Airplane hijackings such as the one that unfolded on Tuesday involving an Egyptian airliner have become relatively rare since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks led to increased security.
An EgyptAir plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday by a man Cypriot state media said was demanding the release of women prisoners in Egypt.
Nigeria ignored a football fundamental—always play to the whistle—and it cost them dearly in a 1-1 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw with Egypt on Friday night.
The Egyptian interior ministry said Thursday they had identified the killers of Italian student Giulio Regeni, hours after security forces shot dead members of a criminal gang said to have abducted foreigners by posing as policemen.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday swore in 10 new ministers in a cabinet reshuffle, as Egypt struggles to revive an economy battered by falling tourism revenues and foreign investments.
Radar scans of the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun in the ancient necropolis of Luxor showed a ‘90 percent’ chance of two hidden chambers, possibly containing organic material ...
Egypt said on Wednesday it will regulate ride-hailing services Uber and Careem after they sparked protests from taxi drivers in Cairo over allegations the smartphone applications bypass traffic regulations.
Egypt has accused exiled Muslim Brotherhood officials of conspiring with Gaza-based Hamas militants to assassinate Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat last year and arrested 14 people in connection with the attack.
Egypt and France began Sunday joint manoeuvres in the Mediterranean in which French Rafale warplanes purchased by Cairo last year are taking part, the Egyptian army said.
An Egyptian military court has handed down seven death sentences for an April 2015 bombing that killed two army cadets as they waited to board a bus, an army official said.
Egyptian lawmakers expressed outrage at their colleague Tawfiq Okasha for hosting the Israeli ambassador to dinner, and one hit him with a shoe - an insult in the Arab world.
Former UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who led the world body from 1992 to 1996, has died, the UN Security Council announced Tuesday.
