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Capital

Cairo

Head of State

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Head of Government

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly

An Israeli military helicopter on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

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

17 Mar 2025 - 10:51AM

Israel-Gaza war

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

14 Mar 2025 - 10:11PMvideocam

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

A colossal statue of King Ramses II greets visitors to the Grand Egyptian Museum. Photo: AFP

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

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

Israel-Gaza war

Deadline diplomacy: Arab nations mobilise against Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ scheme

With lives at stake, the Arab world is rallying to counter what analysts described as the US president’s ‘deranged ethnic-cleansing plan’.

22 Feb 2025 - 10:29AM

US President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House on February 4. Photo: Abaca Press/TNS

Israel-Gaza war

Arab leaders meet to craft counter to Trump’s Gaza plan

The US president has proposed to ‘take over’ the Palestinian territory and relocate its over 2 million residents to Egypt and Jordan.

22 Feb 2025 - 12:37PMvideocam

(From left) Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Emir of Kuwait Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, Jordan Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah and UAE’s National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed al-Nahyan pose for a picture during their meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. Photo: Saudi Ministry of Media via AP

History

Egypt announces first discovery of pharaoh’s tomb in over 100 years

Archaeologists uncover Thutmose II’s tomb near Luxor, marking Egypt’s first royal tomb discovery since Tutankhamun’s in 1922.

20 Feb 2025 - 1:06PM

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas to hand over 4 bodies, including Bibas children, and 6 living hostages

The militants say Shiri Bibas and sons Ariel and Kfir were killed in an Israeli attack, but Israel says their deaths have not been confirmed.

19 Feb 2025 - 2:13AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

‘We’re not clinging to power’: Hamas ready to stop governing Gaza to extend truce

This concession, announced by Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qasim, aims to fulfil one of Israel’s demands for a second phase of the truce.

18 Feb 2025 - 12:27AMvideocam

A Palestinian flag flutters among the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 4, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

‘Open the gates of hell’: US and Israel present united front on Gaza and Iran

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio endorses Israel’s war aims in Gaza, says Hamas must be eliminated.

17 Feb 2025 - 3:29PMvideocam

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Brics

Brics summit to tackle AI governance, global health and financial reform: Brazil

Note from bloc’s chair this year reflects plan to promote equitable global governance rather than control by ‘just big corporations’.

14 Feb 2025 - 6:23AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas to free hostages as planned to keep Gaza ceasefire from collapsing

The militant group had originally said it would stop freeing captives, leading Israel to threaten to return to war.

14 Feb 2025 - 8:15PMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Egypt’s president to stay away from White House if Gaza displacement on agenda

Egypt and Jordan oppose Trump’s ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ plan, instead seek Gaza reconstruction without displacement of Palestinians.

13 Feb 2025 - 3:45PM

Palestinians walk in the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip. Photo: AP

Middle East

Trump’s Gaza plan threatens Mideast ‘peace and stability’, warns Arab League

Trump’s plan to take over Gaza and resettle Palestinians could lead to a new cycle of crises and damage peace efforts, according to the Arab League Secretary General.

12 Feb 2025 - 7:37PMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Trump signals he won’t budge on Gaza takeover plan as he meets Jordan’s king

The US president said his plan – which is opposed by Washington’s Arab allies, including Jordan – would ‘bring peace’ to the Middle East.

12 Feb 2025 - 4:59AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Gaza truce under strain after Trump’s ‘let hell break out’ warning

US president gives Hamas ultimatum to release hostages being held in Gaza or face harsh consequences.

11 Feb 2025 - 8:29PMvideocam

Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over three Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on February 8. Photo: AFP

Africa

Aga Khan, leader of Ismaili Muslims, laid to rest in Egypt during private burial

The spiritual leader, who is widely regarded as a builder of bridges between Muslim societies and West, died in Portugal on Tuesday.

10 Feb 2025 - 2:57AM

The coffin of Prince Karim al-Husseini, Aga Khan IV, the 49th imam and spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims, is unloaded off a boat to be buried at the Aga Khan Mausoleum on the west bank of the Nile river in Egypt’s southern city of Aswan on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Israel-Gaza war

Pressure rises over Gaza ceasefire as Israeli forces withdraw from key corridor

Shock over freed emaciated hostages renewed pressure on PM Netanyahu to extend the truce beyond the first phase ending 2 weeks from now.

10 Feb 2025 - 3:40AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas names hostages to be freed after accusing Israel of breaching ceasefire

Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy will be handed over in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

8 Feb 2025 - 5:28AMvideocam

Tourism

Want the best Nile River cruise? 14 tips for a fantastic trip

Should you start in Cairo, Luxor or Aswan? Which temples to visit? What are typical prices? Here’s how to have the best Egypt river trip.

7 Feb 2025 - 11:15AM

The Philae Temple of Isis, in Egypt, is a beautiful landmark well worth including in your Nile River cruise itinerary. The nearby Unfinished Obelisk is also well worth a visit. Photo: TNS

Israel-Gaza war

Israel army to prepare for Gazans’ ‘voluntary departure’ after Trump’s plan

The plan would include exit options via land crossings, as well as special arrangements for departure by sea and air.

6 Feb 2025 - 5:42PMvideocam

US President Donald Trump welcomes Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House in Washington, D.C on Tuesday. Photo: TNS

Israel-Gaza war

US walks back on Trump’s Gaza comments, but Arab leaders remain fearful

The earlier call by President Donald Trump to assume control of a depopulated Gaza Strip has been rejected by Arab states.

6 Feb 2025 - 3:30PMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

White House appears to walk back Trump’s shock Gaza plan

Trump had meant Palestinians should be ‘temporarily relocated’ when he said the US would ‘take over’ the territory, his press secretary said.

6 Feb 2025 - 2:19PMvideocam

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