The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

COP27 host Egypt will push for climate goals, allow protests

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, also the incoming president of the next Conference of the Parties to be held in Egypt, says the focus will be on making sure countries implement their climate pledges

The Independent UK · May 23, 2022

Saudi crown prince planning international trip soon - sources

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is planning a trip to Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Jordan and Egypt where he will discuss regional and international issues and ink agreements in energy and trade, four sources familiar with the plans said on Monday.

Reuters · May 23, 2022

Full list of 45 holiday hotspots that are now cheaper for Brits despite inflation

Holiday hotspots including Turkey, Croatia, Thailand, Costa Rica and Egypt are working out as cheaper holidays for Brits in 2022 despite inflation

Daily Mirror · May 23, 2022

Egypt Expects Suez Canal Revenues to Hit $7 Bln by End of Fiscal Year

Egypt expects the Suez Canal's revenues to reach about $7 billion by the end of the current fiscal year, finance minister Mohamed Maait said on Saturday. Tourism revenues are expected to reach between $10 billion and $12 billion by then, despite the Ukrainian crisis, he added. Egypt's fiscal year runs…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 21, 2022

'Scorned' Leeds woman chucks 'cheating' boyfriend's clothes in swimming pool - but he thought he was single

Grace Mclean, from Roundhay in Leeds, got her revenge with a video of her chucking his clothes in the hotel pool going viral

Leeds Live · May 20, 2022

Boy from Heaven review – stirring spy thriller set on an Egyptian campus

Egypt’s religious and secular institutions both breed mistrust in Tarik Saleh’s superbly realised paranoid nightmare

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2022

Egypt Expects Britain to Ban Muslim Brotherhood Soon

Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawki Allam visited the United Kingdom earlier this week and delivered a speech at the House of Commons, highlighting the banned Muslim Brotherhood’s extremist approach. Allam also distributed a documented English-language report to the lawmakers revealing the Brotherhood’s scandals and abuses and its association with violence. Following…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 20, 2022

Egypt Seeks Solution to GERD Crisis that Preserves its Water Interests

Egypt is keen on resolving the dispute with Ethiopia over the giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile and reach an agreement that preserves the interests of all concerned countries. It underscored the importance of the Nile River as a "source of cooperation and construction" since it is considered an…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 20, 2022

Egyptian Police Thwarts Terrorist Attack in Northern Sinai

Egyptian security forces thwarted a terrorist suicide attack in North Sinai, the Interior Ministry announced in a statement on Thursday. "A terrorist planned to carry out a suicide attack against security forces at a police checkpoint in Al-Teloul district,” it added. A shootout ensued and the attacker was killed. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 20, 2022

Lad 'caught cheating in Ibiza' humiliated in girlfriend's poolside revenge

The couple were on a holiday in Egypt when the woman uncovered that her boyfriend had cheated on her

Irish Mirror · May 19, 2022