The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

Uncovered coffins, papyrus documents and other artifacts have recently been found at the Saqqara site in Giza, Egypt. It coincides with a new accusation that jewelry was stolen from the site.

More than 100 world leaders are about to discuss a worsening problem that scientists’ call Earth’s biggest challenge. Nearly 50 heads of states or governments on Monday will take the stage in the first day of high-level international climate talks in Egypt with more to come in the following days.…

Rishi Sunak said he would raise Alaa Abdel Fattah's imprisonment with the Egyptian government and reply again by the end of COP27, but human rights organisations and his family say it will be too late then

Sky News presenter Kay Burley questioned why Sturgeon and the leader of Glasgow City Council Susan Aitken had jetted out to the north African country for the summit.

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Holding Company for Capital Markets Development, the Agricultural Bank of Egypt, and Libra Capital Group signed a framework to establish a Carbon Certificates Trading Company. The company will develop, manage, and issue carbon certificates and environmental products. The platform is scheduled to determine the number of…

António Guterres warns leaders of catastrophic consequences of failure to act as conference in Egypt opened

Attendees of the UN’s climate change summit (COP27), underway at Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh, are patiently awaiting the activities of Saudi-led green initiatives that aim to deliver a green future and scale up regional climate action through cooperation. In its second edition, the Middle East Green Initiative (MGI) Summit will convene…

In today’s newsletter: For the next two weeks, ministers, negotiators from countries large and small will gather in Egypt. Can they get anything done?

An issue called loss and damage will likely dominate difficult climate talks in Egypt this month