Gandhi was born 146 years ago this weekend. Kevin Pilley follows in his footsteps and visits the birthplace and family home of the influential leader in Porbandar, Gujarat.

There is no natural border between Europe and Asia. Divisions between them are in our heads, writes Victoria White

A suicide bomber blew himself up just steps away from the ancient Egyptian temple of Karnak in Luxor, a southern city visited by millions of tourists every year, security and health officials said.

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I am an Irish nun, working abroad, and I read with interest the news from Ireland. An ongoing concern is water charges. 

A European spacecraft that made history by touching down on a comet may have failed to anchor itself firmly to the object’s icy surface, scientists have revealed.

An Egyptian court has jailed eight men for three years for “inciting debauchery” following their appearance in an alleged same-sex wedding party on a Nile boat.

Alex Perry on how George Clooney and his celebrity friends helped engineer the birth of a new African country and then saw it implode

Love Hate returns: Check out our spoiler-free guide to what to watch on TV tonight.

A roadside bomb has gone off on a busy Cairo street near the Nile-side Egyptian Foreign Ministry, killing two senior policemen.

A European spacecraft is closing in on an icy comet more than 250 million miles (402 million km) away at the end of an epic 10-year journey across the Solar System.

A European spacecraft is due to rendezvous with an icy comet tomorrow after an epic 10-year journey across the Solar System.

The Lonely Planet proclaimed it the top destination in 2012, yet Uganda is still a hidden pearl, writes Geoff Power.

Egypt’s former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was sworn in yesterday as president for a four-year term, assuming the highest office of a deeply polarised nation that has been roiled by deadly unrest and an economic crisis since its 2011 uprising.

Egypt’s former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has been sworn in as president for a four-year term.

The latest excavation of Oxyrhynchus, an ancient Egyptian city and one of the region’s most remarkable archaeological sites, has unearthed potentially revelatory paintings of early Coptic Christians.

In Ireland we are climate hypocrites, you see. How else can you explain the fact that the number of retro-fitting projects aimed at saving energy halved in the last three years? And the fact that Rabbitte has just pushed back new energy efficiency regulations for new buildings until far-off 2020?

IN 1855 David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary, became the first European to set eyes on Tokalaya Tunya, the ‘thundering smoke’.

Chilli reception awaits pickled immigrant caught red-handed

The brother of al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri has been arrested in Egypt, officials say.

AFTER overnighting in a chilled-out Irish-owned château, we began our journey in Port Cassafières near Béziers, on the “Flamingo Cruise”.

Egyptians were on edge today after supporters and opponents of ousted president Mohammed Morsi fought overnight street battles that left at least 30 dead across the increasingly divided country.

Tens of thousands of Islamists have streamed across a Nile River bridge towards Cairo’s Tahrir Square, threatening a showdown.

The chief justice of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court was sworn in as interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.

The supreme leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has been arrested and flown to Cairo on a military helicopter, security officials say.

Egytian prosecutors have ordered the arrest of the leader of Muslim Brotherhood and his deputy for the killing of eight protesters in clashes outside the group’s Cairo headquarters.

The chief justice of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court was sworn in today as the nation’s interim president, taking over hours after the military ousted the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

THE FLIGHT from Dublin to Bilbao in Spain’s Basque region was surprisingly full for a Tuesday morning in April and it was buzzing with anticipation and goodwill.

SATURDAY

Looters broke into a Nile-side luxury hotel in the Egyptian capital today, taking advantage of clashes in the streets outside to wreck shops and the lobby before police and demonstrators alerted via social media drove them out.

Egypt’s top court has postponed its ruling on the legitimacy of the nation’s Islamist-dominated constituent assembly, citing “administrative” reasons, officials said.

Bah, humbug! Can’t stand the stress, jingle bells and commercialism of Christmas? Pól Ó Conghaile has suggestions for escaping it entirely.

Middle East: Some analysts believe Israel continues to occupy the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967, in order to ensure control over water resources.

Islamist Mohammed Morsi promised a “new Egypt” as he took the oath of office today to become the country’s first freely elected president, succeeding Hosni Mubarak who was ousted 16 months ago.

Islamist Mohammed Morsi has been sworn in before Egypt’s highest court as the country’s first freely elected president, succeeding Hosni Mubarak who was ousted 16 months ago.

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is in a coma but off life support after being thought close to death.

Tens of thousands of Egyptians have gathered to mark the first anniversary of the country’s 2011 uprising, with liberals and Islamists on different sides of Cairo’s Tahrir Square in a reflection of the deep political divides.

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EGYPT’S deputy prime minister has resigned over clashes that killed 25 people, mainly Coptic Christians, amid mounting anger at the ruling military and calls for the premier to quit.

Tens of thousands of Egyptians chanted against the ruling military council during a massive funeral procession of 17 Christian protesters killed in a Cairo protest.

Flames lit up central Cairo, where massive clashes raged yesterday, drawing Christians angry over a recent church attack, hard-line Muslims and Egyptian security forces.

The storming of the Israeli embassy in Cairo by a mob of Egyptian protesters inflicted a “severe injury to the fabric of peace” between the two countries, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned today.

Protesters broke into the Israeli Embassy in Cairo last night and dumped documents out of the windows as hundreds more demonstrated outside, prompting the ambassador and his family to leave the country.