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World
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International
4/21/2025 12:07:23 PM
Here are some key dates in the life of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, who died on Monday aged 88:
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World
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International
4/21/2025 10:11:55 AM
Pope Francis, an energetic reformer who inspired widespread devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists, died on Monday, aged 88, just a day after greeting delighted worshippers after Easter Mass.
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Egypt
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Society
4/20/2025 3:13:00 PM
Pope Tawadros II, the Pope of Alexandria and Head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, led the Easter Mass on Saturday evening at St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbassia, Cairo.
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World
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International
4/20/2025 2:18:48 PM
Pope Francis briefly met US vice-president JD Vance on Sunday, the Vatican said, as the Republican concluded a visit to Rome over the Easter weekend.
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World
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International
4/20/2025 1:25:58 PM
Pope Francis appeared in front of thousands of Catholic faithful at St Peter's Square on Sunday for Easter, despite the 88-year-old pontiff's frail health that has kept him from most Holy Week events.
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World
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International
4/19/2025 4:30:13 PM
US Vice President JD Vance met with the Vatican's second-highest official on Saturday, in which they discussed the thorny issue of refugees just two months after Pope Francis incurred the wrath of the White House after lambasting the new US administration over its migration policies.
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World
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International
4/18/2025 2:35:40 PM
US Vice President JD Vance met with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Friday, ahead of celebrating Easter at the Vatican and a meeting with the pope's right-hand man.
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World
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International
4/12/2025 10:28:17 PM
The Trump administration late Friday said they would exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from reciprocal tariffs, a move that could help keep the prices down for popular consumer electronics that aren’t usually made in the U.S.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
4/10/2025 5:04:00 PM
Trump’s second term has seen the development of new political doctrines prioritising populism, unilateralism, and transactional diplomacy.
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World
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International
4/9/2025 6:19:32 PM
Rescuers rushed to find survivors on Wednesday after the roof of a Dominican Republic nightclub collapsed during a concert by popular singer Rubby Perez, one of more than 110 people killed in the disaster.
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Egypt
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Society
4/7/2025 6:58:33 PM
Egypt’s population growth rate has dropped to a new low of 1.34 percent in the first quarter of 2025, announced the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) on Monday.
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World
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International
4/6/2025 2:19:19 PM
Pope Francis made a surprise Sunday public appearance as he mingled with crowds at the Vatican just two weeks after leaving hospital for a serious case of pneumonia.
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Egypt
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Society
4/5/2025 1:42:48 PM
Egypt’s population has reached 107.5 million, increasing by 500,000 over 154 days, according to the state statistics agency CAPMAS on Saturday.
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World
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International
3/29/2025 8:32:05 PM
Pope Francis has shown ‘’a truly surprising improvement’’ since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double-pneumonia, the doctor who coordinated the pontiff’s five-week hospitalization said Saturday.
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Egypt
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Tourism
3/29/2025 1:42:19 PM
The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed that six people have died and 23 others were injured after the Sindbad tourist submarine sank off the Red Sea coast near Hurghada.
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World
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International
3/23/2025 3:50:22 PM
Pope Francis was discharged from hospital Sunday after more than five weeks being treated for pneumonia, waving to cheering crowds and thanking everyone for their support.
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World
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International
3/22/2025 7:06:22 PM
Pope Francis will make his first public appearance on Sunday with a blessing and a wave from Rome's Gemelli Hospital where he was admitted on February 14 with breathing problems.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/22/2025 2:37:00 PM
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened on Friday to annex parts of the Gaza Strip as Israel resumed its genocidal war on the densely populated Palestinian territory, breaking the relative calm that had held since a ceasefire on January 19.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/20/2025 1:24:56 PM
The Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee condemned Thursday the Israeli army’s raids and direct bombardment of areas populated with unarmed civilians in the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring hundreds of Palestinians.
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Opinion
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Opinion
3/19/2025 10:27:25 PM
The spread of religious populism is threatening security, communal harmony, and democratic stability around the world.
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