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ISSF World Cup: Saurabh Chaudhary claims gold in men's 10m air pistol event; Esha Singh bags silver

Indian shooting ace Saurabh Chaudhary won the gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol event, opening the country's account in the year's first ISSF World Cup in Cairo on Tuesday.

Egypt's Sisi plans to build new capital east of Cairo: Here's what you need to know about the new administrative capital

An opulent presidential palace, a brand new parliament, a regal opera house and spacious parks are all part of the vision for a New Administrative Capital (NAC) rising up out of the Egyptian desert.

At least 12 killed, 34 injured in bus crash on Egypt highway near Suez

According to a local report, the bus was heading to Cairo from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh when it hit a concrete barrier and overturned

Around 100 injured in Egypt after passenger train travelling to Mansoura derails north of Cairo

Sunday’s train accident came three weeks after two passenger trains collided in the province of Sohag, killing at least 18 and injuring 200 others including children

Mummies of 22 Egyptian pharaohs moved to a new museum in Cairo in a spectacular 'Golden Parade'

The mummies entered the grounds of the new museum to a 21-gun salute, after a slightly shorter than expected journey time of around half an hour.

Cairo badly needed a detox; COVID-19 lockdown supplied one, but at a steep price to Egypt

Egypt has more than 77,000 known cases, and confirmed infections have grown by about 1,400 cases a day for the past month. Egypt has registered more than 3,400 deaths, the highest toll in the Arab world

Mandatory masks and social distancing: Saudi Arabia's hajj health measures for domestic pilgrims

Saudi Arabia in June decided to limit the number of domestic pilgrims attending the hajj to 1,000 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus

'Scorn, ridicule will not go unnoticed': UAE royal warns after BJP MP Tejasvi Surya's tweet about Arab women

In response to the backlash being faced by BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, who had deleted a five-year-old tweet after social media users in the Gulf countries criticised him for his remarks on Arab women, Sharjah royal family member Princess Hend Al Qassimi said that the “scorn and ridicule will not go unnoticed”

Hosni Mubarak dies at 91, says Egypt's state TV; former president was ousted during Arab Spring uprising

Hosni Mubarak, born in May 1928, was vice president on 14 October 1981, when his mentor, president Anwar Sadat, was assassinated by Islamic extremists while reviewing a military parade.

Three Indians killed, 13 injured near Egypt's Ain Sokhna after tourist buses collide with truck

Three Indians were killed and 13 others injured when two buses carrying tourists crashed into a truck in Egypt's Suez governorate, the Indian embassy in Cairo said on Sunday.