As Indians wake Monday to smoke-filled skies from a weekend of festival fireworks, New Delhi's worst season for air pollution begins — with dire consequences.

The chairman of Egypt's National Committee for Antiquities Repatriation (NCAR) assigned former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass to take restricted action against Toledo Museum of Art which put on sale 68 artefacts from its collection.

The Cairo International Film Festival's administration announced Thursday that 204 films will be screened in this year's event, which runs from 15 to 24 November.

The Red Sea Ports Authority closed four sea ports in Suez and Port Said governorates on Thursday due to extreme bad weather conditions, Ahram Arabic website reported.

Returning to Cairo this fall is the Panorama of the European Film festival, now in its 9th edition. Organised by Misr International Films in partnership with the European Union and Zawya, the festival runs from 2 November to 12 November. It is presided over by Marianne Khoury, with artistic director Stephanie Sicard.

Long-term exposure to urban air pollution incrementally increases the risk of high blood pressure, according to a study released Tuesday of more than 41,000 European city-dwellers.

Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany met on Wednesday with representatives of the UNESCO office in Egypt and a special international agency to discuss preliminary suggestions on making use of the visitors centre of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) in Fustat, as well as its cultural and commercial sections.

The Egyptian Pianist Ramzi Yassa arrived Tuesday in Cairo coming from Paris, as he is scheduled to give a concert on Oct. 29, Youm7 reported.

Tunisian musicologist and singer Dorsaf Hamdani is due to perform at Cairo’s El-Genaina Theatre on Thursday 27 October.

Hours following the statement released earlier today by the filmmakers behind “In the Last Days of The City” about the film’s exclusion from the 38th Cairo International Film Festival, the festival administration issued a press release saying the film was excluded after the filmmakers violated agreed-upon conditions for the film’s participation.

Egypt is expected to witness "unstable" weather starting Wednesday with cloudy skies and strong rains, chairman of the Meteorological Authority Ahmed Abdel-Aal said on Tuesday.

Renowned Egyptian heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub has revealed plans for a new medical city in Aswan specializing in the treatment of heart disease.

Cigarettes contribute to more than 1 in 4 cancer deaths in the U.S. The rate is highest among men in Southern states where smoking is more common and the rules against it are not as strict.

Six Egyptian films were selected to compete at the 27th edition of Carthage Film Festival, which runs this year between 28 October and 5 November in Tunisia.

Social pressures are forcing people to cut back on their sleep, contributing to a “global sleep crisis,” according to a new study based on research collected through a smartphone app.

Filipo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, concluded his visit to Egypt by visiting the Giza Plateau.

During his visit to Egypt to hold his first ever concert, American singer-songwriter, Michael Bolton, paid a visit on Friday to Giza Plateau as part of his tour around Cairo’s many cultural and historical sites.

The Egyptian capital is this year’s "Iconic City" at Dubai Design Week, spotlighted in an exhibition featuring over 65 designers and which opens Monday and runs for six days.

Tourists gathered Saturday in front of Aswan’s Abu Simbel Temple to witness the bi-yearly phenomenon of the sun’s rays falling directly onto the King Ramses II statue within, to mark his birthday, state news agency MENA reported.

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced that Luxor will be hosting its fifth Global Summit on City Tourism on Nov. 1-2, Youm7 reported.

Two rock-hewn tombs from the Late Period (664 BC to 332 BC) have been revealed near the Aga Khan mausoleum on Aswan's west bank during excavation works carried out by the mission of Aswan Field School.