Jun 03 Watch 2:41 News Wrap: Biden signs debt limit deal in final days before deadline In our news wrap Saturday, Biden signed the bipartisan deal to suspend the debt limit and avoid a potentially catastrophic default, three Israeli troops and an Egyptian officer died in an unusual shootout on the Israel-Egypt border, more than 280… Continue watching
Jun 03 3 Israeli soldiers, 1 Egyptian officer killed in shootout along border, armies investigating By Associated Press Israel said the Egyptian border guard crossed into Israel and killed the three soldiers before he was fatally shot by troops. Egypt said he had been chasing drug smugglers when he entered Israel. Continue reading
Mar 02 Egypt reveals newly discovered 9-meter long chamber inside Great Pyramid By Associated Press Egyptian authorities have revealed chamber inside the Great Pyramid that was recently discovered using scans. Continue reading
Mar 01 Egypt struggles with troubled economy due to Ukraine war By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Egypt is in an economic crisis worsened by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading
Jan 26 Blinken headed to Middle East as U.S. expresses alarm over growing violence By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank this weekend amid a sharp spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence that has alarmed the Biden administration. Continue reading
Nov 30 Egyptians call on British Museum to return the Rosetta stone By Associated Press The bilingual carvings on the relic proved to be the breakthrough in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics after being unearthed by colonialists in Egypt in 1799. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 4:35 News Wrap: Karen Bass elected as mayor of Los Angeles In our news wrap Thursday, Los Angeles voters elected Karen Bass as the city's first female mayor, air raid sirens blared across Ukraine as Russian missiles struck more power and gas plants and civilians, a Dutch court convicted three men… Continue watching
Nov 17 Women lead talks on tough climate change topic: reparations By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Experts say this summit's success or failure centers on the issue. And most of the negotiators and public faces of the issue are women. Continue reading
Nov 17 Climate change negotiators in Egypt say they remain far from a deal By Seth Borenstein, Samy Magdy, Frank Jordans, Associated Press Diplomats say they are far from reaching a deal everyone can agree on at climate negotiations in Egypt, which are scheduled to end on Friday. Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: CIA director meets with Russian counterpart In our news wrap Monday, CIA Director William Burns met with his Russian intelligence counterpart to convey the consequences if Moscow were to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, police arrested a Syrian woman suspected of carrying out the bombing… Continue watching