Egypt

Negligent forces in Egypt and Jordan caused the death of multiple US-trained sniffer dogs forcing the US to stop sending trained dogs to those countries.

Agrima Tikader Dec 25, 2019

HMS Urge which went missing in 1942 has been discovered in good condition near Malta's coast.

Agrima Tikader Nov 01, 2019

Russia's efforts to sow discord, discontent and chaos extend far beyond the U.S., including into leading media outlets in the Arab world.

Nathaniel Greenberg Feb 13, 2019

Panic spread through an EgyptAir flight after an "agitated" passenger assaulted crew members and tried to storm the pilot's cabin.

Roger Baird Mar 06, 2018

Egyptian Mona Mahmoud arrested after accusing police of torturing and disappearing daughter Zubeida in BBC report. Amnesty says arrest is latest in Egypt's free speech crackdown.

Isabelle Gerretsen Mar 02, 2018

Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab sentenced to six months in prison after joking about parasites in River Nile.

Isabelle Gerretsen Feb 28, 2018

Palaeontologists consider this find as the "Holy Grail" of discoveries, since dinosaur fossils from the end of the Age of Dinosaurs are hard to find in Africa.

India Ashok Jan 30, 2018

Jailed Brit Laura Plummer remains in Egyptian jail following reports that her presidential pardon has been withdrawn.

Nicole Rojas Jan 30, 2018

Jailed Briton Laura Plummer will be freed in the next two days after receiving a presidential pardon by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Nicole Rojas Jan 25, 2018

LGBT campaigners accuse government of assault on gender rights to turn attention away from Egypt's serious financial problems.

Kashmira Gander Jan 23, 2018

It comes as no surprise President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announces he seeks another four-year term.

Vasudevan Sridharan Jan 20, 2018

Laura Plummer's family told media that they worried about the Briton jailed in Egypt as she struggles with conditions inside the Cairo jail.

James Tennent Jan 16, 2018

UK police are investigating how British woman Laura Plummer, who has been jailed in Egypt, obtained the powerful painkiller Tramadol.

Nicole Rojas Jan 10, 2018

Mohamed Salah was crowned CAF African Player of the Year less than a month after scooping the BBC African footballer of the year award.

Pradhan Muthanna Jan 05, 2018

British tourist Laura Plummer told Egyptian prosecutors she 'didn't do anything wrong' moments after being arrested for bringing Tramadol tablets into Egypt.

Nicole Rojas Jan 03, 2018

Another Egyptian pop singer Leila Amer has been arrested for 'inciting debauchery' in racy music video.

Isabelle Gerretsen Jan 03, 2018

Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam called for a Bitcoin ban, issuing an official fatwa against the cryptocurrency.

India Ashok Jan 03, 2018

Egypt international Mohamed Salah is currently the second-highest scorer in the Premier League with 15 goals to his name.

Karthick Arvinth Dec 28, 2017

Tramadol, a powerful opiate painkiller, is illegal in Egypt but available on prescription in the UK. Plummer claimed the pills were for her Egyptian boyfriend who suffered back pain, and she was not aware they were illegal in Egypt.

Roger Baird Dec 27, 2017

British tourist Laura Plummer wept in an Egyptian court on Christmas Day over a drug smuggling charge that could lead to a death penalty.

Nicole Rojas Dec 25, 2017

The objects include a 3,000-year-old Mycenaean sword, a golden crown with an inscription of the ancient Greek sun god Helios and a bust of Alexander the Great.

Aristos Georgiou Dec 22, 2017

The writings include previously unknown Greek mythological and medical works, classical scientific documents, and the oldest surviving copy of the gospels in Arabic.

Aristos Georgiou Dec 20, 2017

Shyma's risque pop video in deeply conservative country lands her two-year jail sentence for inciting debauchery.

Isabelle Gerretsen Dec 13, 2017

Laura Plummer, a British woman arrested in Egypt for smuggling prescription drugs, may have to spend more time in jail before her case is properly heard.

Nicole Rojas Dec 13, 2017

Nabih al-Wahsh, a popular lawyer in Egypt, said women who wore revealing clothes were "inviting men to harass them".

Karen Noronha Dec 03, 2017

Egypt sentences at least 13 gay men to 3 years in prison in worst crackdown against LGBT people in almost 2 decades. Crackdown started at Mashrou' Leila concert in Cairo.

Isabelle Gerretsen Nov 27, 2017

Gunmen were carrying Isis flag when they attacked al-Rawdah mosque in Egypt's North Sinai in country's bloodiest terror attack.

Isabelle Gerretsen Nov 25, 2017

Australian authorities have said they will look into the case of Joan Howard who is thought to be in possession of A$1m worth of artefacts from the Middle East.

Nov 24, 2017

Bomb explosion at mosque in North Sinai Egypt kills at least 235 and injures 130. Islamist militants believed to be behind attack.

Isabelle Gerretsen Nov 24, 2017

Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities said that although the coffin was in a bad condition, the mummy itself was well-preserved and featured decorations of sky god Khebr and Isis.

Charlotte Tobitt Nov 15, 2017