Researchers have found no evidence of hidden spaces at the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Some experts had speculated that the remains of Queen Nefertiti might be in an undiscovered room.
The Syrian Ministry of Defense said it intervened on Monday night after a rocket attack aimed at Shayrat Air Base near the city of Homs.
Battles between the army of Egypt and jihadists have killed more than twenty people in Sinai. According to the Egyptian army, eight soldiers were killed on Saturday and at least fourteen insurgents. The fighting took place in the middle of the peninsula.
Twenty people died in a bus accident in Egypt. The vehicle came on a road through the desert in the south of the country, not far from Luxor, in collision with a truck. According to the local authorities, the bus probably got a blowout that caused the driver to lose control.
The Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won the presidential election in his country by a large majority. According to the electoral commission, he received about 97 percent of the votes, the same percentage with which he won the elections in 2014.
The Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi leads the tentative election results with 21.5 million votes, reports the state newspaper Akhbar el-Youm.
The influential Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has described Turkey as part of a 'triangle of evil', alongside Iran and inflexible Islamic groups. The successor to the throne accused Turkey of seeking to restore the Islamic caliphate, which disappeared almost a century ago with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
Aircraft personnel of the Egyptian society EgyptAir overpowered an aggressive passenger on Tuesday. The man attacked the crew and tried to enter the cockpit.
At least fifteen people were killed on Wednesday by a train accident in the northern province of Beheira in Egypt. According to the official news agency MENA, forty people were also injured.
German and Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a certain 2500-year-old necropolis in the city of Minya. The cemetery contains dozens of sarcophagi, over a thousand small statues, a golden mask and many other objects.
In Egypt, 21 people were sentenced to death for planning attacks, forming an Islamic extremist group and making bombs. That says a source within the court. Four others have been sentenced to 15 to 25 years in prison. Sixteen of the 21 convicts were convicted in absentia.
Units of the Egyptian army and the police have again reported successes in the fight against Muslim terrorism. A spokesman said that during a week-long offensive in the Sinai, 53 extremists were killed and 680 suspects were arrested. On the peninsula jihadists are active who have links with Islamic State.
In an action against extremists, the Egyptian army killed sixteen militants and arrested more than thirty others. The army said on Sunday that the militants were killed during a campaign in the north of Sinai.
A 3200 year old statue of the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II was moved to the atrium of the new Great Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Thursday. The displacement of 400 meters was a complex operation that cost 13.6 million Egyptian pounds (about 880,000 euros).
Will it be Al-Sisi? Or Al-Sisi? Tens of millions of Egyptians have only one real choice at the presidential election at the end of March: the incumbent leader. His potential rivals have been professionally eliminated in recent weeks. The last contender, former army boss Sami Anan, was arrested yesterday.
General Sami Anan, former top military, will take on President Ben Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who was announced on Friday for a second president's term, in the upcoming presidential election in March.
The American vice president Mike Pence will start a visit to the Middle East on Saturday. The trip had been postponed twice before, because Pence had to stay in Washington for the Senate vote on the Republicans' tax plan and because in the Middle East there was a heated reaction to Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will take part in the Egyptian presidential election at the end of March. The 63-year-old head of state made the decision to stand for re-election Friday night at a meeting in Cairo. The former general is a towering favorite for a new term of office. Four years ago he received about 97 percent of the votes.
Egypt holds presidential elections from 26 to 28 March. The incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to throw a second term.
Israel is preparing to restore electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip. The Israeli power cables to the Palestinian area have to be fully operational again by Monday evening \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27; are, the Israeli authorities report according to The Times of Israel. This is done at the request of the Palestinian Authority.
The Egyptian former prime minister Ahmed Shafik (76) does not participate in the coming presidential election in his country. On Sunday, he stated in a statement on Twitter that he had come to the conclusion that he was not the ideal person to lead the country in the coming period.
The prosecutor in Egyptian Luxor ordered the arrest of four men who were involved in the accident with a hot-air balloon. It would in any case be the pilot of the balloon.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has allowed civilian airlines to carry out flights to Cairo again. The Russian authorities announced it on Thursday, even though the decision came into effect on 2 January.
The Belgian nuclear watchdog registered nine nuclear incidents last year. That was less than in 2016, but last year there was an incident from a more serious category.
At least nine people were killed on Friday by an attack on a Coptic church south of Cairo. Two archers opened fire according to sources at the prayer house. There would be three police officers among the victims.
By an attack on a military vehicle in Sinai, six Egyptian soldiers were killed Thursday. According to the authorities, the army unit was engaged in an action against a suspected hiding place of terrorists when the fatal explosion occurred.
Egypt has executed fifteen men for killing an army officer and several soldiers. The men were convicted by a military court in the North African country and then hanged, according to safety sources Tuesday.
Saif Gaddafi wants to participate in the presidential elections in Libya next year. Saif is the son of the Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed in 2011.
US Vice President Mike Pence is planning a planned trip to the Middle East. The Republican remains for the security in the US, because he may be needed in the Senate. 'We probably do not need his voice. We are just not waiting for a scenario in which he is on the other side of the world and has to return ', said a senior government official.
A female singer from Egypt has to stay in the cell for two years because she eats a banana in a clip.
