Egyptian

Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty arrived in Washington , being greeted by his counterpart Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Egypt-US relations have soured following recent comments made by US President Donald Trump on turning the…

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi spoke of the importance of Syria's future in his first public remarks since the fall of Bashar Assad. "The decision-makers are people of the country, and they will either demolish or build it,"…

The foreign ministers of Egypt and China held talks in Beijing on Friday on increasing cooperation between the two countries in various fields. This includes the economic and financial sectors, as well advancing the joint manufacturing…

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with his French counterpart Catherine Colonna in Cairo on Thursday. During their meeting, the two ministers discussed bilateral relations between Egypt and France, as well as the latest…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has called for measures to slow the birth-rate in the Arab world's most populous country, citing China's one-child policy as an example. "We need 400,000 births per year," said the leader of the…

Prominent Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma walked out of the Badr prison complex outside Cairo, a free man. He was pardoned along with four other prisoners, according to a presidential decree. The pardons, dated Saturday, were published…

A high-profile Egyptian activist who was released from prison after being pardoned by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi insists he will continue to work in the field of human rights. The case of Patrick George Zaki, a student at the…

Egyptian rights researcher Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer were freed, a day after being pardoned by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in cases that renewed attention to Egypt's human rights record. Zaki had served 22 months in…

Saudi Arabia executed five men, four Saudis and an Egyptian, accused of attacking a place of worship, authorities said. This brings to 68 the number of executions since the beginning of the year in the kingdom, one of the countries which…

Volunteers in Egypt announced that having collected 90 tons of donations to be sent to the areas in northern Syria devastated by the earthquake. The items include essential food supplies, blankets, clothes and baby milk. "We planned…