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30 June: Five years on

Egypt’s 30 June Revolution ended the political ambitions of the Muslim Brotherhood, but an accurate account of the group’s aims and methods is still necessary from the region today to correct widespread Western misunderstanding

Sisi hails 30 June anniversary, cites progress on economy, security

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said in a televised speech on Saturday that 30 June was ...

Why Egypt failed miserably in the 2018 World Cup

It was a spectacular fall for a team that promised so much but produced so little

Egyptian PM Madbouly travels to Mauritania to head Egypt's delegation at African Union assembly

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly travelled to Mauritania’s Nouakchott on Saturday ...

Brilliant Cavani brace gives Uruguay 2-1 win over Portugal

Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani scored twice to earn the South Americans a 2-1 win over European champions ...

Egypt, South Africa agree to continue coordination on fiscal, institutional reforms of African Union

Egypt and South Africa have agreed to continue coordination on fiscal and institutional reforms of ...

Italy returns to Egypt collection of Egyptian artefacts seized in Naples

A collection of 195 artefacts and 21,660 coins were returned to Egypt on Friday after being seized ...

Trump allies push for Iran regime change

US President Donald Trump allies Newt Gingrich and Rudy Giuliani on Saturday urged regime change in ...

Palestinians call for 'revenge' at funeral of boy killed by Israeli fire

Thousands of Palestinians on Saturday attended the funeral of the 11-year-old son of a Hamas military ...

Mbappe double sees France past Argentina in 4-3 thriller

Teenager Kylian Mbappe scored two goals in four minutes to send a youthful France charging into the ...

Syrian rebels lose string of southwest towns

A string of Syrian rebel-held towns and villages accepted government rule on Saturday as insurgent ...

Egypt condemns terrorist attack on G5 Sahel military base in Mali

Egypt’s foreign ministry strongly condemned on Saturday the attack on the headquarters of the ...

'Security of Egyptians is our top priority,' Interior Minister Tawfik says on 30 June anniversary

Egypt’s Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfik inspected on Saturday a number of security checkpoints ...

Egypt court postpones final verdict in case including Brotherhood figures until 28 July

An Egyptian criminal court postponed on Saturday a scheduled final verdict for 784 defendants, including ...

Turkey likely to continue Syria operations, key objectives debatable

With the recent Turkish presidential-parliamentary elections finished, attention is likely to focus ...

Trump, ahead of NATO summit, repeats complaints on Germany, other Europeans

U.S. President Donald Trump, less than two weeks before a NATO summit in Brussels, on Friday repeated ...

IMF approves payment of $2.02 billion tranche of $12 billion loan

This brings the total amount disbursed by the IMF to Egypt to $8.06 billion

The roots of Brotherhood violence

While some Muslim Brotherhood members today are calling for a return to the ideas of the organisation’s founder Hassan Al-Banna, in truth his views merely explain its long-standing use of violence

5 years after the 30 June Revolution: Eyes on the future

Five years after 30 June 2013 the scene in Egypt is much clearer and the vision far stronger. Egypt ...

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Features

Sports

'There are lessons to learn from Egypt's World Cup experience,' says prominent economist Mohamed El-Erian

"Rather than treat Egypt's early exit from the World Cup campaign as a failure, Egyptians ...

Economy

Egypt to sign $10.9 bn contract for Middle East's largest petrochemical complex

Egypt is set to sign a deal to build the Middle East’s biggest petrochemical project on Saturday ...

Region

Deal of the century despite Abbas?

After it moved its embassy to Jerusalem, President Abbas deemed the US incapable of brokering an Israeli-Palestinian ...

Egypt

30 June: Five years on

30 June: The legacy

Egypt marks the fifth anniversary of the 30 June Revolution amid a host of political and economic challenges

Egypt's Armed Forces celebrate 48 years since creation of Air Defence Forces

The Egyptian Armed Forces held a celebration on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the creation ...

World

Trump, ahead of NATO summit, repeats complaints on Germany, other Europeans

U.S. President Donald Trump, less than two weeks before a NATO summit in Brussels, on Friday repeated ...

US sanctions aim to turn Iranians against government: Khamenei

U.S. economic pressure on Iran is intended to turn Iranians against their government, Supreme Leader ...

Lebanon's Hezbollah to work with Syrian state on refugee returns

Hezbollah will work with the Syrian state and Lebanon's General Security agency to help return ...

Business

Egypt's economic reform programme: Painful cuts

The latest round of fuel and electricity subsidy cuts will increase production costs for most businesses, with the increases being passed on to consumers

Egypt to sign $10.9 bn contract for Middle East's largest petrochemical complex

Egypt is set to sign a deal to build the Middle East’s biggest petrochemical project on Saturday ...

Egypt current account deficit narrows as tourism rises

Egypt’s current account deficit for the third quarter of the 2017-18 fiscal year narrowed to ...

Arts & Culture

Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s 16th International Summer Festival announces lineup

The festival runs for a month, bringing daily concerts, plays, films, and dance to the city of Alexandria

Google Doodle celebrates late Lebanese painter and sculptor Saloua Raouda Choucair

Saloua Raouda Choucair was born 24 June 1916 and died 26 January 2017

Football funny: Celebrating the World Cup through decades of Egyptian comedy films

From Al-Riyady (The Athlete, 1937) to Eyal Harrifa (Professional Guys, 2015), football plays an important role in deepening the connection between many film stars and their audience

Opinion

A new ruling party in Egypt?

Dina Shehata

Some of Egypt’s political parties may be on the verge of joining forces to create a new ruling party

May the best men win

Hussein Haridy

The disappointing performance of Arab teams at the World Cup should spur a period of reflection on why the Arabs underperform on many levels

Uniting the world against terrorism

António Guterres

Terrorism is a persistent and evolving global menace. No country is immune. Social media, encrypted ...

Sports

Egypt's Trezeguet set to join Italy's Inter Milan: Report

Egypt winger Mahmoud Trezeguet is set to join Inter Milan in the summer but will spend next season ...

We are aiming for more than just a top-four finish: Pyramids club spox

Newly appointed Pyramids Club spokesman Ahmed Hassan has said the club are aiming for more than just ...

Egyptian ping pong champion Assar expelled from Mediterranean Games over 'offensive comments' about Egypt

Table Tennis Federation's president threatens to take strict measures against Omar Assar

Life & Style

Modified polio vaccine extends lives in brain cancer study

The experimental vaccine involves a genetically modified form of polio, which is infused into the brain tumor

Seafood tied to faster conception

Doctors generally advise adults to eat at least two servings a week of oily fish like salmon, mackerel, herring and tuna that are rich in omega-3s, which are linked to a lower risk of heart disease and stroke.