EGYPT INDEPENDENT

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey and the United States have started talks to form a joint working group regarding US sanctions imposed over Ankara’...

Egyptian-Canadian actor Mena Massoud ranked 44th in the “100 Most Handsome Faces” video organized by TC Candler.Massoud was both the only E...

Egypt’s Justice Minister Omar Marwan issued a decree on Tuesday to enable judicial officers with law enforcement authorities to issue ticket...

The Chinese ambassador to Cairo Liao Liqiang announced Tuesday that his country will provide coronavirus vaccines to developing nations via...

NEW YORK (AP) — If ever a year’s end seemed like cause for celebration, 2020 might be it.Yet the coronavirus scourge that dominated the ye...

The US dollar to Egyptian pound exchange rate on Wednesday saw a slight increase, recording LE15.66 for purchase and LE15.76 for sale at the...

Egypt’s Committee for the Legalization of Unlicensed Churches on Tuesday legalized the status of 62 churches and affiliated buildings, bring...

The Cairo Opera House has canceled concerts scheduled for December 30 and 31 in its Cairo, Alexandria, and Damanhour theaters due to the sec...

The Damietta City Endowments Directorate has closed seven mosques for violating coronavirus precautionary measures as per the Minister of En...

Egypt’s Health Ministry on Tuesday confirmed 1,333 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total tally up to 135,233, ministry spokesp...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister said Tuesday he was shocked to learn he was being charged with negligence in the Aug. 4 por...

MOJIANG, China (AP) — Deep in the lush mountain valleys of southern China lies the entrance to a mine shaft that once harbored bats with the...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israeli jets fired missiles on targets near Damascus early on Wednesday, killing one Syrian soldier and wounding thre...

WILMINGTON, Del./DENVER (Reuters) – The first known US case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant discovered in Britain was detected in...

Meteorologists predict moderate weather in the North Coast during the daytime on Wednesday, with moderately warm weather in Cairo, the delta...

The Assistant Minister of Immigration Mazen Fahmy met with the head of the Tourism Companies and Tourist Guides Sector Magdy Shalaby at the...

The Misdemeanor Economic Court sentenced Ahmed Bassam Zaki to three years in prison on Tuesday, referring the civil case to the competent co...

Meteorologists predict moderate weather in the North Coast during the daytime on Wednesday, with moderately warm weather in Cairo, the delta...

LONDON (AP) — So far, the large majority of British and EU citizens have not felt the realities of Brexit. Though the U.K. left the Europea...

The Central Bank of Egypt’s Board of Directors on Monday has chosen to extend several decisions taken to confront repercussions of the coron...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea says 40 more coronavirus patients have died in the past 24 hours, the highest daily number since the pandem...

GAZA (Reuters) – An array of Palestinian militant groups launched rockets into the Mediterranean Sea off the Gaza Strip on Tuesday at the st...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic ravages Iran, home to the Mideast’s worst outbreak, a women’s group hopes to empower its mem...

Like most girls her age, 19-year-old Nour* was blinded by love for her boyfriend. For six months, Nour felt she was living a fairy tale unti...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The first study of the safety and effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine in Iran began Tuesday, state TV reported, with...