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Egypt
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Society
4/16/2023 12:13:00 AM
Pope Tawadros II, the Pope of Alexandria and head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, led the Easter Mass on Holy Saturday at the Great Hall of the St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the Abbasiya district of Cairo.
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World
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Africa
4/12/2023 4:18:41 PM
Fresh clashes with M23 rebels erupted Wednesday near the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, according to officials, rupturing weeks of relative calm in the troubled region.
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World
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Region
4/12/2023 2:35:59 PM
The Greek Orthodox Church on Wednesday slammed Israel's "heavy-handed restrictions" on its upcoming Easter celebrations in Jerusalem, urging Christians to attend in spite of police curbs.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/11/2023 3:14:23 PM
Ukrainian forces have for months been holding at bay a gruelling Russian offensive in battered towns and heavily shelled trenches spanning the eastern front line.
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Business
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Economy
4/9/2023 11:03:03 PM
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has announced that banks operating in Egypt will be closed on Sunday and Monday, 16-17 April, to mark the Christian holiday of Easter and the Egyptian spring festival of Sham El-Nessim.
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Business
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Economy
4/9/2023 7:18:41 PM
Egypt announced on Friday a global bid for exploration and exploitation of gold and associated minerals for the first time in 2023 in five Eastern Desert regions through Shalateen Mineral Wealth Company (SMRC), as reported by the Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority.
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World
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Region
4/9/2023 5:38:06 PM
Pope Francis underlined his "deep concern" over a flare-up in tensions between Israel and Palestinians, as he led Easter Mass on Sunday.
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World
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Region
4/9/2023 5:29:26 PM
Thousands of worshippers held tense celebrations in Jerusalem on Sunday, as Christian Easter coincided with Jewish Passover and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, amid a surge in violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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World
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Africa
4/9/2023 3:12:32 PM
Around 20 people have been killed in an attack in eastern DR Congo, with sources blaming rebels affiliated with the Islamic State jihadist group.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
4/9/2023 1:43:15 PM
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World
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International
4/9/2023 1:17:06 PM
Pope Francis opened a celebration of Mass on Easter Sunday joined by dozens of prelates and tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter’s Square, where spring flowers made the vast space bright. made bright by spring flowers.
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World
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Region
4/8/2023 11:18:53 PM
Pope Francis returned to public view on Saturday, presiding over Easter vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, a day after unseasonably chilly weather in Rome convinced the recently ailing pontiff to skip Good Friday's nighttime procession at the Colosseum.
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World
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Africa
4/5/2023 2:52:41 PM
A regional military force deployed to stabilize the conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is raising suspicions about the role neighboring countries are playing.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
4/4/2023 9:37:59 PM
A supposed détente between Middle Eastern foes is taking shape, suggesting the region is going back to normal.
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World
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Africa
4/4/2023 1:08:01 PM
East African regional forces have regained control of Bunagana, a strategic town in eastern Congo that had been held by M23 rebels for more than nine months, a spokesman for the regional force said Monday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/3/2023 12:43:37 PM
Russia's Wagner paramilitary group on Monday claimed it had captured the city hall in Ukraine's eastern town of Bakhmut, giving it "legal" control, but Kyiv said its forces still held the town.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/2/2023 10:45:32 PM
A "massive attack" of Russian missiles killed six people on Sunday in residential areas of Kostyantynivka, near Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the resistance against what he called "the biggest force against humanity of our time".
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World
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International
4/2/2023 4:06:10 PM
Pope Francis thanked those who prayed for him during his illness Sunday, as he kicked off the holiest week in the Christian calendar just a day after leaving hospital following a bout of bronchitis.
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World
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International
4/2/2023 11:07:28 AM
Pope Francis presided over mass in St Peter's Square Sunday, as he kicked off events leading to Easter, just a day after leaving hospital following a bout of bronchitis.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/31/2023 6:36:30 PM
The president of Belarus says Russian strategic nuclear weapons might be deployed in his country along with part of Russia’s tactical nuclear arsenal, as NATO eastern flank members on Friday called for a stepped-up US military presence in the region as they looked ahead to an alliance summit in Vilnius in July.
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