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Arab League picks Egypt's Aboul-Gheit as new chief with Middle East in turmoil

The Arab League’s appointment of a veteran Egyptian diplomat from the Mubarak era as its new head comes at a crucial time for the Middle East. Ahmed

Egypt

Mystery over brutal death of Italian researcher in Egypt deepens

After sources said Giulio Regeni had been tortured over a week, the president's office claimed that "terrorists" were behind the killing

Egypt

Egypt touts for Japanese investment as route to economic recovery

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is hoping to secure Japanese investment projects worth around 15 billion euros on his visit to the country –

Economy

Poorer Egyptians pay the price for the country's foreign currency crisis

Egypt's foreign currency crisis is causing big problems as much of its food and energy is imported and ordinary people are suffering amid rising prices.

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Egyptian president promises to crack down on police abuses

The president of Egypt has promised to crack down on police brutality Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has decided to act as public anger mounts over alleged

Egypt

Egypt's best known journalist Mohamed Heikal dies at 92

Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, the Arab world’s best known political commentator, died on Wednesday at age 92, Egyptian state television reported

Egypt

Cairo: Italian student Regeni showed signs of electrocution - forensic source

There are claims that shop surveillance video is likely to show two men, believed to be Egyptian security agents, leading an Italian student away on

Egypt

Egyptian doctors protest against alleged police abuse

Thousands of Egypt’s doctors staged a rare protest in Cairo on Friday (February 12), against police abuses after accusations two doctors were beaten

Egypt

Egypt: 5 years after the fall of Hosni Mubarak

Five years after the fall of Hosni Mubarak the fervour has gone, the hope of change has given way to a sense of resignation and disillusionment

Egypt

Egypt awaits its revolution five years after Mubarak

Thursday was the fifth anniversary of Egypt’s “spring revolution”, but the spirit on the streets seemed to be one of resignation, not the fervour of

World News

Egypt denies involvement in Italian student death

Egypt angry over accusations police killed Italian student Body of Giulio Regeni shows signs of torture Relations strained between Rome and Cairo

Italy

Body of Italian student killed in Egypt repatriated to Rome

The body of an Italian doctoral student, found dead in Cairo, has been returned to Rome. Italy establish what happened to Giulio Regeni, who had been

Cinema

An intimate doc on the Egyptian Revolution

'I Am The People' chronicles the post-Arab Spring tensions in Egypt seen from the eyes of a farmer in the Nile valley.

Egypt

Italy-Egypt to jointly investigate death of 'tortured' student Giulio Regeni

Italy’s Foreign Minister has confirmed Rome will collaborate with Cairo in an investigation into the death of twenty-eight-year-old student Giulio

Egypt

Missing Italian Giulio Regeni found dead in Cairo with 'signs of torture'

Missing Italian student Giulio Regeni has been found dead in Cairo “with signs of torture,” according to a senior Egyptian prosecutor. The Cambridge

World

Lost hopes, simmering anger: Egypt five years after failed revolution

Five years ago in Cairo’s Tahrir square Egyptians thronged in their tens of thousands to call for Hosni Mubarak to go. Thirty years in power were

Egypt

Egypt: 5 years on from revolution - how much has changed?

Egypt is marking five years since the uprising that toppled longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak. On the eve of the anniversary, Egyptian President

Egypt

Egypt: at least nine dead in bomb blast on road to Giza pyramids

A bomb blast in a residential building in Giza, Egypt, has killed at least nine people, including six police officers. The bomb site lies on the road

Economy

China's President Xi offers financial and political support to Egypt's Sisi

China and Egypt have signed investment and aid deals worth billions during a state visit to Cairo by President Xi Jinping.

Egypt

Egyptian parliament meets for the first time in three years

The Egyptian parliament met on Sunday for the first time in three years as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seeks approval for up to 300 laws issued by

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