The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry discussed extending and expanding the ceasefire in Sudan during a call on Tuesday, the State Department said. "The Secretary and the Foreign Minister agreed to continue close US-Egypt consultation regarding ongoing efforts to achieve a durable cessation of…

Jordan kicked off a series of contacts with Arab countries and officials in wake of its hosting of a meeting of regional envoys on Monday to discuss Syria’s return to the Arab League. The meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq and Syria. Soon after…

90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way is getting called out for possibly faking storylines after a hilarious editing error in Nicole and Mahmoud's story.

Buddhists lived in Egypt during Roman times, a 1st-century Buddha statue found in Berenike suggests.

The mother, identified only as Hanaa, was arrested after the remains of her five-year-old son Youssef were found by his uncle stuffed in a bucket at the family home in Abu Shalabi, Egypt

Sudanese fleeing the fighting between rival generals in their capital flooded an already overwhelmed city on the Red Sea and Sudan’s northern borders with Egypt, as explosions and gunfire echoed Monday in Khartoum. Many exhausted Sudanese and foreigners arrived in Port Sudan, the country's main seaport, joining thousands who have…

Sudanese fleeing the fighting between rival generals in their capital city are flooding an already overwhelmed city on the Red Sea and Sudan’s northern borders with Egypt

The Egyptian government has raised the prices of most of the subsidized goods sold to more than half the population starting from Monday. According to a document sent by Egypt’s Supply Ministry to store owners, the hikes included a bottle of vegetable oil increasing to EGP 30 ($0.97) from EGP…

A new consultative meeting on Syria, held Monday in Amman, discussed the return of Syrian refugees from neighboring countries and methods for the Syrian state to extend its control over its territory. The meeting included Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Faisal bin Farhan, Iraq, Fouad Hussein, Egypt, Sameh Shoukry, Jordan,…

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began his first week-long Africa tour in Egypt at the weekend. The four-nation visit is part of a concerted effort to strengthen relations with the "Global South" and counter the growing influence of China and Russia in the region.

(This May 1 story has been refiled to fix a typographical error in paragraph 17)