Egyptians vote for president, with el-Sissi certain to winThe three-day vote, beginning Sunday, is also taking place amid a staggering economic crisis in Egypt, a country of 105 million people in w...
10 Dec, 2023, 02.22 PM IST
Israel-Hamas conflict: Bombardments around southern exit point from Gaza alarm EgyptIsrael's assault on Gaza has caused alarm in Egypt, which has urged Israel to provide safe passage for civilians from the Palestinian encla...
11 Oct, 2023, 01.22 PM IST
Two Israelis, one Egyptian shot dead in Alexandria - Israeli foreign ministryOne Egyptian was injured in the shooting, the first such attack on Israelis in Egypt in decades. The Egyptian interior ministry did not res...
08 Oct, 2023, 03.41 PM IST
Electrical fire kills 41 in Cairo Coptic churchMore than 40 people were killed when a fire ripped through a Coptic Christian church in a working-class district of greater Cairo during Su...
14 Aug, 2022, 06.13 PM IST
Spain says one of Europe's most-wanted Islamic State fighters arrestedThe Egyptian man, who has fought in Syria and Iraq, was hiding in an apartment with two other people who were also arrested and were being ...
22 Apr, 2020, 03.22 PM IST
Egyptian forces chasing militants mistakenly kill 12 touristsEgyptian security forces killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, and injured 10 others when they mistakenly targeted their convoy.
14 Sep, 2015, 10.16 AM IST
30 people killed in violent clashes during a football match in EgyptMost of the dead were suffocated to death after police used tear gas to disperse the crowd, doctors and witnesses told the reporters
09 Feb, 2015, 04.10 PM IST
Hosni Mubarak's sons released from prisonIn May last year, Mubarak was sentenced to three years in a maximum security prison on embezzlement charges. His sons were also sentenced t...
26 Jan, 2015, 05.53 PM IST
- Aid convoy returns as Egypt closes border with Gaza
A convoy of four trucks carrying humanitarian aid and food returned to Al-Arish, without being able to cross the Rafah crossing border, a s...
01 Aug, 2014, 11.01 PM IST
5 Indians among 11 foreigners killed in blast in QatarQatar government has announced a probe into the explosion that also injured 35 people.
02 Mar, 2014, 02.10 PM IST
Egypt crisis: Forces clear Mohammed Morsi supporters from mosqueIslamist protesters today exchanged heavy gunfire with Egyptian security forces before the troops cleared a mosque.
17 Aug, 2013, 09.14 PM IST
Al-Zawahiri's brother arrested by Egyptian authoritiesEgyptian authorities have arrested the brother of al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri for backing ousted President Mohammed Morsi, an official...
17 Aug, 2013, 07.42 PM IST
- Former Egypt President Hosni Mubarak 'fit' for travel, to be tranferred to prison hospital
Egypt's prosecutor general has ordered Hosni Mubarak be transferred to a prison hospital after a medical test declared him "fit enough" to ...
25 Apr, 2011, 10.46 AM IST
- Journalists attacked by mobs, detained in Cairo
The Egyptian government has accused media outlets of being sympathetic to protesters who want Mubarak to quit now rather than complete his ...
03 Feb, 2011, 09.52 PM IST
- Suicide bomber targets church in Egypt, kills 21
At least 21 worshippers were killed and about 80 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a church soon after the New Y...
01 Jan, 2011, 06.35 PM IST
- Czech envoy to Pak killed in Marriott hotel blast
Nearly 260 were injured in the bomb attack on the hotel
21 Sep, 2008, 02.49 PM IST
- 'Pak's nuke assets essential for regional peace'
Pakistan on Wednesday said its nuclear assets were essential for peace in the region and stressed that they are well protected.
22 Aug, 2007, 11.32 PM IST