• WATCH: Egyptian president say countries embracing terrorists must be held accountable

    WATCH: Egyptian president say countries embracing terrorists must be held accountable

    Sep 22, 2021 12:27 AM EST

    ... the dam will function, particularly in times of drought, have repeatedly stalled. Most recently, the UN Security Council urged Ethiopia, and downstream countries Sudan and Egypt, to return to negotiations as soon as possible. He said that any agreement should protect "the existence of 150 million Egyptian and Sudanese citizens".

  • Egypt says Israeli prime minister to visit, hold talks

    Egypt says Israeli prime minister to visit, hold talks

    Sep 13, 2021 03:59 PM EST

    CAIRO (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is to visit Egypt on Monday for talks with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt's office of the presidency said. There was no immediate confirmation of the meeting from the Israeli government ...

  • Egypt indicates a truce agreement between Israeli and Hamas forces

    Egypt indicates a truce agreement between Israeli and Hamas forces

    May 19, 2021 10:55 PM EST

    Israel and Hamas forces in Gaza may be edging closer to a cease-fire after 10 days of open war. Egyptian mediators say there's a truce agreement, in principle. A top Hamas official said he expects fighting to stop in a day or two. Pressure to end the conflict built today, with 227 Gazans and 12...

  • Egypt says 11 killed in train crash north of Cairo

    Egypt says 11 killed in train crash north of Cairo

    Apr 18, 2021 08:01 PM EST

    ... city of Alexandria, killing 43 people. In 2016, at least 51 people were killed when two commuter trains collided near Cairo. Egypt’s deadliest train crash was in 2002, when over 300 people were killed after a fire broke out in an overnight train traveling from Cairo to southern Egypt.

  • Stuck ship in Egypt's Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide

    Stuck ship in Egypt's Suez Canal imperils shipping worldwide

    Mar 25, 2021 01:24 PM EST

    Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, the company that manages the Ever Given, said the ship's 25-member crew are safe and accounted for. Shoei Kisen Kaisha said all the crew came from India. The ship had two pilots from Egypt's canal authority aboard the vessel to guide it when the ...

  • Human rights will be 'central' to relations with Egypt, U.S. says

    Human rights will be 'central' to relations with Egypt, U.S. says

    Feb 23, 2021 08:11 PM EST

    ... The Trump administration had largely given Egypt's leadership a pass on human rights. In addition to rights issues, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in a phone call on Tuesday that the U.S. is looking closely at Egyptian plans to buy advanced ...

  • 10 years after the Arab Spring, democracy remains elusive in Egypt

    10 years after the Arab Spring, democracy remains elusive in Egypt

    Feb 11, 2021 11:30 PM EST

    And so, if it's COVID-19 or if it's something else that causes Egyptians to feel that the current bargain isn't working, we could absolutely see a return of some of the sentiments that prefigured January 25, 2011. Nick Schifrin: So, President Biden may have to choose ...

  • Egypt team doctor says Salah has mild coronavirus symptoms

    Egypt team doctor says Salah has mild coronavirus symptoms

    Nov 14, 2020 05:36 PM EST

    ... little social distancing. “No one knows because ... unfortunately, we still don’t know everything about the virus. My answer is maybe yes, maybe no."But Egypt is not suffering as badly as Britain from the pandemic. While Egypt reported 244 new coronavirus cases and 12 deaths in Friday’s daily ...

  • Peacekeeping force says 8 killed, including 6 Americans, in Egypt helicopter crash

    Peacekeeping force says 8 killed, including 6 Americans, in Egypt helicopter crash

    Nov 12, 2020 04:14 PM EST

    JERUSALEM (AP) — The international force that monitors the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement said Thursday that eight peacekeepers, including six Americans, were killed when one of its helicopters crashed during a routine mission in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. A ninth peacekeeper was badly injured. The Multinational Force and Observers said a ...

  • U.S. suspends some aid to Ethiopia over dam dispute with Egypt

    U.S. suspends some aid to Ethiopia over dam dispute with Egypt

    Sep 02, 2020 06:36 PM EST

    JOHANNESBURG (AP) — On the guidance of President Donald Trump, the State Department said Wednesday the U.S. is suspending some aid to Ethiopia over the "lack of progress" in the country's talks with Egypt and Sudan over a massive, disputed dam project it is completing on the Nile River ...