The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

In November 1922, in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor in Egypt, after years of searching, a team led by English archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the remains of ancient Egypt's boy pharaoh, Tutankhamun. They had been hidden away for more than 3,000 years. To mark a centenary since the…

Greek authorities say they have arrested seven Egyptians who had been on board a fishing boat crammed with nearly 500 people that lost steering and triggered a major rescue effort earlier this week

China is the world's fourth oldest civilisation, but is pre-dated by Mesopotamia (4,000BC), Egypt (3,100BC), and the Indus Valley civilisations (3,300 BC) and is generally thought to have started around 2,000 BC

Reports about the developments in the Egyptian-Turkish relations raised questions about whether the new path would lead to “bigger steps” against the Muslim Brotherhood organization in Türkiye during the coming period. In recent remarks, Turkish Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism, Sardar Cam, criticized the Muslim Brotherhood, saying: “The organization…

The Egyptian has been linked with the Scottish champions but his boss Marcel Koller says he's going nowhere.

In mid-July 2008, I arrived in hot and sticky Alexandria. I had travelled to Egypt to attend Wikimania. As the name suggests, Wikimania is an event for those who share an all-consuming passion for the wiki. But not just any wiki … the most important wiki of all: Wikipedia –…

Meanwhile, BP’s CEO was in town spruiking the energy giant’s climate credentials, as its oil output increases from last year

COP27, the latest UN climate change summit which was held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, has been condemned for failing to summon an adequate response to the escalating climate crisis. Negotiators did manage to preserve a commitment made in Paris in 2015 to limit global warming to 1.5°C. But emissions of…

In an interview with FRANCE 24 in Strasbourg, the chairman of the environment committee at the European Parliament reacted to the recent COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Pascal Canfin hailed the deal on "loss and damage" for vulnerable countries as "better than nothing" and welcomed the fact that China has…

Former Liverpool defender Lovren is still close friends with Salah after his move to Zenit St Petersburg in the summer of 2020, and he's sad the Egyptian isn't in Qatar

How developing countries' 30-year battle for "loss and damage" funding culminated in a new agreement in Egypt.