Nearly five years ago, a three-month-old baby girl with facial abnormalities, a short stature, and other developmental defects had left paediatric geneticist Ratna Puri puzzled.
Puri and her colleagu...
Israeli leaders convened on Thursday to consider halting a Gaza offensive after US President Joe Biden called for a de-escalation of the fiercest hostilities in years.
The dominant Palestinian Islami...
Suez Canal salvage teams were alternating between dredging and tugging on Sunday to dislodge a massive container ship blocking the busy waterway, while two sources said efforts had been complicated by...
At least 32 people were killed and 165 injured when two trains collided in central Egypt on Friday, health ministry officials said, as the Prime Minister admitted the country's rail network urgent...
Musharraf Hussain, 34, a research scholar from Malda studying in Egypt, was found dead in his Cairo flat on Saturday.
Musharraf, whose family lives in the Madia Shovabajar area under Englishbazar pol...
Qualifier Mayar Sherif made a bit of history in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday when she became the first Egyptian woman to win a main draw match at a Grand Slam.
The 24-year-old, w...
Ten years ago this month, Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, set himself alight in front of a government building in rage at the corrupt dictatorship that had ruined his young life. His sac...
Ancient Egypt means pyramids, pharaohs and hieroglyphics. The last mentioned holds a special place in many hearts as the thirst for more knowledge about Egypt remains. In the quest to read and deciphe...
A locomotive crashed into a barrier at the Egyptian capital's main train station on Wednesday, causing its fuel tank to explode and triggering a huge fire, killing at least 25 people, officials said.R...
The Assam food and civil supply department is in a quandary over 1,000 metric tonnes of onion it has received from the Centre.The department is offering onions at maximum Rs 20 per kg as against Rs 50...