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Egyptian rowing heads to Amsterdam with ambitions that extend well beyond the World Rowing Championships. For some, it is a chance to test themselves against the world’s best; for others, it is another step towards the bigger target of Los Angeles 2028. The Egyptian delegation departed Cairo on August 21 for the championships, which run…

The distinction between portfolio money and foreign direct investment is not academic housekeeping; it is central to the question of whether the country’s financing story this year reflects durable rebuilding or an unusually generous trade. The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) estimate that nonresident holdings of Egyptian local-currency debt climbed back to roughly $36.4 billion by…

US President Donald Trump posted a picture of the Strait of Hormuz, on his page on Truth Social on Sunday, with the phrase “New U.S. territory: Strait of Hormuz” written on it. The heads of Iran’s three branches of government met at the presidential palace hours after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called on Friday for…

A cultural faultline in Iran has re-emerged in recent months amid the turmoil of war and the revamping of the country’s hardline leadership: how and whether to enforce the wearing of the hijab by women. At the height of the conflict with the United States this year, women without the headscarf were often seen at…

Over the past few decades, “Black August,” or “the August curse,” has become a sort of journalistic shorthand in Russia for dramatic crises that seem to happen in the last weeks of summer. In some respects, Black August is Russia’s rough equivalent to the “silly season” in British journalism, the late-summer lull when frivolous headlines…

By suddenly scaling down war games with South Korea, US President Donald Trump risks working against his own stated goal of having Seoul assume more responsibility for its own defense. The annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, involving tens of thousands of troops, have been cut in half at Washington’s request, after Trump said last weekend…

Egypt’s new digital visa system is already giving early travellers a quieter kind of relief, namely the chance to step off a plane and skip the familiar scramble for a paper sticker. At the system’s centre sits a simple QR code. The trial began at Cairo International Airport on 1 August. It is open to…

CAIRO — The opening round of the 2026–27 Egyptian Premier League continued with four matches on its second day. Pyramids FC thrashed Ghazl El-Mahalla, Al-Masry of Port Said edged Smouha, Talae El-Geish stunned Arab Contractors, while Petrojet earned a valuable draw against Asyut Petroleum. Pyramids FC 3-0 El-Mahalla Pyramids FC started the season with a…

By Mohamed Attia Under the leadership of Minister of Civil Aviation Sameh El-Hefny, Egypt’s civil aviation sector is ramping up flight operations to support the national tourism strategy. Designed to align with the government’s target of attracting 30 million tourists by 2030, these efforts focus on increasing flight capacity, diversifying international flight paths, and boosting…

By Mohamed Attia Air Cairo has officially taken delivery of its 40th aircraft, a brand-new Airbus A320neo (A320-251N), as part of an aggressive fleet modernisation programme designed to expand its network and strengthen its presence across regional and international air transport markets. This latest addition significantly boosts the airline’s overall operational capacity, allowing it to…

By Mohamed Attia The Egyptian Red Sea airline is set to launch its first flights from Moscow to Alamein International Airport starting September 7, as part of efforts to boost tourism to Egypt, announced Hatem Qenawy, the Chairman of Red Sea Airlines. The flights will be operated using Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with two flights per…

By Mohamed Attia Ayman Fawzy Arab, Chairman of the Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation, honoured Ashraf Ahmed Hafez, Executive Director of Terminal 1 at Cairo International Airport, and Amr Hussein, Executive Director of Terminal 2, in recognition of their outstanding efforts in managing and operating the airport’s terminals, particularly amid the continued growth…

Egyptian swimmers secured a historic start at the Taranto 2026 Mediterranean Games in Italy, earning the delegation’s first two medals in the 50-metre butterfly events. Abdel Rahman Sameh finished first in the men’s 50-metre butterfly with a time of 23.18 seconds to capture Egypt’s first medal of the Games. Farida Osman added to the nation’s…

Egypt is quietly ramping up its investment in energy storage, driven by a clear ambition to grow renewable power, harden the national grid against disruption, and keep electricity flowing reliably as it pushes forward with its energy transition. Last week, Electricity and Renewable Energy Minister Mahmoud Essmat sat down with a delegation from Cairo-based renewable…

Tanzania inaugurated the $2.9bn Julius Nyerere Hydropower Plant on Saturday, adding 2115 megawatts (MW) of electricity to its national grid through a mega-facility constructed by an Egyptian consortium. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, participating on behalf of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi under direct instructions, unveiled the commemorative plaque…

Kyiv — A new wave of North Korean troops, already numbering 8,500 in Russia, contains a drone unit that could attack targets inside Ukraine, according to a senior Ukrainian intelligence official. North Korea, who signed a NATO-style mutual defense pact with Russia two years ago, has been sending troops to assist Moscow’s military operations since…

