On the occasion of the World Day for Cultural Diversity May 22, the Library of Alexandria hosted festivities to conclude a series of technical workshops to cultivate the artistic skills of Syrian children and young people. Organized by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees over the past year, the project was the first of its kind to focus on the artistic talents of the refugees, and not just professional skills needed for the labor market.

The Egyptian foreign ministry condemned on Monday the attack against the General Intelligence office in Amman and sent its condolences to the families of the victims.

CAIRO, June 6 (Aswat Masriya) - Arrival of the ship, tasked with searching for and recovering the two black boxes of the doomed Egypt Air MS804 flight, to the search site will be delayed, sources within the committee investigating the incident said on Monday.

CAIRO, June 6 (Aswat Masriya)-The Cairo criminal court handed on Monday a life sentence and a ten year in prison sentence to two people on charges on photographing police facilities.

A total of 31 migrants, mostly Egyptian, arrived in a navy vessel in Alexandria Monday, as well as nine decomposed bodies, Youm7 reported.

A student was killed Monday and three others were injured after a car hit them while crossing the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, Youm7 reported.

The Mediterranean city of Marsa Matrouh will incorporate extensive security measures including surveillance cameras, extra officers and youth to monitor road flow to secure holidaymakers,by Matrouh security director Hisham Lotfy.

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi headed on Sunday a National Defence Council meeting where they discussed the army’s 2016-2017 budget as well as a number of pending domestic and regional issues.

Twelve officials from the Education Ministry were detained Monday pending investigations into high-profile exam leaks.

Egypt's parliament approved a report prepared by the legislative and constitutional affairs committee on a Saudi-Egyptian loan agreement aimed at developing the Sinai peninsula in a plenary session Saturday.

As Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reaches the two-year milestone of his presidency in the coming week, the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera) has conducted a poll to measure the Egyptian people's satisfaction with his performance.

The lawyer of Egypt’s former chief auditor says his family has paid his bail, securing his release ahead of his trial next week on charges of “spreading false news.”

Egypt’s coastal guard caught 19 people as they attempted an illegal crossing to Italy from Glime beach, Alexandria.

Egypt and Germany has signed a cooperation deal, per which Berlin will provide Cairo with 153 million Euros ($174m) to establish projects in six fields, Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr said in a statement Friday.

A massive fire erupted at the headquarters of Misr Company for Sound, Light and Cinema Thursday evening, the latest in a series of blazes hit several parts in Cairo during the past few months, Youm7 reported.

Egyptian defense minister Sedki Subhi received on Thursday the French aircraft carrier, Mistral, which is set for use by Egyptian maritime forces.

The Giza Zoo has finally received a pair of white stork after a long wait since the nineties, according to a Wednesday statement by the zoological garden.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban agreed during Cairo talks Wednesday to bolster trade cooperation and join forces in the fight against terrorism.

A Kenyan diplomat has written to the dean of the Africa Diplomatic Corps to protest what she calls "uncivilized, undiplomatic, irresponsible, degrading and insulting behavior" by an Egyptian diplomat who is alleged to have called sub-Saharan Africans "slaves and dogs."

A French naval search vessel has picked up signals believed to originate from one of the black boxes of EgyptAir flight MS804 which crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the Egyptian investigation committee said on Wednesday.

Egypt and the Kuwait fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed on Tuesday the first agreement in a pledged series of projects for the development of Sinai, according to the international cooperation ministry's website.