The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

Set between irrigated farmland and rocky desert southwest of Cairo, once pristine Qarun Lake used to teem with tilapia, bass and bream and shrimp, offering generous catches to fishermen from surrounding villages.

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An oil tanker briefly became stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal on Wednesday night, officials announced, raising fears that last year's major blockage of the global maritime route could be repeated. The Affinity V "ran aground in the Suez Canal at 19:15" (17:15 GMT)", a security source told AFP, adding that…

Tug boats refloated an oil tanker that was briefly stranded in Egypt's Suez Canal late on Wednesday after to a technical fault with its rudder, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said.

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is expected to be called up to the Egypt squad by new manager Rui Vitoria and Jurgen Klopp will hope he does not pick up an injury while away on international duty

Egypt approved extraordinary measures aimed at facilitating the release of imports and easing measures on investors and importers to limit the continued rise in prices. Importers in Egypt find it difficult to provide hard currency, which facilitates the release of goods and commodities that have accumulated at Egyptian ports, limiting…

Steve Kerr spent three years of school in Cairo, and now after being gone for more than 35 years, he’s back in the city aiming to connect with young people through basketball.

Egypt expects more progress on reducing its budget deficit this year and a foresees a decline in its debt ratio after currency devaluations caused it to rise last year, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait told a news conference on Monday. The deficit was expected to narrow to 5.6% of gross domestic…

Preliminary data on Egypt’s manufacturing and extractive industries production showed that the sector grew by 6.56 percent on a month-on-month basis in June 2022, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). The manufacturing and extractive industries index — excluding crude oil and petroleum products — reached…

Lengthy power cuts in the Gaza Strip have melted stocks of ice cream, forcing shops to stop selling it just when a heatwave has boosted demand. With summer temperatures hitting 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit), ice cream is a popular and relatively inexpensive treat in Gaza, home to 2.3 million…

Egypt’s Finance Minister Mohammed Maait stressed that his country was capable of handling with flexibility the rapid global economic changes that are directly impacting consumers and public policies. He made his remarks on Saturday while presenting the performance indicators for 2021/2022, saying Egypt was one of the few countries that…