EGYPT INDEPENDENT

Egypt’s Health Ministry on Monday confirmed 878 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases up to 157,275....

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the Arab League expressed hope Monday that the Biden administration will change President Donald Trump’s p...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Monday it had started the process of appointing a legal entity as a local representative in Turkey...

VADO HONDO, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemalan police and soldiers on Monday broke up a group of hundreds of migrants who had spent two nights stuc...

TUNIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of youths clashed with police in cities across Tunisia late on Monday, throwing stones and gasoline bombs in the...

Egypt on Monday dispatched a military transport plane loaded with large amounts of medical supplies to Jordan in order to help the nation fi...

BEIJING (AP) — China eked out 2.3 percent economic growth in 2020, likely becoming the only major economy to expand as shops and factories r...

EgyptAir began on Monday enforcing new coronavirus-related requirements on its flights headed to the UK and France, as stipulated by the avi...

DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) has hired NCB Capital to advise on a potential listing of its speciality chemic...

I was watching a promotional clip of Oprah Winfrey’s interview with former US President Barack Obama. He was discussing his new book “A Prom...

Two young men work side-by-side in a butcher’s shop. They live in the same teeming and densely packed town. One is fortunate — he’s eligible...

ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte on Monday acknowledged errors in fighting the unprecedented pandemic, but in a speech aimed at pr...

GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that the world was on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure...

The Cairo Economic Court has rejected a complaint filed by belly dancer Samia Ahmed Attia to overturn her six-month imprisonment, citing her...

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Sunday assured that the country will achieve complete self-sufficiency in petroleum products by 2...

If ever a Mohamed Salah movie were to happen, Salah said he wants American-Egyptian actor Rami Malek to portray him.During an interview wit...

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Here’s what’s happening Sunday with the coronavirus pandemic in the US:THREE THINGS TO KNOW— President-elect Joe Bide...

The Cairo Summary Proceedings Court on Sunday ruled to seize the funds of 89 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group, whi...

Director of Egypt’s Meteorology Authority’s Weather Forecast Department, Mahmoud Shaheen, confirmed that the weather across Egypt will...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s education minister is banning groups that call Israel an “apartheid state” from lecturing at schools — a mo...

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday dismissed a claim by France that Tehran was in the process of buil...

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas announced Friday the first Palestinian elections in more than 15 years.The territory would “launch a dem...

The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population confirmed 890 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, up from 887 on Saturday and 879 on Friday.The...

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has unveiled a significant new archaeological discovery at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, including 54 woode...