The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

The PM met the president of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas days after he refused to see Joe Biden

PM met Palestinian Authority leader in Egypt as part of tour of the region to try to prevent the conflict escalating

Satellite photos analyzed Friday by The Associated Press show a long convoy of trucks filled with humanitarian aid waiting to cross the border from Egypt to the Gaza Strip.

Agatha Christie published The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb in September 1923, almost a year after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Her Hercule Poirot short story drew inspiration from the sensationalised folklore of the “mummy’s curse”. Lord Carnarvon, sponsor of the excavation, had died…

The population of the Gaza Strip remains cut off from basic supplies like water, food, and electricity since Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, ordered a “complete siege”. No aid has been able to reach Gaza and the first promised convoy has just been delayed further.

Labelling aid trucks ‘the difference between life and death’, Antonio Guterres called for access via the Rafah crossing.

Antonio Guterres says that all countries involved need to ‘make them move as quickly as possible’ in plea at Egypt-Gaza crossing

Britain’s diplomatic efforts are intensifying. Fresh from his visit to Israel, the Prime Minister has travelled to Saudi Arabia to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss how to prevent further escalation in the region. He will then fly on to Egypt for talks with President Abdel Fattah…

Time and money are running out for hundreds of Palestinians stuck in El Arish, northern Egypt.

Rishi Sunak and the Amir of Qatar said world leaders must do ‘everything possible’ to avoid the Israel-Hamas conflict from escalating.

As the bombs fall behind them, desperate Palestinians mass at the Rafah border crossing. This is just what Netanyahu wants, writes Cairo-based journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous