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Liverpool's Mohamed Salah celebrating his contract extension. (Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Arne Slot celebrates 'big impact' Mohamed Salah after Liverpool contract boost

Irish President Michael D Higgins hosting a credential ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin for 'Ambassador of the State of Palestine' H.E. Jilan Abdaljamid on Tuesday 17 December 2004. Photo: Irish President

Backlash against Higgins over his 'lies' about Israel

Easyjet

Flights between 1 October and December 14 2025 on sale with seats from £18.99

The joys of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, with Liam Kennedy and Tui. (pic by Dominic Scurr).

I visited Egypt's desert jewel and left with smile wider than Sinai

McConnell’s Distillery in Belfast has been shortlisted for a major structural award from The Institution of Structural Engineers (IstructE). Pictured is McConnell’s Distillery. Credit: Kathy Tyndall

NI distillery one of 30 buildings shortlisted for global structural award

Diving in the Red Sea at Sharm El Sheikh

Egypt's Sharm-el-Sheikh is bouncing back

Easyjet

Local woman tells of her despair at arriving in Egypt without her luggage

TUI launches exciting new tours to UAE, Egypt and India

Performers dressed as the ancient Egyptian god Anubis surprise London commuters.

Egyptian Gods descend on London

Dara O Briain learns more about the great pyramids

Monday TV choice: Mysteries of the Pyramids with Dara O Briain (Channel 5, 9pm)

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool celebrates scoring his team's third goal with teammates Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Bobby Clark during the UEFA Europa League 2023/24 round of 16 second leg match against AC Sparta Praha at Anfield

History-maker Mo Salah 'will not stop' in quest to score more goals: Klopp

Corrigans Shore House, Bellanaleck, Co Fermanagh

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Mo Salah sustained a hamstring injury while playing for Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations

Lijnders insists Mo Salah's commitment should never be doubted

Liverpool's Darwin Nunez scores goal number four in the Premier League win over Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

Jurgen Klopp feels Mohamed Salah's Liverpool return 'makes sense'

TUI BLUE Crystal Bay Resort, 5 Star, Hurghada, Egypt

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Families and friends of about 240 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza yesterday calling for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring them home during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel

Israeli Cabinet approves ceasefire with Hamas that includes release of hostages
Israel’s Cabinet on Wednesday approved a ceasefire deal with the Hamas militant group that would bring a temporary halt to a devastating war that has stretched on for over six weeks.
Associated Press

Letters to editor

Letter: There is no alternative to wiping out the Hamas perpetrators of Jihad

Tanaiste Micheal Martin

Israel-Hamas conflict 'has to stop', says Tanaiste Micheal Martin

Ronnie O'Sullivan has pulled out of next week's Northern Ireland Open due to medical reasons

Ronnie O'Sullivan withdraws from Northern Ireland Open due to medical reasons

This image provided by Maxar Technologies on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 shows an overview of al-Ahli Hospital after explosion in Gaza City. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Rishi Sunak to visit Israel as UK probes hospital blast

William Blair, director of collections at National Museums NI, Joe Garvey, chairman of the Richmount Rural Community Association in Portadown, and Dr Greer Ramsey, curator of archaeology at National Museums NI at the Ballintaggart Court Tomb. The court tomb which is older than Egypt's pyramids has secured a permanent new home on display at the Ulster Folk Museum. The 6,000-year-old tomb, which dates back to the Neolithic era, was discovered in Ballintaggart, Co Armagh. Photo: Darren Kidd/Press Eye/PA Wire

Ulster tomb, older than the Pyramids, has new home at Ulster Folk Museum

Liverpool have rejected a £150million offer for Mohamed Salah from Saudi Arabia Pro League side Al-Ittihad.

Liverpool reject £150m bid for star man Mo Salah

easyJet will operate weekly flights from Belfast to Hurghada, Egypt, from October 31

Travel: easyJet launches new route from Belfast to Hurghada, Egypt

Port Ghalib, where the vessel departed from

Tributes pour in for British victim of Egypt boat fire

Three missing British passengers who were on an Egypt diving boat that caught fire have died.

Three British passengers confirmed dead after Egypt dive boat fire

A boat has burst into flames in Egypt

Three Brits missing after boat bursts into flames in Egypt

The divers are raising funds to replace all of their lost possessions and to initiate legal action against the company after their ship sank in the Red Sea. (Go Fund Me)

Brits recount moments ship capsizes in Red Sea
A British tourist has recounted the moments the ship he was onboard sank in the Red Sea.
Rahmah Ghazali

Ronnie O'Sullivan was forced to withdraw from the WST Classic through injury.

