result of American interference... READ MORE›
CHRISTIAN LEADERS CONDEMN KILLING OF EGYPTIAN COPTIC PRIEST
Christian leaders have expressed alarm at the killing of a Coptic Orthodox priest in Egypt's capital Cairo... READ MORE›