• 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 ...

  • Egypt's parliament approves troop deployment to Libya

    Egypt's parliament approves troop deployment to Libya

    Jul 20, 2020 07:03 PM EST

    ... ahead of the parliament vote, el-Sissi emphasized Egypt’s aim to “prevent further deterioration of security in Libya,” according to a statement from the Egyptian presidential spokesman. It said the two leaders agreed on maintaining a cease-fire and avoiding a military escalation in Libya. Egypt’s state-run ...

  • Accusations of serial assault spark new #MeToo wave in Egypt

    Accusations of serial assault spark new #MeToo wave in Egypt

    Jul 13, 2020 02:50 PM EST

    ... harassing her, the state-run al-Ahram reported. The publisher denied the allegations in a Facebook posting. He was released late Sunday on 5,000 Egyptian pounds ($313) in bail, pending an investigation. The recent cases — reaching into the Egyptian elite — have “refuted all previous arguments and justifications for harassment ...

  • Rights group says Egypt police raided homes of activist's relatives

    Rights group says Egypt police raided homes of activist's relatives

    Jun 11, 2020 06:52 PM EST

    CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Police raided the houses of two uncles of an Egyptian-American activist who recently sued a former Egyptian prime minister in a U.S. court, accusing him of crimes against humanity, an international rights group said on Thursday. Human Rights Watch quoted a member of Mohamed Soltan ...