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Plans for a new film about Cleopatra starring Israeli actress Gal Gadot have sparked controversy in Egypt.
Comment: Only a Biden administration would be capable of holding Sisi's regime accountable. But whether it would is another matter, writes Sam Hamad.
Egypt navy shoot at three Gazan fisherman
Three Gazan fishermen from the same family were reportedly taken into custody by Egyptian authorities.
7 dead in botched Egypt prison break
Egypt held military funerals Thursday for three policemen killed as they prevented four convicts on death row from staging a prison break.
Three Egyptian police, four convicts killed in attempted prison-break
Three Egyptian policemen were killed when four convicts tried to escape the notorious Tora prison in Cairo. The convicts were later killed by ...
Four Arabs named among TIME's 'Most Influential People 2020'
Oscar-nominated Syrian filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab is listed among TIME magazine's 'Most Influential People of 2020'.
Gaza: De-escalation in exchange for health security
Comment: Negotiations between Hamas and Israel to de-escalate in exchange for providing medical aid to Gaza could contribute to further ...
Egypt army says 70 'militants' killed in North Sinai
Egypt's army announced that more than 70 alleged militants have been killed in recent military operations in North Sinai.
Between the lines: Egypt's censorship crackdown targets book translations
Egypt's top translation institution has barred foreign books that criticise religion or violate social values, with fears it could extend to ...
Iran reports highest virus cases for nearly a month
The Islamic republic has been battling the Middle East's deadliest outbreak of Covid-19 since late February.
Egypt's military gambit in Libya risks backfiring
Cairo's bellicose rhetoric has raised fears of a wider regional conflict.
Egypt executes 7 over killing of policeman in 2013
Seven people have been executed by Egyptian authorities for their alleged involvement in the killing of a police officer in 2014, officials ...
IS occupies four villages in Egypt's Sinai
Wilayat Sinai, Egypt's Islamic State group affiliate, has occupied four villages in the north of the Sinai peninsula for ...
Egypt is targeting 'evil people' instead of fighting Covid-19
Comment: Sisi is using propaganda tinged with patriotism and tailor-made emergency legislation to target people who dare to speak out against ...
Militants kill three civilians for ‘cooperating with Egyptian military’
Tribal sources have reported that Islamic State affiliated militants have attacked a village in northeastern Sinai and killed three ...
The final demise of free expression in Egypt's media
Egypt has censored all independent reporting on sensitive political topics, with journalists and social media users only allowed to communicate the official narrative.
Egypt eases restrictions despite surge in Covid-19 infections
Egypt has lifted restrictions put in place to combat the coronavirus pandemic, despite a rise in infections.
Egypt executes Libyan militant for deadly police attack
Egypt executed a Libyan militant who was convicted for an attack that killed 16 Egyptian policemen.
Sisi has no business drawing 'red lines' in Libya
Comment: Egypt's undemocratic aims and interference in Libya are unwelcome, writes Ahmed Sewehli.
An Egyptian-Turkish war in Libya?
Comment: Recent geopolitical and on-the-ground developments have ignited concerns over the prospect of an Egyptian-Turkish military ...
Egypt to reopen airports, resume beach tourism
Egypt will reopen its airports on July 1 and begin welcoming to beach resorts tourists kept away by the coronavirus pandemic, the government ...
Egypt to open tourist destinations less hit-hard by virus
The decision comes even as the pandemic surges in the densely populated capital of Cairo and other major cities, where many people say they ...
Egypt's Sinai threatened with humanitarian catastrophe as coronavirus spreads
A number of healthcare workers in the restive Sinai Peninsula have called on the Egyptian government to provide more medical equipment.
Egypt returned deceased British diver's body 'with heart missing'
British pathologists have been told it could take up to four years for Egypt to release a detailed coroner's report.
An eighth person has died this month in Egypt's prisons of alleged medical negligence.
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