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Pope Francis meets top Sunni cleric after five-year freeze
Pope Francis has met the grand imam of Cairo's al-Azhar mosque after a five-year pause in dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the mosque, the highest authority of Sunni Islam.
Crash jet made 'sharp turns and plunged'
An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo made two sharp turns before plunging into the Mediterranean Sea, Greece's defence minister says.
EgyptAir flight from Paris feared crashed in Mediterranean
An EgyptAir flight from Paris with 66 people on board vanished from radar screens on Thursday with a Greek aviation source saying it had crashed into the Mediterranean between the Greek islands and the Egyptian coast.
80% of world’s city dwellers breathing bad air: UN
Over 80 percent of the world’s city dwellers breathe poor quality air, with Dhaka being the third most polluted, increasing their risk of lung cancer and other life-threatening diseases, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report warns.
Egypt: Officials claim mistaken identity after toddler sentenced to life
Family members of a 3-year-old Egyptian boy who was sentenced last week to life in prison say they feel relieved after receiving assurances from officials that neither the boy nor his father will be arrested,.
‘Eight accused’ over King Tut’s beard
Egyptian media says prosecutors refer eight museum employees for trial over the botched reattachment of the beard on the burial mask of the pharaoh, Tutankhamun.
Cairo nightclub petrol bombing kills 16
Assailants attack a Cairo nightclub Friday with petrol bombs, killing at least 16 people in the ensuing blaze, following an apparent dispute with the staff, the interior ministry says.
Sisi defends Egypt’s security laws
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi defends Egypt's sweeping security laws, insisting he is still taking the country on a path to democracy.
Sinai plane crash: Russian airliner 'broke up in mid-air'
A Russian airliner which crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, killing all 224 people on board, broke up in mid-air, a Russian official says.
Al-Jazeera trial: Egypt gives journalists 3yrs sentence
Three al-Jazeera journalists convicted in Egypt of "spreading false news" have been sentenced to three years in prison at their retrial in Cairo.
Egypt furniture factory fire kills 25
At least 25 people have died in a fire at a furniture factory north of the Egyptian capital Cairo, officials say.
Egypt unveils plans for new capital
The Egyptian government has announced plans to build a new capital to the east of the present one, Cairo
ISIS beheads 21 Egyptian Christians
Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya yesterday, a day after the group there released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians, drawing Cairo directly into the conflict across its border.
Christian captives 'killed by IS'
Video emerges shows beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians who had been kidnapped by Islamic State (IS) militants in Libya