Elbow injury forces Ronnie O'Sullivan to withdraw from WST Classic

Mohamed Salah (right) became Liverpool’s record Premier League goalscorer in a stunning 7-0 victory over great rivals Manchester United

Jurgen Klopp celebrates 'a freak result, a really top performance'

Northern Ireland note is a world-beater as £50 featuring the work of Lurgan-born astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell is ranked in best of best. Pictured is Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell with the £50 note

NI note is a world-beater as new £50 is ranked in best of best

Hackers selling database with 500 million WhatsApp phone numbers

Technician Anke Spaeth inspects a replica of Tutankhamun's Inner Gold Coffin at the Museum of Museums in Manchester ahead of the opening of the Tutankhamun His Tomb and His Treasures exhibition which opens on 22nd October until 27 February 2011 where more than 1,000 burial artefacts have been reproduced to scale by expert Egyptian craftsmen and can be viewed in the recreated burial chambers and in an extensive and detailed display. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Tuesday October 5, 2010. The reproduced artefacts include jewellery, amulets, coffers, chairs, weapons, a stunning golden chariot, large golden shrines and the iconic death mask; a rare and beautiful sight not seen in the UK since the original mask was displayed at the British Museum in 1972. Photo credit should read: Jon Super/PA Wire

Scenes of magnificence as tombs are revealed in the Valley of the Kings (1922)

The average motorist leaves their car running for 244 minutes every winter – gen...

Everun managing director Michael Thompson

NI renewables experts to support investment of £50m in wind and solar projects

Morning View

Morning View: More than soft words needed from Von Der Leyen and the EU

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is seen running off the stage at an event at COP27 in Egypt.

Rishi Sunak is rushed out of room by aides at COP 27

The Prime Minister has said he is “very disappointed” in Matt Hancock (Photo: Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak disappointed by Matt Hancock’s decision to go into jungle

Flooding in Alfriston. Picture by Eddie Mitchell

Environment Agency urges households to prepare for winter flooding

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London

Rishi Sunak makes ‘screeching U-turn’ on attending Cop27 climate summit in Egypt

EasyJet holidays has launched a all 28-day all inclusive package costing just £650 per person

Easyjet claims all-inclusive 28-day holiday cheaper than staying in UK

Weird and wonderful menu items from McDonald’s around the world

Christians are estimated to make up 10 percent of Egypt's 100 million population

Ian Ellis: Safety of Egypt’s church buildings is a major cause for concern

The Explaining Atheism Programme is led by Dr Jonathan Lanman from QUB and Dr Lois Lee from the University of Kent

Academic's warning over census figures showing rise in ‘atheism’

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah. Pic by PA.

Mohamed Salah wants more Liverpool silverware after becoming highest-paid player

Company founder and CEO Irwin Armstrong with the device

CICA Healthcare secures over $5m in export deals

A new Covid variant first detected in Thailand has now been identified in the UK (Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

New Thai Covid strain found in the UK - but is it as infectious as the Indian va...

Rev Norman Hamilton

Rev Norman Hamilton: God is with you as you face uncertain future

Cleopatra's Needle in London seen from The Thames. Picture: Wikmedia Commons

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: Cleopatra’s needle arrives in London from Egypt

LNER study urges us to take the train

How the pandemic has affected travel: staycationers now choosing trains over pla...

Letter to the editor

Having tried many ways to combat Covid, we must as a nation turn to God

Lance Corporal Cadet Alicia McGorrey and Rev Adrian Halligan of Craig’s Parish Church Cullybackey stand beside the cleaned headstone of Gunner John McIlroy Foster

Cadets keep memory of fallen Cullybackey soldier alive as VJ Day anniversary app...

Elon Musk claims aliens 'obviously' built the pyramids - here’s how Egypt reacte...

Beautiful beach Playa de Formentor, Palma Mallorca, Spain

Spain to reopen borders to visitors on June 21

England Manager Bobby Robson (2nd left) shares a joke with player Paul Gascoigne (3rd left) leaving Luton to fly to Italy for the World Cup

Paul Gascoigne announces himself to the world at Italia 90

The pyramid mausoleum in Garvagh Forest Park

Work on pyramid in forest park would be fitting tribute to Lord Garvagh

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