The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

Fragile ceasefire strained as rival PMs jostle for power amid talks in Cairo for future political process and elections.

Egypt will start operating its new Sphinx International Airport near the Giza pyramids by mid-July with the aim of easing pressure on Cairo's main airport and boosting tourism, a cabinet statement said on Wednesday.

Egypt rights body urges authorities to transfer activist to better facility, as his family calls for his release.

Royal Caribbean International's Ultimate World Cruise will include a visit to the The Great Pyramid of Giza, in Egypt, India's Taj Maha, the Great Wall of China and Iceland's Blue Lagoon

A subsidiary of Shell plc, BG International, signed a farm out agreement (FOA) with ExxonMobil Egypt to acquire a 100% stake in the Exxon Mobil-operated North East El-Amriya offshore area, Mediterranean Sea, also known as Block 3, a Shell statement said on Wednesday. "On completion of the transfer, BG will…

The son of Egypt’s former president claimed Tuesday that he and family members were innocent of corruption charges made in international courts after the country’s 2011 popular uprising

Scott C. Waring, who runs a YouTube channel called UFO Sightings Daily, made a video sharing what he believes is '100% proof that alien life once lived on Mars'

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly affirmed on Monday the keenness to strengthen strategic ties in various fields with the United States, noting that the US is considered one of the most important trading partners for Egypt. The PM’s comments came during a meeting organized by the American Chamber of Commerce…

Egypt inaugurated on Monday comprehensive development projects at the factories of the Egyptian Petrochemical Company in Alexandria. Petroleum Minister Tarek el-Molla inaugurated the trial operation of the developed factories, including the chlorine plant and the new thermal cracking unit of the vinyl chloride monomer production plant. He stressed the sector's…

For nearly 30 years, his music has made its way to every young Egyptian's ringtone -- but it's the country's ancient history that recently propelled composer Hesham Nazih to the realm of superheroes. Following his career-defining score for the Pharaohs' Golden Parade last year -- a grandiose spectacle that saw…

Opposition parties in Egypt have begun coordinating to announce a unified position on their demands for “political reform.” Last month, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi tasked the Youth National Conference, which operates under the umbrella of the Egyptian presidency’s National Training Academy (NTA), with coordinating with all political parties, movements…