EGYPT INDEPENDENT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon has approved drawdown plans in Afghanistan that will still keep two larger bases in the country as offic...

Egypt is rushing ahead with plans for an expansion of its metro and railway networks and is near agreement with Bechtel Corp to implement Ca...

With Egypt facing a second coronavirus wave, an inventor is trialing a remote-control robot which can test for COVID-19, take the temperatur...

CAIRO (AP) — The top UN official for Libya said Wednesday there are at least 20,000 foreign fighters and mercenaries in the war-torn nation,...

WUHAN, China (AP) — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city first struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residen...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a quarter of employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency said they were harassed or discriminated again...

Egypt’s Health Ministry on Wednesday reported 421 new coronavirus cases, up from 392 the day before.A sharp spike in the death toll took pl...

HAIFA, Israel (AP) — Israel’s navy on Wednesday welcomed the first of four German-made warships that will be at the vanguard of the country’...

Egypt’s Cabinet has mandated that the Ministers of Finance and Health take every step possible to provide coronavirus vaccines, including co...

The Egyptian Cabinet approved on Wednesday a decree from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to allocate two plots of land in which the...

FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) -Germany, France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad, new sanctions ag...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The pachyderm dubbed the “ world’s loneliest elephant ” after languishing alone for years in a Pakistani zoo was...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator told member states’ envoys on Wednesday that negotiations on a trade deal...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel transferred over $1 billion in taxes and customs duties it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority on Wednes...

Months after rumors of their love affair went viral, Islamic preacher, Egyptian scholar, and singer/songwriter Moez Masoud posted on Tuesday...

Egyptian Transport Ministry plans to start establishing the country’s first factory to locally manufacture trains of all kinds starting from...

Egypt’s Meteorological Authority on Monday unveiled a map of expected rainfall locations across the country from December 2 until December 6...

Nearly 37,000 Americans died of COVID-19 in November, the most in any month since the dark early days of the pandemic, engulfing families in...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations says it and Ethiopia’s government have signed a deal to allow “unimpeded” humanitarian access to th...

A final statement from Egypt and Saudi Arabia’s Follow-Up and Political Consultation Committee meeting stressed the importance of the Palest...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday rejected a bill approved by parliament that would have suspended UN inspect...

PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron will seek to revive a French initiative on Lebanon when he hosts an international aid conference...

Egypt’s Health Ministry on Tuesday reported 392 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total number of reported cases up to 116,303....

Egypt Greece and Cyprus on Tuesday  began the “Medusa 10” naval and aerial training session featuring the participation of Egyptian, Greek a...

American biotechnology company Moderna announced on Tuesday that its vaccine against the coronavirus has reached 100 percent effective again...