CAIRO — The Egyptian Premier League is back for a new season, with plenty of clashes to watch. The 2026–27 campaign began, with 20 teams competing in the 68th edition of the league. The opening day featured three matches. Abu Qir Fertilizers made headlines with a 1-0 win over NBE Club in their Premier League…

CAIRO — At just 18, Egyptian wrestler Mohamed Shaaban has won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championship, currently taking place in Slovakia. Shaaban took third place in the 72kg Greco-Roman category after beating Mexico’s Jorge Gomez Garcia 6-0 in the bronze-medal match. The young wrestler stayed focused and in control throughout the tournament.…

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aati met on Thursday with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in New Alamein ahead of the seventh session of the Egyptian-Qatari Joint Higher Committee. The two ministers praised the significant momentum in bilateral relations, highlighting growing high-level visits and continued coordination on regional issues. They stressed the…

Chairman of the State Information Service (SIS), Ambassador Alaa Youssef, and Capital University President Sayed Kandil have inaugurated a student seminar titled “Youth and Awareness” in co-operation with the Giza Media Centre. The event was attended by Vice President Walid El-Sorougy, Head of the Internal Media Sector Tamer Shams El-Din, and a large number of…

The Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) Monetary Policy Committee will hold its fifth meeting of the year on Thursday to decide on its key interest rates, a major indicator of the near-term direction of interest rates on the Egyptian pound, amid strong expectations that rates will remain unchanged for a fourth consecutive meeting. The committee…

For more than four decades, Dr. Atef Abdel Latif has built a distinctive career at the intersection of tourism, media, the arts, and film production. Throughout this remarkable journey, he has remained convinced that these fields should not be viewed as separate or competing spheres, but rather as interconnected forces capable of working together to…

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun on Wednesday welcomed UNESCO’s decision to add the Mount Amel Castles in southern Lebanon to its List of World Heritage in Danger. The listing was “international recognition of the exceptional value of this civilisational heritage, which embodies centuries of southern Lebanon’s history and forms an integral part of humanity’s collective heritage”,…

Planning and Economic Development Minister Ahmed Rostom met National Media Authority (NMA) Chairperson Ahmed El-Mesallamy to discuss joint efforts to resolve financial entanglements and settle longstanding debts owed by the authority to the National Investment Bank (NIB). The meeting was attended by Kamal Nasr, assistant minister for technical office affairs and supervisor of the minister’s…

The ceasefire that took effect in Gaza in October 2025 brought a sharp decline in the intensity of fighting, but it did not end the conflict. When the US-Israeli war with Iran erupted in February 2026, international media attention shifted decisively toward the Iranian front, while Israeli military operations continued and lines of control inside…

Cairo’s hosting, on Sunday, August 16, 2026, of the conference “The India-Egypt Partnership in BRICS: Towards a Common Agenda for the Global South,” organized by the Embassy of India in Cairo in cooperation with the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), comes at a particularly important juncture for the future of Egyptian-Indian relations and for…

Mohamed Moussa By Mohamed Moussa Cairo has been ranked fourth globally on a list of the world’s 12 most beautiful cities for 2026, according to an international ranking released by Civitatis, a global platform specializing in tourism, bookings, and field experiences, placing the Egyptian capital directly behind Venice (Italy), Kyoto (Japan), and Cape Town (South…

LONDON — Nine English Premier League clubs will have new managers when the season kicks off on Friday, but few will feel the heat quite like Enzo Maresca, Andoni Iraola and Xabi Alonso. Not since 1946/47, the first campaign after World War II, has there been so much managerial churn before the start of an…

While warning of the rise of socialism on the left, President Donald Trump is simultaneously conducting his own experiments in economic theory, putting his nationalist spin on American capitalism. The fear of socialism is built on the idea that government intervention stifles free private enterprise, which capitalists view as the bedrock of American greatness. Trump,…

By Dina Yehia The 34th Citadel International Festival for Music and Singing officially kicked off in Cairo on August 15, 2026, at the Mahka Theatre inside the historic Salah El-Din Citadel. The opening night featured a performance by the Egyptian Harp Ensemble, followed by celebrated Egyptian singer Reham Abdel Hakim, who performed with a musical…

The judge who sentenced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia last week was himself sentenced to death in absentia by the same regime years earlier. Irony in its purest form. Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan defected from the Ministry of Justice in 2013 joining the judicial bodies of the opposition. His reinstatement as judge…

A new archaeological discovery at Tell Abu Saifi in Qantara East, Ismailia, is shedding new light on the ancient Horus Military Road and strengthening the hypothesis that the site may be linked to the lost ancient Egyptian city of “Mesen,” according to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. The Egyptian archaeological mission working at the…

