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Facebook’s Free Basics services shut down in Egypt
Cairo: As the debate over Free Basics and net neutrality entered an interesting phase in India, Egyp…
Egypt hires airport security consultants after crash
Cairo: Egypt said today it has appointed a global consultancy firm to review security at its airport…
Egypt opens King Tut’s wet nurse tomb to public for 1st time
Cairo: Egypt’s antiquities minister has opened the tomb of King Tutankhamun’s wet nurse …
Putin heaps praise on Trump, describes him as ‘outstanding’ man
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday heaped praise on US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trum…
Saudi to boost aid, investment to Egypt: deputy crown prince
Saudi Arabia has pledged a total of eight billion dollars in investment and aid to Egypt over the ne…
Egypt author says authorities pressed venue to ban gathering
Cairo: Egypt’s best-selling author Alaa al-Aswany said today that authorities have pressured a…
Egypt, US discuss ways to disrupt IS financing networks
Cairo: The US and Egypt today discussed ways to disrupt Islamic State’s financial networks in …
Egyptians hijack govt tourism hashtag to lash at state
Cairo: Twitter users today hijacked a government hashtag called #ThisIsEgypt part of an online campa…
Egypt-bound German plane lands in Hungary after bomb scare
A German passenger plane headed from Berlin to the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada landed in Bud…
Egypt destroys 20 newly found tunnels along border with Gaza
The Egyptian military says it’s destroyed 20 recently discovered underground tunnels along the…
Egypt keen to buy Pak’s JF-17 Thunder fighter jet
India regains top spot as Abu Dhabi’s largest int’l source mkt Swaraj departs for home a…
Pro-government party sweeps parliamentary elections in Egypt
Cairo: Supporters of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi swept Egypt’s parliamentary elections as t…
Turnout in Egypt parliament vote 28%: election committee
Cairo: About 28 percent of Egyptian voters cast ballots in a staggered parliamentary election domina…
12 killed in Egypt restaurant bombing
Cairo: At least 12 people were killed on Friday in an explosion in Egypt’s capital Cairo, offi…
Egypt’s el-Sissi: Police who commit mistakes to be punished
Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi told the country’s police academy today that o…
Obama set to pardon 2 turkeys before Thanks giving holiday
Washington: President Barack Obama will soon spare two turkeys named for one of the nation’s m…
Death of man in police custody sparks riots in Egypt
Cairo: A senior Egyptian police official and witnesses say the death of a man in police custody has …
Egyptians vote in 2nd stage of parliamentary elections
Cairo: Egyptians in nearly half the country, including the capital Cairo, were voting today in the s…
Egypt inks deal with Russia to build N-plant
Egypt and Russia on Thursday inked an agreement to build a nuclear plant in the Arab country, Egypti…