If you've ever thought that people nowadays are a bit obsessed with cats, allow me to (re)introduce you to ancient Egyptian ...

When President Richard Nixon entered the White House, Egypt was a solid Soviet ally. After Egyptian President Gamal Abdel ...

Farouk's arrest came after a series of articles and social media posts he recently wrote, criticising controversial economic ...

Recounting the time his family spent in a former Italian brothel, André Aciman’s new memoir, “Roman Year,” picks up where ...

When he was a teenager, Aciman’s family was turned out of Egypt and landed in Italy. In a beguiling new memoir, “Roman Year,” ...

Yeshayahu “Shaike” Gavish, who has died aged 99, was the last surviving senior Israeli commander from the Six-Day War in 1967 ...

The history of Israel’s incursions into Lebanon are a series of lessons in futility and the arrogance of power. If only ...

In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President ...

In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Shaban al-Dalu was sleeping in his tent in a central Gaza hospital's courtyard, still ...

A leading medical aid group says Israeli evacuation orders for parts of northern Gaza are turning it into an “unliveable wasteland” and “effectively emptying out the whole” area of Palestinians. Since ...

Former captain Nasser Hussain orchestrated Sachin Tendulkar’s only Test stumping in the third Test of England's 2001 tour of India. Tendulkar, on 90 runs, was frustrated by Ashley Giles ...