Alcohol consumption caused more than 700,000 new cancer cases and around 366,000 cancer deaths in 2012, mainly in rich countries, according to data reported Wednesday to the World Cancer Congress in Paris.

The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has announced that it will present Mohamed Diab's Clash (Eshtebak) to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for Golden Globe Awards consideration.

The opening of the 9th Panorama of the European Film was held on Tuesday 1 November at Karim Cinema, in Downtown Cairo.

Google marked the 95th birthday of Wadih El Safi, Lebanon’s most prominent cultural icon, with a doodle featuring the musician sitting with his oud at the backdrop of a typical Lebanese landscape.

The Egyptian Tourism Ministry has launched a marketing campaign in Rome aimed at boosting the number of Italian visitors to Egypt, which have dropped off significantly since the murder in Cairo of PhD student Giulio Regeni earlier this year.

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.