The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

Egypt plans to launch a national political dialogue in the coming weeks, a test of whether authorities are prepared to ease a crackdown on dissent that critics say is the most severe in the country's recent history.

After years of sweeping crackdowns on dissent, Egypt is set to launch a political dialogue, but the once-powerful and now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood is excluded.

After nine years of sweeping crackdowns on dissent, Egypt is set to launch a carefully choreographed political dialogue, but the main Islamist opposition movement is excluded and critics say a parallel move to release prisoners is proceeding too slowly.

Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood will not launch a new struggle for power with authorities which toppled it from government nine years ago, even though the movement still claims wide support, its acting leader said.

A leading human rights watchdog is urging Egyptian authorities to allow the family of a prominent activist serving a five-year sentence access to him

Egypt’s Finance Minister Mohamed Maait called on the global insurance industry to actively contribute to Africa’s transformation into a green economy. He urged this industry to be a part of the solution to climate change by supporting investment in green projects. Maait made the remarks during his participation in the…

Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday displayed a rare and "remarkably well preserved" Roman-era coin dating back nearly 1,900 years, depicting the moon goddess Luna, the first such find in Israeli waters. The coin minted in Alexandria in present-day Egypt featuring the zodiac sign Cancer below Luna and the era's Roman emperor,…

African nations opened climate talks in the Mozambican capital Maputo on Wednesday to identify their priorities and come up with a common position ahead of the United Nations climate summit in Egypt in November, known as COP27

Egypt and the International Monetary Fund are working to "resolve differences" in ongoing negotiations, Finance Minister Mohamed Maiit told Al-Arabiya on Wednesday. The lender had said on Tuesday in an evaluation of a $5.2 billion stand-by arrangement agreed with Egypt in 2020 that the country needed to make "decisive progress"…

The decapitated mummy head belonged to a woman living in Ancient Egypt 2,000 years ago, and was found in the loft of a doctor's house in Kent, researchers revealed

Ministers told broadcast execution would serve as deterrent