The flag-raising provoked a public outcry and prompted the public prosecutor to order an investigation. Homosexuality is not explicitly criminalised under Egyptian law. But the authorities ...

Egyptian officials investigating the massacre of worshippers at a mosque in Sinai say the attackers were carrying the flag of the Islamic State group. At least 305 people died in the assault ...

and that musicians today are taking to the street to defend this plurality of cultural expression. (Picture: A man's face painted in the colours of the Egyptian flag, Credit: Getty Images) ...

After Israel carried out air strikes on military targets across Iran on October 26, footage circulated in social media posts ...

Minister of Local Development Manal Awad and the new Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Program (Habitat) Anna Claudia Rosbach took part Monday morning in the flag-raising ...