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Seventeen people have died and 32 have been injured in an explosion outside Egypts National Cancer Institute in central Cairo, Egypts health ministry said early on Monday. (Photo: AP)

17 dead, 32 injured in car explosion in Cairo

A car driving against traffic on Cairo's corniche collided with three other cars, causing explosion, Egypt's interior...

5 Aug 2019 12:01 PM IST

Upon returning to Egypt, the exhibits will sit in the new museum near the Giza pyramids. (Photo: AFP)

King Tutankhamun's treasures attract millions

Paris Tutankhamun show sets new record with 1.42 mn visitors.

23 Sept 2019 1:31 PM IST

Under the rule of general-turned-president Sisi, who led Morsis ouster, authorities have launched a broad crackdown on dissidents, jailing thousands of Islamists as well as secular activists and popular bloggers. (Photo: AFP)

Watch: Several protests break out in Egypt's Tahrir square, many...

Tahrir Square was the epicentre of 2011 revolution that toppled Egypt's long-time autocratic leader.

21 Sept 2019 2:09 PM IST

One passenger from Chennai has been moved to a hospital in Alexandria after showing symptoms of virus infection (AP)

17 Indian passengers stranded in a Covid19 affected cruise ship in...

One Chennai resident admitted to a hospital in Alexandria after showing symptoms of Covid-19

9 March 2020 2:03 PM IST

An Egyptian youth, trailed by his friends, gropes a woman crossing the street with her friends in Cairo, Egypt. (AP File Image)

Another #MeToo wave sweeps up Egypt amidst a pandemic

Sexual assault is deep-seated problems in Egypt, where victims must also fight a culture that ties female chastity to...

13 July 2020 1:22 PM IST

In a file photo, a girl holds a draw reading Save Our World as demonstrators take part in the Fridays for Future Scotland march, during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. (AP)

AA Edit | Will the polluter pay?

The one silver line is that COP26, which met last year was not even open to the idea of compensation but that position...

8 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

Rishi Sunak, front-runner to the British PM post (Photo: AP)

British PM Rishi Sunak reverses decision on COP27, says will attend...

The Oppn described the reversed decision to attend as Sunak being

2 Nov 2022 4:49 PM IST

Genital cutting of girls was banned in Egypt in 2008, criminalized in 2016, but continues to be viewed as a way to promote chastity. (Photo: Pixabay)

Egypt struggles to end female genital mutilation

According to the World Health Organization, more than 200 million girls, women have been cut in 30 countries in Africa,...

10 March 2018 2:27 PM IST

Tough economic reforms have led to a dramatic increase in prices, notably for the imported goods bought by many newly-weds to equip their homes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Weddings get costlier in Egypt as economic hardships deepen

Number of marriages across Egypt fell by nearly 3 per cent in 2017, according to official data.

22 Dec 2018 10:46 AM IST

Scans of the fossilised skeleton of Megachirella revealed the chameleon-sized reptile was an ancestor of todays lizards and snakes. (Photo: AFP)

The mother of all lizards found in Italian Alps

The stone, dug up in Egypt, allowed scientists to decipher hieroglyphics.

31 May 2018 1:02 PM IST

The film Innocence of Muslims , a low-budget 13-minute video, was billed as a film trailer and made in California with private funding. (Representative Photo: Pexels)

YouTube banned over Prophet Mohammad video in Egypt

The temporary ban on YouTube is over a video that denigrates the Prophet Mohammad, which was published in 2012.

28 May 2018 9:09 AM IST

This undated photo released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, shows workers examining the remains of a temple dating back to the second century, in the countrys western desert, some 50 km west of Siwa Oasis, Egypt. (Photo: AP)

Archaeologists find remains of Roman-era temple in Egypt

It was found near the Siwa Oasis in the western desert

10 May 2018 8:04 PM IST