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Capital

Cairo

Head of State

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Head of Government

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly

Traffic along the Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai on March 24, 2025. Photo: AFP

Banking & finance

Chinese companies turn to Middle East region to hedge against US trade war

NEXX Global and Tojoy are among companies seeking to establish a presence in the Middle East and explore new markets in Europe.

12 May 2025 - 11:37AMvideocam

US-China trade war

Next stop, Egypt? China’s exporters search for new markets amid trade war

8 May 2025 - 3:27PMvideocam

China's military weapons

Egyptian pilot on board China’s J-10 fighter jet renews arms sale speculation

7 May 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

Africa

Drones strike key targets in Port Sudan as civil war rages

Assaults on Port Sudan mark a new phase in the brutal civil war that has left many thousands dead.

6 May 2025 - 3:11PM

A large plume of smoke rises from a fuel depot in Port Sudan on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

Israel calls up tens of thousands of reservists for Gaza offensive

Prime Minister Netanyahu attacked truce mediator Qatar, accusing it of ‘playing both sides’ in talks with Hamas.

4 May 2025 - 8:30AM

Donald Trump

Trump says US ships should travel through Panama and Suez canals for free

The US president says he has asked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to ‘immediately take care of’ the matter.

27 Apr 2025 - 6:46AMvideocam

Crime

Wife of former US senator Bob Menendez convicted in bribery scheme

Nadine Menendez helped New Jersey businessmen in exchange for gold, cash and car. Husband was convicted on same bribery charges last year.

22 Apr 2025 - 9:41AM

Nadine Menendez arrives at a federal courthouse in New York on Monday ahead of her conviction on bribery charges. Photo: AP

France

‘A more reliable partner’: how France’s Palestine push could isolate the US

France’s president is seizing a global leadership vacuum left by Washington to champion a two-state solution. The effects could be profound.

20 Apr 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

Science

China offers high-performance, low-cost satellites to belt and road countries

Breakthrough makes powerful sub-metre Kuanfu 02B the lightest on the market, Chang Guang Satellite Technology says.

19 Apr 2025 - 4:00PM

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas ‘ready to release all remaining hostages’ for end to Gaza war

Khalil al-Hayya, who leads the Hamas negotiating team for indirect talks with Israel, said the group refused an interim truce deal.

18 Apr 2025 - 11:39AMvideocam

Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza call for action to secure the hostages’ release, outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in Jerusalem, Israel on Thursday. Photo: AFP

China-Middle East relations

Chinese Y-20 transport planes arrive in Egypt ahead of joint air drills

At least five planes are known have landed in Cairo ahead of the Eagle of Civilization 2025 exercises.

17 Apr 2025 - 10:16AMvideocam

A Y-20 featured at last year’s Egypt International Airshow. Photo: Xinhua

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas offers ‘serious prisoner swap’ for guarantees Israel will end Gaza war

Hamas proposed releasing all Israeli hostages for a significant prisoner swap and an end to the Gaza conflict, demanding guarantees to ensure Israel’s compliance.

14 Apr 2025 - 7:30PMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Israel expanding Gaza offensive, seizes key corridor

The IDF also launched strikes in the Khan Younis area after ordering tens of thousands of residents to evacuate.

13 Apr 2025 - 4:27AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

French President Macron meets Egyptian leader Sisi in Cairo for Gaza talks

On Monday, Macron, Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II will hold a summit as Israel renews its offensive against Hamas in Gaza.

7 Apr 2025 - 9:08AMvideocam

French President Emmanuel Macron (centre left) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, centre, greet people at the Khan al-Khalili market area in Cairo on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill dozens as Netanyahu heads to US for war talks

Israel’s PM said he would discuss the Gaza war and a tariff imposed on Israel with Trump.

7 Apr 2025 - 3:54PM

A mourner at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis reacts on Monday near the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip. Photo: Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

Netanyahu offers Hamas leaders Gaza exit but demands group disarm

Israeli leader says his country is working towards a plan proposed by US President Donald Trump to displace Gazans to other countries.

31 Mar 2025 - 12:45PM

Offbeat

What is sock ball? How the game played on small streets got big

The first type of football played by many in Egypt, sock ball has become a show of celebration during Ramadan in the country.

30 Mar 2025 - 4:15PM

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas agrees to Gaza ceasefire proposal from Egypt and Qatar

Israel, which has not yet agreed to the proposal, continued its military strikes on Saturday, killing at least 20 Palestinians.

30 Mar 2025 - 4:56AMvideocam

Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Friday. Photo: AFP

Russia

6 Russians die as Egyptian tourist submarine sinks

Egypt’s Hurghada is popular with tourists from Russia.

27 Mar 2025 - 11:58PM

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas in no-win situation as Israeli strikes on Gaza resume

Experts say Hamas faces dwindling options amid renewed Israeli attacks on war-torn Gaza.

20 Mar 2025 - 8:58AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Israel team discusses Gaza hostages at truce talks dogged by divisions

Despite the fragile truce still holding, near-daily Israeli air strikes on Gaza continue.

17 Mar 2025 - 10:51AM

A demonstrator holds a sign showing the face of hostage Edan Alexander during a protest in Tel Aviv calling for the release the remaining hostages held captive in Gaza. Photo: AFP

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas to release American hostage, Israel calls it ‘psychological warfare’

Hamas will also release the bodies of four other dual nationality hostages.

14 Mar 2025 - 10:11PMvideocam

Relatives and supporters of kidnapped Israeli hostages protest to demand the release of all hostages, in Tel Aviv, on March 13, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Tourism

July opening for Grand Egyptian Museum, twice as big as the Louvre

Treasures of Tutankhamen will take pride of place when the museum, showing more than 100,000 artefacts from Egypt’s golden age, opens fully.

11 Mar 2025 - 12:59PM

Israel-Gaza war

Muslim nations reject Trump’s Gaza plan to remove Palestinians

Foreign ministers backed a plan for an administrative committee of Palestinians to govern the territory to allow reconstruction to go ahead.

8 Mar 2025 - 8:31PM

Donald Trump

‘Mere document’: Arab states’ Gaza recovery plan fails to sway Trump

The Arab proposal calls for a three-phase, five-year process without any displacement of Palestinians from Gaza.

7 Mar 2025 - 11:00AMvideocam

Arab leaders gather in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss the future of Gaza. Photo: EPA-EFE

Israel-Gaza war

Arab states adopt Egyptian alternative to Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’

The reconstruction proposal would cost US$53 billion and avoid displacing Palestinians from the enclave, unlike the US plan.

5 Mar 2025 - 2:05PMvideocam

Palestinians spending time on a beach, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City. Photo: Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

Israel PM issues threat to Hamas over hostages as Gaza talks at an impasse

As Arab leaders prepared for summit in Cairo, Netanyahu warned Hamas would face ‘unimaginable consequences’ if it did not return hostages.

4 Mar 2025 - 7:37AM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel sends tanks into West Bank for first time in decades

Palestinian authority criticises ‘dangerous escalation’ as Israel ramps up West Bank offensive.

24 Feb 2025 - 12:48PM

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