Egypt

A tripartite meeting of foreign ministers of Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria is going to be held Wednesday to discuss the current conflict  in Libya, a statement issued by Egypt's Foreign Ministry says.Tunisia-hosted meeting comes to follow…

The United States and Egypt, a key backer of Khalifa Haftar, on Tuesday called for calm Haftar pressed ahead in his offensive on Tripoli.US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the crisis in Libya during a phone call with Egyptian…

A prominent militant long sought by Egypt has been transferred to Cairo from Libya's eastern region, Egyptian state television said. Hisham Ashmawi was arrested by Khalifa Haftar's forces late last year and was extradited to Egypt…

A blast has hit a tourist bus near the Giza Pyramids in Egypt, security sources have reported.According to the sources, at least 12 people have been wounded in the explosion near the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Sunday.They …

Tunisian is going to host a ministerial meeting for the neighboring countries of Libya next week to discuss the current conflict in the country, London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper has reported. It added that Tunisia is aiming to…

Egyptian workers taken hostage in Libya this week over a financial dispute between Libyan contractors and their Egyptian partner have been freed, a relative of one of the hostages said.The governor’s office in Kafr el-Sheikh, the…

The Sudanese Minister of Defence Awad Ibn Ouf said arrangements are underway to establish joint border protection forces with Egypt, Libya and Ethiopia.Speaking to the parliament on Wednesday, Ibn Ouf said consultations have gone a…

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday called for lifting the seven-year-long UN arms embargo on the "Libyan army." Al-Sisi issued his appeal at a gathering of foreign media figures held on the sidelines of the World Youth…

The self-styled army in eastern Libya led by Khalifa Haftar has arrested an Egyptian former military officer accused of being behind a string of high-profile attacks in Egypt, according to the announcement made by Haftar's forces …

Sudan’s National intelligence Security Services (NISS) announced on Monday that it had freed a group of Egyptian army soldiers abducted by a Libyan militia on the border between Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. The Egyptian group of four…

An Egyptian court has sentenced 75 people to death for participating in a 2013 protest against the overthrow of the country's democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi. Senior members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood organisation…

Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry, along with his Tunisian and Algerian counterparts, will take part in a tripartite meeting on Libya on Monday in Algeria, according to spokesperson of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign…

Forces under Gen. Khalifa Hiftar have started a land and air operation to wrest the eastern city of Derna from an alliance of militant armed groups, Human Rights Watch said today. All parties to the conflict are obligated to respect the…

Libya will return to Egypt on Monday the bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians killed in 2015 by Islamic State in its former Libyan stronghold of Sirte, a Libyan security official said.The bodies were recovered in October after…

Libyan academic Mustafa Abu Shagour told Arabi Post news website that Moamar Gaddafi did not invest Libyan money inside Libya and that is why the country has poor infrastructure.Au Sahgour said in an interview that most of the…