Islamic State, losing territory and on the retreat in Iraq and Syria, has claimed credit for a surge in global attacks this summer, most of them in France and Germany.
01 Aug 2016 5:14 AM
Zawahri, the new al Qaeda leader,urged Muslims to take captive as many Westerners as possible
02 Jul 2016 11:26 AM
Investigators have downloaded data from one of the black box flight recorders on EgyptAir Flight MS804 and are preparing to analyse it, bringing them closer to discovering what caused the jet to crash
01 Jul 2016 12:15 AM
An Egyptian court on Tuesday quashed a government decision to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, judicial sources said, overruling a deal that had sparked public outrage.
22 Jun 2016 2:41 AM
Morsi was given an additional 15 years in prison in the same case, increasing his jail term to 40 years.
18 Jun 2016 6:03 PM
The investigating committee has identified several main locations of the wreckage.
16 Jun 2016 9:20 AM
The gold mask of King Tutankhamun is seen alongside a dagger found in the wrapping of his mummy in a composite image. The dagger is now confirmed to be made of iron from a meteorite. (Photo: AP)
03 Jun 2016 2:14 AM
Egyptians look at posters of the 66 victims of the EgyptAir MS804 flight that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea during a candlelight vigil near the Cairo Opera House. (Photo: AFP)
28 May 2016 6:13 AM
French naval ship specialized in underwater searches will help search for the black boxes.
27 May 2016 3:50 PM
The head of Egypt’s forensics authority dismissed a suggestion on Tuesday that the small size of the body parts retrieved since an EgyptAir plane crashed last week indicated there was an explosion on
25 May 2016 6:34 AM
'She doesn't want to believe it.I told her to switch off her phone, but she said, what if Samar calls ' said a victim's family member.
22 May 2016 6:32 PM
Smoke was detected inside an EgyptAir plane shortly before it plunged into the Mediterranean with 66 people on board, investigators said on Saturday, offering clues but no answers about why it crashed
22 May 2016 7:01 AM
An imam consoles film director Osman Abu Laban (right), who lost four relatives in the plane crash, following prayers for the dead in Cairo. (Photo: AFP)
21 May 2016 6:33 AM
An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo carrying 66 people crashed in the Mediterranean on Thursday with wreckage found off the Greek island of Karpathos, as investigators probed whether it was downed
20 May 2016 3:56 AM
A relative of a passenger who was flying aboard EgyptAir Flight MS804 cries as family members are transported to a gathering point at Cairo airport. (Photo: AFP)
20 May 2016 3:51 AM
An Egyptian court recommended death sentences on Saturday for six co-defendants of Mohamed Morsi but not for the ousted Islamist President in their trial on espionage charges.
08 May 2016 2:35 AM
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi called on Thursday for a special criminal court to be set up for Israel, at a meeting to condemn an announcement that it will never return the Golan.
22 Apr 2016 1:31 AM
A Qatari royal family member and a Pakistani have been freed by kidnappers in Iraq after nearly four months, Qatar News Agency reported on Wednesday, citing a Qatari foreign ministry statement.
07 Apr 2016 12:17 AM
Larnaca/Cairo: The hijacker of EgyptAir plane, currently held up at the Larnaca airport in Cyprus, has demanded the release of specific prisoners in Egypt, media reported on Tuesday.
29 Mar 2016 5:12 PM
Scans of King Tutankhamun’s tomb have almost certainly shown two rooms hidden behind the pharaoh’s burial chamber, Egyptian antiquities minister Mamdouh al-Damati said on Thursday.
18 Mar 2016 6:08 AM