UN Security Department is investigating allegations of surveillance and misconduct by the Egyptian police against delegates attending the COP27 climate summit in Sharm al-Sheikh, dismissed by the Egyptian COP27 chairmanship

In the Nile delta, a women's hockey team is making inroads in an area that claims the sport's historical origins, despite social and financial challenges that prevent it from developing its sporting career

The country will return to daylight saving time this summer after a seven-year hiatus, the latest in a series of government efforts to save energy; clocks will be advanced by one hour starting on the last Friday in April

The Shia mosque of Al Ḥakim bi Amr Allah, in central Cairo, has been reopened after renovations began in 2017; work on the more than 1.000-year-old building included repairing water damage and cracks in the walls

A renovated wing of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo - which houses a 16-metre papyrus scroll recovered last year - has been inaugurated; it is the first phase of wider renovations to the ancient complex