The decision further deepens a rift between Gulf Arab nations.

Masked gunmen opened fire on a bus south of Egypt Friday, killing at least 26 people.

Officials hope finding the mummies will boost Egypt's tourism industry.

Ancient meat-eater may have snacked on our ancestors.

Moments after the explosion rocked her church, Mona Faiez's phone rang.

The blasts came at the start of Holy Week leading up to Easter.

UK to ban electronic devices on UK-bound flights from Middle East.

Once again, the question seeks an answer: Is there a secret chamber inside what is arguably the world's most famous tomb?

An Egyptian woman, reportedly the world's heaviest at 500kg, has been lifted into a hospital in India by crane for lifesaving surgery.

The world's heaviest woman hasn't left her home for more than two decades. But she will travel 4,345 kilometres to Mumbai for potentially life-saving surgery.

Egypt's health ministry has uncovered an illicit human organ trade in which migrants are selling body parts to reach Europe.

Shocking footage has emerged showing the moment a circus trainer was mauled by a lion during a live show in Egypt, leaving him with fatal injuries.

New Zealand is leading a bid to get UN Security Council members to agree to resumption of a ceasefire in Syria.

An ancient Egyptian city and graveyard has been uncovered by archaeologists.

West Coast author Wendy Scott has picked up a second international award for her teen novel Hieroglyph.

COMMENT: It came as no surprise to pyramid buffs that scans picked up previously unknown "passages" or "rooms" in the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Journalist Jakub Kyncl was granted a rare chance to photograph the historic tombs.

A leopard has reportedly killed a nine-year-old girl in Egypt after escaping from a wildlife farm in a village south of Cairo.

EgyptAir plane crashed into the Mediterranean last month, killing all 66 people on board.

What impact will the crash of EgyptAir flight MS804 have on visitor numbers to Egypt?

Egypt's tourism minister said last week's EgyptAir plane crash is unlikely to affect government plans to attract millions of visitors next year.

Mystery about EgyptAir MS804 deepened today with news that the captain did radio air traffic controllers before the crash.

The EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea was emblazoned with the words "we will bring this plane down" two years ago.

The EgyptAir flight disappearance could be the result of a bomb, according to a prominent counter-terrorism researcher.

Egypt is confident of luring back millions of foreign visitors and putting a smile on their faces

The moderation and maturity of Muslims in New Zealand was evident once again in their response to the Egyptian initiative.

Frozen chickens, opera singers and sleeping passengers - those on board the hijacked EgpytAir flight tell their stories.

The man who hijacked an EgyptAir plane is a jailed fraudster whose passport was blacklisted after he escaped prison in 2011, it is claimed.

Of all the freedoms Egyptians thought they had won with the Tahrir Square Revolution, the one they thought irreversible was the right to demonstrate.

Investigators of the Russian plane crash are pursuing the theory that a bomb could have been placed inside a passenger's luggage by hotel staff.