EGYPT INDEPENDENT

The international community is tightening its scrutiny of Yoweri Museveni less than a week after he won his sixth presidential term in Ugand...

DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — Piles of plush carpets line the floors of a northern Iraq shopping center hosting traders from neighboring Iran who hope...

Germany may be forced to close its borders to neighboring countries if they do not take action to stem coronavirus infections, Chancellor An...

The Egyptian House of Representatives on Wednesday approved, by majority, the decision of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to extend...

Renowned Egyptologist Zahi Hawass criticized a fatwa (religious opinion) made by Al-Azhar scholar Ahmed Karima, prohibiting the display of m...

Two suicide blasts a market in central Baghdad on Thursday killed at least 21 people, according to initial reports.At least 50 more people...

The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population on Wednesday confirmed 798 new coronavirus cases, down from 899 on Monday and 878 on Sunday....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions shortly after being sworn on Wednesday, undoing policies put in pl...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The government of Dubai on Wednesday ordered all hospitals to cancel nonessential surgeries for the next...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Twitter has locked the account of China’s US embassy for a tweet that defended China’s policies in the Xinjiang region,...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron wants to take further steps to reckon with France’s colonial-era wrongs in Algeria but is not...

Egypt’s Financial and Commercial Affairs Prosecution Office has referred a lawsuit against e-commerce company Jumia Egypt and three of its o...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump leaves the presidency on Wednesday under a dark cloud of his own making, ending his single fou...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Wednesday urged more nations to join a UN treaty banning nuclear weapons, saying their prohibition...

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that Cairo and Doha have exchanged two official memoranda, according to which the two c...

An Al-Azhar body on Tuesday slammed negative comments made by the Archbishop of Athens and Greece Ieronymos II on Islam.In a Facebook state...

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the incoming US administration on Wednesday to return to a 2015 nuclear agreement a...

CAIRO (AP) — Armed men opened fire overnight, trying to storm the residence of a provincial governor in Sudan’s restive Darfur region but we...

Digital video-on-demand platform Shahid announced Wednesday that the second second of the “Al-Leabh” comedy series will start streaming on J...

FIFA has officially announced ticket prices for the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 from February 4-11.The tournament will join Qatar’s al-D...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first hours as president, Joe Biden will aim to strike at the heart of President Donald Trump’s policy legacy, sig...

Egypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Agriculture Al Sayed Mohammed Marzouk Al-Kasser , and New Valley Governor Mohamme...

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry described outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday as a “doomsday clown” and said his...

An archaeological mission from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities has discovered the remains of a Roman fort at the Shiha archaeologic...

Saudi authorities on Wednesday released an Egyptian fishing boat carrying several Egyptian fishers after seizing the boat three days ago.In...