Those used to sedentary lifestyles are better off picking endurance-based activities, such as cycling, Nordic walking, dance or aqua cycling, when taking up exercise to help avoid injury and heart palpitations.

Burkini bans in France have boosted sales and interest in the full-bodied Islamic swimsuit, particularly from non-Muslim women, the Australian credited with creating the design said on Tuesday.

Pop superstar Beyonce on Sunday invited the mothers of slain African American men to the MTV Video Music Awards, where her politically charged "Formation" is up for the top prize.

The Ministry of Antiquities received four artefacts that were accidently unearthed beneath the American Consulate in Alexandria, including three roman marble columns and an Islamic-era water well holder.

Gene Wilder, who delighted audiences with his comic turns in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" and Mel Brooks classics including "Blazing Saddles" and "The Producers," died Monday at age 83.

Between 31 August and 6 September, a film selection from Cannes Film Festival's ACID (Association du cinéma indépendant pour sa diffusion) will debut in Cairo, with daily screenings at Zawya, Cimatheque-Alternative Film Centre and the French Institute.

“I came to hear your voice, to hear your secrets,” says the filmmaker and narrator, addressing her homeland, Palestine, in the film that chronicles her first visit.

Inspired by the success of Pokemon Go, a Belgian primary school headmaster has developed an online game for people to search for books instead of cartoon monsters, attracting tens of thousands of players in weeks.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was named the world's highest paid actor by Forbes on Thursday, raking in US$64.5 million and snatching the title held for three consecutive years by Robert Downey Jr.

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, have identified a new drug that could offer an effective future therapy for breast cancer. While a potential treatment is still a long way off, this discovery could give rise to promising clinical trials.

Egypt’s Minister of Culture Helmy El-Namnam approved the launch of Sharm El-Sheikh Arab and European Film Festival, whose first edition is scheduled to take place between 25 February and 3 March of next year, reported Al-Ahram Arabic gate.

AlHadraa troupe are scheduled to perform at Cairo’s El-Genaina Theatre on Thursday 8 September.

People shown before-and-after pictures of hair transplant recipients rated men with more locks as looking more attractive and younger, researchers found. People also thought the men looked more successful and approachable after the procedure.

Adults with longer-lived parents have a lower-than-average risk for problems with the body’s circulatory system in middle-age, British researchers have found

If you're not sure of the best way to improve your cardiovascular health, results of a US study suggest that it doesn't matter whether you choose to improve your diet, fitness, or both, as long as you lose weight.

Being overweight can raise the likelihood of being diagnosed with cancers of the stomach and digestive tract, as well as certain brain and reproductive tumors, international researchers said Wednesday.

On the once very prestigious Fouad Street in the heart of Alexandria, close to the intersection with Safiyah Zaghloul Street, Fernando’s is giving a new face to Italian restaurants that have always been closely associated with the Alexandria dining out tradition.

A man grabs a dog by the ears and bashes it against the side of a pickup truck in a rural area of northern Iran. As the dog tries to find shelter in the back of the truck, the man beats it with a shovel.

When Reham El-Sonbaty first found out she had breast tumours, life never looked the same to her. As an artist, nothing expressed El-Sonbaty’s fear, anxiety, and internal turmoil better than painting and colouring. The time she spent waiting until doctors diagnosed the tumours as benign was enough for her to decide that no woman should go through this alone.

Aiming to promote various forms of expression within the audio medium, journalist-turned-entrepreneur Abdel-Rahman Hussein started Dandin, the first online sound-sharing platform in the Middle East. In doing so, he offered local artists a chance to showcase their material to new audiences, who in turn become more engrossed in the region's various music scenes.

A team of Egyptian doctors from the Southern Egypt Cancer Institute have removed a cancerous tumor weighing 38 kg from the belly of a 70-year old woman.