Türkiye’s push to draw Egypt into a newly signed mutual defence agreement has given Cairo fresh leverage to assert its strategic clout and reshape the Middle East’s security architecture. The invitation to join the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement—signed last week by Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan—places Egypt at the centre of an expanding regional alignment.…

An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered new evidence at Tell Abu Saifi in the eastern Nile Delta that could help identify the site with the long-lost ancient Egyptian city of Mesen, the tourism and antiquities ministry said Saturday. The discovery, made near Qantara Sharq in Ismailia province, offers fresh insight into the development of the…

Egypt’s Minister of State for Military Production, Salah Soliman Gomblat, conducted an inspection tour of Abu Qir Engineering Industries Company (Factory 10) on Friday, in the presence of Alexandria Governor Ayman Attia. The visit was part of ongoing field inspections to monitor operations at military production companies and review the latest developments in the company’s…

Somaya El Khashab remains one of the most distinctive and recognisable figures in Egyptian cinema and television. Throughout her career, she has built a strong connection with audiences through her ability to inhabit a remarkably diverse range of characters, moving effortlessly between working-class, romantic and dramatic roles, while also exploring cinema and music, including projects…

Minister of State for Military Production Salah Gamblat held a meeting with Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Sherif Farouk and Executive Director of the Future of Egypt Authority for Sustainable Development Bahaa El-Ghannam to discuss expanding cooperation in support of national projects and strengthening Egypt’s food security system. The meeting, held at the Ministry…

An Egyptian archaeological mission working at the Sheikh Soby archaeological site in Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis has uncovered three tombs dating to different periods of ancient Egypt, along with mummies, limestone and pottery coffins, pottery vessels, offering tables and terracotta votive figurines. The excavation season is being led by Sabry Farag, Director General of Antiquities of…

On the occasion of International Youth Day, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi affirmed that Egypt’s young people are the nation’s strength and the makers of its future. He stressed that their ideas, creativity, and active participation form a fundamental pillar of the nation-building and development. Through his official social media accounts, President El-Sisi said: “On International…

US President Donald Trump has boasted that his war in Iran has led to a “very rational,” “very different,” and “much more reasonable” leadership in Tehran. But the elevation of six hardliners to top security positions this week suggests the Islamic Republic’s new command may be neither moderate nor inclined to compromise. The men now…

If there’s a true populist issue built for this moment in time, it might be opposition to AI data centers. Lawmakers and candidates from both parties across states are increasingly positioning themselves as critics of data center proliferation. And recent primary results suggest it’s a pretty potent issue. There is, however, one big exception to…

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly inaugurated the upgraded June 30 Corniche in Matrouh governorate on Sunday as part of an inspection tour that also included a visit to the “Treasures of Egypt in Matrouh” exhibition. During the inauguration, Matrouh Governor Mohamed El-Zamlout briefed Madbouly on the development works, which form part of a broader project to…

Egypt has opened a museum tracing how a single river helped build and sustain one of the world’s earliest civilisations. The Irrigation Museum, inaugurated last week in the New Capital, showcases maps, instruments, engineering records and royal relics that officials say document one of the world’s oldest water-management traditions. It brings together restored 19th- and…

Renowned Egyptian archaeologist and former Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass delivered a lecture to employees of Goldman Sachs in New York, one of the world’s largest investment banking and financial services firms, focusing on ancient Egyptian civilisation and the latest archaeological discoveries. At the start of the event, John Rogers, Vice Chair of Goldman Sachs,…

An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered an ancient cemetery spanning the Predynastic Period to the Greco-Roman era, along with a settlement dating to the Second Intermediate Period, at the Kom Al-Khelgan archaeological site in Dakahleya governorate. The discovery, announced by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, provides new evidence of the evolution of settlement patterns…

Ahmed Kamel – Egypt Daily News Egypt News A severe infrastructure crisis has left multiple provincial towns and agricultural villages completely gridlocked across the governorates of Qalyubia, the Red Sea, Port Said, Sharqia, and Minya. Local monitoring boards confirmed that prolonged, unannounced electrical grid collapses are occurring for multiple hours at irregular intervals without any…

Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation has agreed with South Sinai Governorate to strengthen oversight of groundwater use, continue surveying unlicensed wells, and review flood protection and coastal development projects as part of broader efforts to safeguard water resources and support sustainable development. The measures were discussed during a meeting between Minister of Water…

Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities launched on Saturday, July 18, 2026, a comprehensive project to upgrade internal roads and enhance visitor services at the Saqqara archaeological site, one of the country’s most important cultural heritage destinations. Implemented by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), the project aims to improve infrastructure at the site in line…