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
Nov 13 Watch 4:55 What’s on the climate agenda as COP27 enters its final week For 27 years, the United Nations has held annual gatherings of world leaders to discuss how to combat climate change. Yet progress towards the goal of stopping global warming has been elusive, and this year’s summit is happening against the… Continue watching
Nov 11 African nations negotiate funding for climate change mitigation at COP27 By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Associated Press Battling droughts, sandstorms, floods, wildfires, coastal erosion, cyclones and other weather events exacerbated by climate change, the African continent needs to adapt, but it needs funds to do so, leaders and negotiators from the continent said at the U.N. climate… Continue reading