Recent News Headlines : Sharm El-sheikh
POLICE OFFICERS DIE IN ATTACK IN EGYPT'S WESTERN DESERT
Authorities say at least eight dead in Naqb, about 70km from Kharga city, in New Valley province in the Western Desert... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA'S 2009 SPEECH THAT SERVES AS A RIPOSTE TO EVERYTHING DONALD TRUMP STANDS FOR
This issue has been a source of tension between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran... READ MORE›
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›
Trending News Headlines : Sharm El-sheikh
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›
'FAKE' BOMB DETECTORS BEING USED BY HOTEL SECURITY GUARDS SEARCHING FOR EXPLOSIVES
Egypt plane crash 'Fake' bomb detectors being used by hotel security guards searching for explosives... 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›
RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH IN EGYPT KILLS ALL 224 PEOPLE ABOARD
Unfortunately, all passengers of flight 7K9268 Sharm el-Sheikh-Petersburg were killed, The Russian embassy in Cairo said, in Russian, on Twitter... READ MORE›
PRESIDENT SISI OF EGYPT FACES THE PRESS. WELL, ALMOST...
Suddenly, on the TV, up flashed pictures of Mr Cameron and President Sisi, standing behind lecterns in Number 10... 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›
YEMENI FIGHTERS CLOSE IN ON PRESIDENTS REFUGE AMID REPORTS HE HAS FLED
Al Qaeda's affiliate, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, already effectively controls pockets of southern Yemen beyond the reach of either Mr... 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›
BRITISH PLANE 'DODGED ROCKET ABOVE SHARM THAT PASSED WITHIN 1000 FEET OF IT'
Rocket which came 'within 1,000ft' of Thomson flight fired during Egyptian military training exercise, Government says... 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›
Related News Headlines : Sharm El-sheikh
IN VAGUE CLAIM, EGYPT SAYS ITS PROBE TURNED UP NO TRACE OF TERRORISM IN RUSSIAN JETLINER CRASH
But Egyptian officials rejected the notion of suicide altogether, insisting some mechanical reason caused the crash... READ MORE›
PHOTO RELEASED BY ISLAMIC STATE PURPORTS TO SHOW BOMB THAT DOWNED RUSSIAN JET
The Islamic State took responsibility soon after the crash, but the claim was widely disregarded... READ MORE›
RUSSIA BANS EGYPT AIR FLIGHTS FROM LANDING IN MOSCOW AFTER SINAI PLANE CRASH
The Metrojet Airbus A321 was bringing holidaymakers home from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh... READ MORE›
BEFORE METROJET CRASH, NEWS QUASHED SHARM EL-SHEIKH SECURITY GAPS EXPOSE
So The Sun missed its chance to expose the security failings at Sharm el-Sheikh, the Private Eye article titled Sharm Shame concludes... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN PLANE CRASHES IN THE SINAI
The Metrojet plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh airport on Oct... READ MORE›
METROJET FLIGHT 9268: PLANE WAS 'LIKELY' BROUGHT DOWN BY A BOMB ON BOARD, SAY INVESTIGATORS
A spokesman for Egypt's Aviation Ministry, Mohamed Rahma, dismissed the accounts of inadequate security, saying "Sharm el-Sheikh is one of the safest airports in the world," without elaborating... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN INSPECTORS TO SCRUTINIZE EGYPT RESORT AIRPORT SECURITY LAPSES; MEDIA MUZZLED
International passengers departing Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh continued to line up for flights on Sunday, as the first of three teams of Rus... READ MORE›
EGYPT PROBING 'NOISE' HEARD IN RUSSIAN METROJET'S FINAL MOMENT
A spectrum analysis will be carried out to identity the nature of this noise, Ayman al-Muqaddam, head of the investigation committee, said during a news conference... READ MORE›
U.K. 'CONCERNED' EXPLOSIVES DOWNED RUSSIAN JET
The Russian plan that crashed in Egypt over the weekend may have been brought down by a bomb, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday... READ MORE›
NOISE HEARD ON BLACK BOX OF RUSSIAN JET INVESTIGATOR SAYS
The chief investigator of the Sinai crash said a particular sound was captured before the plane broke up... READ MORE›
BRITISH PLANE 'DODGED MISSILE ABOVE SHARM EL-SHEIKH THAT PASSED WITHIN 1,000 FEET OF THE AIRCRAFT'
Meanwhile in Sharm el-Sheikh, progress in bringing back British tourists was slow, with only eight of the 29 evacuation flights being allowed to land... READ MORE›
METROJET FLIGHT 9268: NOISE HEARD ON COCKPIT RECORDING JUST BEFORE CRASH
An Egyptian man puts flowers near debris at the crash site of a Russian airliner in al-Hasanah area at El Arish city, north Egypt... READ MORE›