An Egyptian archaeological mission has unearthed three tomb, including one that was shared by two priests over 4,400 years ago, a few kilometres south of the three Great Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure.Egypt's Ministry of State of Antiquities announced...

An explosion on Friday targeting a bus carrying Vietnamese tourists on an excursion to the Giza pyramids left four people dead and 10 others wounded, Egyptian authorities said.Three of the tourists were killed along with the tour guide, an Egyptian citizen,...

Israel's Prime Minister paid a historic visit to Oman, where he met with the sultan of the Gulf country, which has yet to establish formal diplomatic ties with Israel, official sources announced on Friday.The Omani state-run TV broadcast a video of Sultan Qaboos...

The Egyptian authorities said nine people were killed and eight others injured in a car crash on a desert highway linking the capital Cairo with the Suez Canal city of Ismailia on Saturday.A passenger minibus collided with another vehicle on the Desert Cairo-Ismailia...

At least 10 people were killed and 15 injured on Wednesday in a collision between two trains in Beheira province, north of the capital Cairo, the Egyptian Health Ministry said in a statement.The Health Ministry's spokesman said that more than 30 ambulances...

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday said that the Islamic State (IS) terror organization was not yet fully defeated and continued to pose a danger to the region despite losing 98 per cent of its territory in Iraq and Syria.Tillerson, in a speech...

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday that his country will support Egypt in its war against terrorism."The Egyptian people should be confident that the US commitment to continue to support Egypt in fight against terrorism and bringing security...

Egypt's armed forces on Sunday announced that 16 alleged militants had been killed as part of a new security offensive in the northern and central Sinai Peninsula.Col Tamer al-Refaei said an additional 34 suspects were arrested during the offensive, dubbed "Operation...

Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said that protests against the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital has left 30 people dead, 7,000 wounded and some 1,000 imprisoned.Abbas made his remarks on the opening day of...

At least ten people were killed in a shootout outside a church here on Friday, state media reported."The security forces thwarted an attack on Mar Mina Church in the Helwan district," said an Interior Ministry statement.The Health Ministry said the ten...

At least six people were killed on Friday in a shootout outside a church here, according to Egyptian authorities."The security forces thwarted an attack near the Mar Mina Church in Helwan district," the Interior Ministry said.One attacker was killed and...

At least 14 people were killed and seven others wounded in a car accident in Beni Sweif province, the Egyptian Health Ministry said in a statement on Saturday."The accident took place as a passenger minibus collided with another vehicle at the Eastern Desert...

Egypt's President vowed to avenge victims of a brutal attack on Friday in the country's restive Sinai Peninsula that left at least 270 people dead and 90 others injured.Abdel Fattah al-Sisi spoke on state television as the country came to terms with the worst...

At least 155 people were killed in a bomb attack on a mosque in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Friday, Egyptian state media reported.The assailants planted home-made explosives in the al-Rawdah mosque in the northern city of Arish and detonated them as worshipers...

At least 54 people were killed in a bomb attack on a mosque in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Friday, Egyptian state media reported.The assailants planted home-made explosives in the mosque in the northern city of Arish and detonated them as worshipers were...

Saudi Prince Mansur bin Maqran died on Sunday when the helicopter in which he was riding crashed, a media report said.The Saudi Al Arabiya television channel said that the helicopter was transporting several officials at the time of the crash, but provided...

The death toll in a collision between two passenger trains in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria has risen to 41, the Health Ministry announced on Saturday.Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Mujahid told the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper that at least...

At least 36 people were killed and more than 123 others were injured on Friday in a crash between two trains in Egypt's Alexandria province, Egypt's Health Ministry said.The ministry has announced state of emergency in all hospitals in Alexandria and neighbouring...

Egypt's armed forces killed 40 militants on Friday in retaliatory attack after suicide bombing and shooting on an army checkpoint in North Sinai killed at least ten soldiers, the army said in a statement."The armed forces have foiled a terrorist attack launched...

At least 10 Egyptian soldiers were killed and 20 injured in suicide bombing and shooting at an army checkpoint in North Sinai's Rafah city on Friday, an official source said."A car broke into an army checkpoint in the village of Al-Bars, south of Rafah...

At least 117 civilians have been killed in the Syrian city of al-Raqqa since June 6, when US-backed Syrian forces began an offensive to expel the IS, a British-based war monitor reported.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the civilians, including...

At least 23 people were killed and 25 injured when gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt on Friday, the state media reported.The incident occurred in Minya province, about 220 km south of the capital Cairo, as the bus headed...

At least 11 civilians were killed in bombings by the US-led international coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in two provinces in northeastern Syria, a British war monitor reported on Saturday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR)...

At least 11 people, including four children, were killed in airstrikes in the northern Syrian city of al-Raqqa, a British-based war monitor said on Wednesday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the bombardments, believed to be carried out...

At least 33 people were killed and 77 injured in two separate bomb attacks on Coptic churches in Egypt as the Christian faithful observed Palm Sunday, one of the most important days on the religion's calendar, according to Health Ministry officials and...

At least 13 persons were killed in an explosion at a Coptic Church in Tanta city of northern Egypt on Palm Sunday.The blast that targeted St George's Coptic Church also left 40 people injured, the BBC reported.The cause of the explosion is not yet known...

At least 13 police and three civilians were wounded when a bomb exploded on Saturday near a police training centre in Egypt's Tanta city, country's Interior Ministry said.The explosive device was placed on a motorcycle, Efe news service reported. Security...

The Egyptian military killed 18 militants during recent air raids in restive North Sinai province bordering Israel and the Palestinian Gaza Strip, the military spokesman said in a statement on Saturday."The air strikes over the past few days killed 18 major,...

At least eight security personnel were killed and three others injured in a terror attack on a checkpoint in Egypt's New Valley Governorate, some 600 km south of Cairo, according to a statement of Egypt's Health Ministry.The statement said that the armed...

At least 25 people were killed and 49 others injured on Sunday in an explosion at the Coptic Cathedral in Abbasiya's neighbourhood of Cairo, officials said in a statement.The security forces rushed to the scene and launched operations to search the assailants...