The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

Egypt’s Suez Canal Revenue Rises 20.7% in 2021/22 to $7 Bln

Egypt's Suez Canal recorded $7 billion in revenue for the fiscal year 2021/22, up 20.7% from a year earlier, Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabea said in a statement on Monday. Egypt's fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. The canal is the fastest shipping route between Europe…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 4, 2022

Lifeguards 'laughed at shark warnings from tourists minutes before fatal attack'

Yesterday two female holidaymakers in Egypt fell victim to horrific shark attacks in the Red Sea - with a clip of one mauling showing the moment an Austrian pensioner, 68, desperately tries to get back to shore after her limbs were torn off

Daily Mirror · Jul 4, 2022

Egypt: Sisi Inaugurates Huge Transportation Projects

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated Adly Mansour Central Interchange Station, the largest such station in the Middle East and Africa. The inauguration of the new projects coincided with the country's celebration of the ninth anniversary of ousting the banned Muslim Brotherhood. In 2013, Sisi, Minister of Defense at the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 4, 2022

Egypt, EIB Boost Cooperation to Enhance Private Sector Engagement

Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat said that the fruitful cooperation with the European Investment Bank (EIB) is reinforcing joint development efforts and therefore the private sector's growth. EIB Vice President Gelsomina Vigliotti will be heading on a four-day visit to Egypt to strengthen cooperation with Egyptian public and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 3, 2022

Second woman killed in shark attack in Egypt's Red Sea

Two women were killed in shark attacks in Egypt's Red Sea, south of the city of Hurghada, the Egyptian Ministry of Environment said on Sunday.

Reuters · Jul 3, 2022

Woman dies after shark rips off leg and arm in horrifying attack at beach resort

The woman died of shock as doctors desperately tried to save her following the terrifying ordeal at a resort on the Red Sea in Egypt.

Daily Record · Jul 2, 2022

Abu Dhabi Ports Group Acquires 70% Equity Stake in Egypt’s Transmar, Transcargo

Abu Dhabi Ports Group announced Friday reaching an agreement to acquire a 70% equity stake in International Associated Cargo Carrier BV, which wholly owns two Egypt-based maritime companies, Transmar International Shipping Company and Transcargo International (TCI). The total purchase consideration (Enterprise Value) of this transaction amounts to AED514 million ($140…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 2, 2022

Lebanon: US Ensures Egypt, Jordan are Exempted from Caesar Act on Gas Deal

The US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea assured that progress has been made on the agreement to secure Egypt and Jordan from the Caesar Act in order to deliver natural gas to cash-strapped Lebanon. Shea made her assurance during a meeting with Lebanon’s caretaker Energy Minister Walid Fayyad on Friday.…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 2, 2022

Salah Signs Contract to Stay at Liverpool Until 2025

Mohamed Salah signed a new three-year contract with Liverpool on Friday which will keep him at the club until 2025. The Egypt international had entered the final year of his existing contract after negotiations over extending his stay dragged on for most of last season. The 30-year-old forward's wage demands…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 1, 2022

Family 'locked in Italian airport pen' overnight without food or water

Aaron Clemlow and his family's fortnight away in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt ended with them hungry and thirsty, stuck in a locked section of Milan Airport after their easyJet flight was diverted at the last minute

Daily Mirror · Jul 1, 2022