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Egypt: 17 Killed, 4 Injured in Vehicle Collision

A vehicle collision in southern Egypt has killed at least 17 people, and left four others injured, authorities said on Wednesday. The crash took place late Tuesday when a passenger microbus collided with a truck on a highway in the district of Juhaynah in Sohag province, 390 kilometers (244 miles)…

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Hamdy Abdelwahab proud to be first Egyptian UFC winner: ‘I’ll be a big idol for a lot of kids’

Hamdy Abdelwahab hopes his successful octagon debut at UFC 277 has an impact on Egyptian MMA.

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Ancient Egypt’s own Atlantis - lost capital of Memphis was pharaoh's most important city

Egypt is full of ancient and famous wonders revered around the world. It also contains an ancient lost city that was once thriving before it was abandoned and left to ruin

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Ayman al-Zawahiri obituary

Founder of al-Qaida with Osama bin Laden who went on to succeed him as its leader

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Egypt Currency Near Record Low

The Egyptian pound plunged on Monday to a near all-time low of more than 19 to the dollar, in the world’s number one wheat importer where prices have soared. Egypt’s currency has not fallen so sharply since December 2016, when it hit 19.3 to the US dollar after a drastic…

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Egypt Launches Initiative to Encourage Investment in Climate Action

The first regional forum organized by the Egyptian presidency for the upcoming UN climate change conference will kick off in Ethiopia on Tuesday. Egypt will host the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2022 at the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh in November. It will organize five major regional…

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Tehran Seeks Rapprochement with Cairo Through Investments

Tehran has reiterated that the road was ready for an understanding with Egypt, in conjunction with similar statements about Iran’s “openness” to relations with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and “the resumption of negotiations on the nuclear agreement.” For the third time in one month, Tehran sought to “compliment” Cairo,…

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Al-Zawahri's path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida

The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic

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Al-Qaida mastermind Ayman al-Zawahri, 71, reportedly killed

Ayman al-Zawahri, an Egyptian surgeon who became a mastermind of jihad against the West and who took over as al-Qaida leader after Osama bin Laden’s death in a U.S. raid, has been killed

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Al Jazeera slams Egypt’s renewal of Rabie el-Sheikh’s detention

Network condemns Cairo over continuing incarceration of its journalist without charge for nearly a year.

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What Impact Will GERD’s Filling Have?

Since the project was launched in 2011, a controversial Ethiopian dam has been raising tensions as Egypt and Sudan fear for their share of the Nile’s water and the social and economic repercussions of Ethiopia’s actions. The ramifications of Addis Ababa moving forward with the third filling of the Grand…

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Cairo Warns of Impact of Food, Energy Crises on Climate Change

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, the president-designate of the upcoming UN climate change conference, has warned of the impact of challenges posed by the global food and energy crises on climate change. In remarks published by Bloomberg news agency on Sunday, Shoukry said his country will prevent all what could…

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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Crisis... From Good Faith to Unilateral Measures

“I swear to God, we will never harm you,” Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged in 2018 from inside the Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo. He made the pledge after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked him to reassure the Egyptian people that they would receive their fair share of the…

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Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt on Brink of Collapse, Says Not Seeking Power

After struggling with years of “fragmentation, division and conflicts,” the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt announced that it was not seeking power in the north African country. Acting leader of the banned group, Ibrahim Munir declared: “We will not wage a new struggle for power in Egypt.” He made the announcement…

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Lavrov's four-nation charm offensive intensifies new scramble for Africa

Last week, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, paid a visit to Africa. As the west attempts to isolate Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine in February, African countries are not equally enthusiastic about western sanctions against Moscow.

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Egypt Protests Ethiopia Plans to Fill GERD Reservoir for 3rd Year

Egypt said it had protested to the UN Security Council against Addis Ababa’s plans to fill the reservoir of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile river for a third year without agreement from downstream countries. Egypt "received a message from the Ethiopian side on July 26,…

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10 bucket list experiences from hot air balloon rides to seeing the Northern Lights

Trips to the Al Khayma Camp in Dubai, Luxor in Egypt, Goreme in Turkey and Rotorua in New Zealand are among a list of once-in-a-lifetime getaway ideas compiled by TripAdvisor

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Wizz Air to launch nine new routes including winter flights to Egypt and Morocco

The services will take off from London Gatwick and Luton as the low-cost carrier rebounds from challenges posed by the pandemic

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Egypt prosecutors deny prominent jailed activist faced harm

Egypt’s prosecutors are refuting allegations of torture and ill-treatment against one of the country's most prominent jailed activists

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Fears that Egypt may use Cop27 to whitewash human rights abuses

Naomi Klein and Caroline Lucas among signatories to letter voicing concerns over country’s hosting of climate summit

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ADNOC Distribution to Acquire 50% Stake in 'TotalEnergies Egypt'

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Distribution agreed with "TotalEnergies Marketing Afrique SAS" to acquire a 50 percent stake in TotalEnergies Egypt for about $186 million, with an additional earn-out of up to $17.3 million. TotalEnergies Egypt was established in 1998 and is a leading global multi-energy company with a…

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New Book Explores Egyptian-Ottoman Campaign on Hejaz, Nejd

In his new book, Researcher Dr. Ismail al-Salamat, explores the campaign of Turkish commander Ahmed Tusun Pasha known as ‘Tusun Pasha’ (second son of Muhammad Ali of Egypt) in the Arabian Peninsula, mainly Hejaz and Nejd in 1811 AD. Few researches studied this campaign despite its significance in the political…

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Factbox-National political dialogue in Egypt follows years of crackdowns

Egypt plans to launch a national political dialogue in the coming weeks, a test of whether authorities are prepared to ease a crackdown on dissent that critics say is the most severe in the country's recent history.

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Factbox-Egypt keeps former powerhouse Muslim Brotherhood out of politics

After years of sweeping crackdowns on dissent, Egypt is set to launch a political dialogue, but the once-powerful and now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood is excluded.

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Detentions loom over Egypt's political dialogue

After nine years of sweeping crackdowns on dissent, Egypt is set to launch a carefully choreographed political dialogue, but the main Islamist opposition movement is excluded and critics say a parallel move to release prisoners is proceeding too slowly.

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