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Four people were killed and 20 others were injured, on Tuesday, in a microbus crash on the Western Desert Road in al-Fashn City, south of Beni Suef governorate, Upper Egypt.

From a display of Egyptian handicrafts to the permanent home of the ancient Egyptian royal mummies, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation has quite a story to tell on its second anniversary, writes Nevine El-Aref

With the Eid Al-Adha holiday wrapping up, vacationers returning to work or extending their stay on the beach should expect hot and humid weather through Sunday, according to the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA)

Planning Minister Hala Saeed said LE350 billion was allocated in the first stage of the national project for developing the Egyptian countryside "Decent Life".

The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) warned of hot humid weather this week across Egypt.

While summer technically starts on 21 June, hot weather beginning Friday and Saturday will kick the season off early across much of the country, the Egyptian Metrological Authority announced on Thursday

During the second phase of the first Saudi expansion of the Grand Mosque (1381 AH - 1961 AD to 1388 AH - 1968 AD), the rest of the vaults were built and roofed, while the construction of the ground floor for all the corridors was completed. Three minarets were also constructed, one next to Al-Safa, and two next to King Abdul Aziz Gate. The arch of Bani Shaybah Gate was removed from the mosque. This phase saw the accession to power of King Faisal, on Jumada II 27, 1384 AH, corresponding to Novemb...

Hundreds gathered in the Sudanese capital Khartoum Wednesday to pray for peace on the first day of the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday, but gunfire shattered the brief respite, residents said. Witnesses in the capital's twin city of Omdurman late Wednesday reported air strikes and anti-aircraft fire, despite separate unilateral truces announced by the warring generals for the holiday. "The country can't take any more of this," Khartoum resident Kazem Abdel Baqi told AFP earlier in...

Meat prices have been rising sharply in the run-up to the Eid Al-Adha holiday

Few places in Jerusalem speak of the larger conflict being waged over the city more than the apartment of 68-year-old Nora Ghaith-Sub Laban. As the last remaining Palestinians in a building filled with Israeli settlers, the Ghaith-Sub Labans have battled Israeli attempts to evict them from their Old City home for over 45 years.