Egypt

IMF agrees $12 billion loan to boost Egypt economy

CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) - by Maram Mazen The International Monetary Fund said Thursday that it had reached an initial agreement to…

Egypt former anti-graft head gets jail term for exaggerating corruption

  CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) - Egypt's former anti-corruption chief was sentenced Thursday to one year in prison on charges of having exaggerated the…

EgyptAir black box confirms smoke on board: probe

CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) - Data from one of the black boxes of a crashed EgyptAir plane showed smoke alarms had sounded…

Plane crash prolongs Egypt’s economic misery

CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) - by Maram Mazen Egypt's latest air disaster is another crushing blow to a country whose tourism-dependent…

Egypt releases footage of man described as hijacker at airport

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT -Egypt's interior ministry released footage on Tuesday (March 29) of a man they described as the hijacker of…

Hundreds protest in Cairo over police shooting

CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) -- Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Cairo security directorate on Thursday (February 18) night…

Egypt train crash leaves more than 100 injured – local media

BENI SUEF, Egypt (Reuters) -- Over 100 people were wounded when a train crashed into concrete south of Cairo in…

Egypt launches Fossil and Climate Museum

CAIRO, Egypt - The United Nations Development Program, in cooperation with the Italian government, has opened a Fossil and Climate…

Egypt convenes first parliament in 3 years

Egypt's new parliament convened on Sunday, in its first session in three years, signaling the end of the country's political…

Russian airliner crashes in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, 224 passengers aboard killed

(Reuters) -- The wreckage of a Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers that crashed in Egypt killing all on board lay scattered…

Egypt pledges cooperation with Mexico after its military kills tourists mistaken for terrorists

(Reuters) -- Family members in the Mexican city of Guadalajara were notified on Monday (September 14) of their relatives' injuries…

Kerry says Iran nuclear deal will make Egypt, Middle East region, safer

(Reuters) -- A nuclear deal signed between Iran and world powers last month will boost security in Egypt and the…

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