EGYPT INDEPENDENT

Egypt’s Ministry of Education has decided that the June 19 Thanaweya Amma (high school exams) will be held online for all regular students,...

Egypt’s Health Ministry on Monday announced 370 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 115,911 according to Ministry spok...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty-nine arms control and human rights organizations have signed a letter opposing the sale of $23 billion worth o...

DUBAI (Reuters) – A draft bill requiring Iran’s government to pursue uranium enrichment of 20 percent, and to disregard other restraints put...

Americans returning from Thanksgiving break faced strict new coronavirus measures around the country Monday as health officials brace for a...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey ordered the detention of 82 military personnel in an operation targeting supporters of the Muslim preacher who A...

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — With unemployment still high and the pandemic threatening yet another economic slump, President-elect Joe Biden is a...

The National Authority for Tunnels announced that deep drilling will resume at the tunnel area of Safaa Hegazy station in Zamalek starting T...

Moderna Inc. said it would ask US and European regulators Monday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm...

Egypt’s Local Development Ministry spokesperson Khaled Qassem said on Monday that the ministry has ordered Egypt’s governorates to reduce th...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Talks between Israel and Lebanon over disputed maritime borders that were scheduled to take place this week have been postp...

GENEVA (AP) — Delegations from Syria’s government, opposition and civil society are meeting in Geneva for the latest round of talks toward r...

Britain’s Secretary of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Oliver Dowden urged Netflix to remind audiences at the start of each episode of the...

There’s a stark difference in the monetary value between a shark in the Red Sea and one at the fishing market.A single shark in its natural...

The case of a model who conducted a provocative photo shoot at Egypt’s Saqqara archaeological area has been referred to the country’s prosec...

Egyptian authorities on Sunday arrested four people in Luxor governorate for hurling racist chants against Zamalek striker Mahmoud Abdelraze...

NEW YORK (AP) — If you were to choose a word that rose above most in 2020, which word would it be?Ding, ding, ding: Merriam-Webster on Mon...

PARIS (AP) — French activists fear that a proposed new security law will deprive them of a potent weapon against abuse — cellphone videos of...

Meteorologists predict cool temperatures across Egypt on Tuesday and Wednesday, with some rain falling along the North Coast and in the Nile...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran held a funeral service Monday for the slain scientist who founded its military nuclear program two decades ago, wit...

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni health worker Fairouz Sanad lugs a coolbox of polio vaccines from house to house, dripping the liquid into children...

Egypt’s Health Ministry on Monday confirmed 358 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total number up to 115,541, Ministry spokesper...

The Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports decided on Sunday to dissolve Zamalek Sporting Club’s Board of Directors, which is headed by Morta...

The German parliament has approved providing Egypt the third tranche of the second phase of the Egyptian-German debt swap program at 80 mill...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his team are headed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week for talks...