CAIRO (AP) — A former Egyptian lawmaker went missing nearly three weeks ago and may have been detained by security forces, his wife said in a request sent to authorities seeking information about her husband’s whereabouts — the latest reported incident to highlight worrying incarceration ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi signed a strategic cooperation treaty Wednesday that is intended to bolster trade and other ties between the two nations.

The treaty capped a three-day visit to Russia by the Egyptian leader. During ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Egypt’s president urged Russia on Tuesday to resume direct flights to Egyptian resorts as he discussed ways to bolster ties with Russian officials and lawmakers.

Moscow suspended the flights after a bomb planted by the Islamic State group brought a Russian passenger plane ...

CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International criticized the French government on Tuesday and accused it of breaking its own rules over arms exports to Egypt, which the watchdog said have been used for the internal repression of civilians.

Fresh analysis of open-source multimedia content showed ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities detained the youngest son of jailed former President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday for questioning on charges of spreading “fake news,” then released him on bail.

State security men and a special forces officer took Abdullah Morsi at dawn along with his ID ...

CAIRO (AP) — Sometimes, the raw material of Ali Ghomari’s work comes screaming from the skies over Yemen.

Missiles fired by Saudi-led coalition jets rain down on militiamen and civilians alike, killing and maiming thousands. Children, farmers and others collect shrapnel from their ...

CAIRO (AP) — In Yassin Mohammed’s sketches and paintings, he and other Egyptian prisoners are crammed into tiny cells, feet in each other’s faces and their few belongings hanging from the walls.

The cramped scenes, defined by bars and closed cell doors, capture the claustrophobic reality ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s close relations with Saudi Arabia are being tested by an uproar over alleged soccer meddling by the kingdom’s sports minster.

Turki al-Sheikh’s attempts over the last year to exert control over Al-Ahly, Egypt’s biggest team, have enraged fans and officials alike. The ...

CAIRO (AP) — Melania Trump says she has, at times, told the president to put his phone down. And she says she doesn’t always agree with what he tweets.

The U.S. first lady spoke briefly with reporters Saturday as she was wrapping up a four-country tour of Africa with a visit to the ...

CAIRO (AP) — Once a month, Abdullah waits outside Cairo’s notorious Tora prison for hours, standing without shade under the blazing Egyptian sun for a chance to see his father.

And almost every time, for five years, he has been denied access to Egypt’s most famous, but least heard-from ...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Latest on the Israel-Palestinians conflict (all times local):

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Officials from the Islamic Hamas group are travelling to Egypt in another attempt to negotiate the easing of the blockade on the Gaza Strip.

Hussam Badran, a politburo ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian media are reporting that a regional governor has ordered depictions of Disney characters removed from kindergarten classrooms and replaced with images of Egyptian troops killed fighting militants.

The Youm7 news website quotes Alaa Marzouq, governor of Qaliubiya ...

CAIRO (AP) — An autopsy on a Coptic Orthodox monk who had until recently belonged to a monastery northwest of Cairo where the abbot was killed showed clear signs of poisoning, Egyptian security and medical officials said on Thursday.

They said the autopsy was performed late Wednesday, ...

CAIRO (AP) — In an incident that brought the woes of one of the world’s oldest churches back under the spotlight, Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church said on Wednesday that prosecutors are investigating the death of a monk who had until recently served in a monastery northwest of Cairo where the ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says archaeologists have discovered a “massive” ancient building in the town of Mit Rahina, 20 kilometers, or 12 miles, south of Cairo.

The Antiquities Ministry says Tuesday archaeologists also uncovered an attached building that includes a large Roman bath and a chamber ...

CAIRO (AP) — In trying to understand Mohamed Salah’s disappointing form so far this season, Egyptian sports pundits are coming up with explanations that range from the rational to the outlandish.

Salah’s form is dominating conversation — and concern — among sports commentators, reflecting ...

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — European Union leaders agreed Thursday to enter talks with Egypt to help stem the flow of migrants entering Europe from Africa, offering to step up economic cooperation and the prospect of a high-profile summit in Cairo as incentives.

Speaking to reporters after ...

CAIRO (AP) — Gamil Ratib, an award-winning Franco-Egyptian actor whose roles as villain or aristocrat made him a household name across the Arab world, died Wednesday, state media reported. He was 92.

Ratib’s acting career — he appeared in about 100 films in both French and Arabic — began ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s crackdown on freedom of expression under the rule of general-turned-president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has reached “alarming” and “unprecedented” levels, Amnesty International said Tuesday, calling for the unconditional release of Egyptians jailed for peacefully expressing ...

CAIRO (AP) — Tests showed that e.coli bacteria were behind the death of two British tourists in a hotel in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Hurghada, the country’s chief prosecutor said on Wednesday.

The statement by Prosecutor Nabil Sadek came a week after travel company Thomas Cook said that ...

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 75 people to death, including top leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, for their involvement in a 2013 sit-in protest by Islamists that was broken up by security forces in an operation that left hundreds dead.

In a case involving ...

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian man was arrested outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday after chemicals in his backpack caught fire, in what authorities said was a botched attack.

No one was harmed in the incident, which took place just outside the heavy blast walls that surround the ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt said Sunday that archeologists have unearthed one of the oldest villages ever found in the Nile Delta, with remains dating back to before the pharaohs.

The Antiquities Ministry said the Neolithic site was discovered in Tell el-Samara, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi told a visiting Italian official on Wednesday that there is a “strong will” to bring the killers of an Italian researcher to justice, an Egyptian spokesman said.

Giulio Regeni, a 28-year-old Cambridge University doctoral student who was ...

CAIRO (AP) — It might have been another #MeToo moment: An Egyptian woman says a man stalked her at a bus stop, made inappropriate advances, and only backed off when she began filming him with her cellphone.

But when she posted the video on Facebook, it ignited an online debate in which ...